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Fashion brand Guess Malaysia has revamped its Suria KLCC branch to incorporate its contemporary white store concept. US-headquartered Guess, launched in Malaysia in 1992, now has 33 stores in the market – 20 Guess, seven Guess Accessories and six Guess Kids.…
Homegrown brands in Malaysia usually start off by participating in bazaars or selling online. With limited funding, it is difficult to penetrate into big retail malls. One way is to succeed collectively, as seen in LOKA, an initiative to foster the talents of…
Retail, entertainment and hospitality brands will feature in a planned City Centre development including a Bukit Bintang mall in Kuala Lumpur. “The mall will transform the retail landscape in Kuala Lumpur, catering to all shopping needs with the introduction…
DRB-HICOM Asia Cargo Express (ACE) has officially launched its new livery and logo for its air freight services at KLIA. A wholly owned subsidiary of KL Airport Services Sdn Bhd (KLAS), and a member of the DRB-HICOM Group, ACE currently offers air cargo…
Kuala Lumpur MRT retail spaces – 41 spots at 21 stations – have been put to tender. The Mass Rapid Transit Corp (MRT Corp) says proposals and bids for the spaces, on the upcoming MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang line, must be submitted by April 18. Commercial land…
The first Dior Homme Kuala Lumpur boutique has opened, inside Suria KLCC shopping centre. While Dior has several boutiques in the Malaysian capital, this is the first store dedicated to the French luxury label’s men’s range. White dominates the new boutique’s…
Innovative Japanese lifestyle store Tokyu Hands is testing the Malaysian market through a pop-up store in Kuala Lumpur. Open for two weeks until February 3, the pop-up store at Tokyo Street in the Pavilion shopping centre in downtown Kuala Lumpur is…
Balenciaga Malaysia has opened its second boutique – located in The Gardens Mall. It is the brand’s first store to stock both the women’s and men’s collection. The brand’s original boutique, in Suria KLCC stocks only the women’s. The design and fitout of the…
MIPIM Asia, the property leaders’ summit in Asia Pacific, has announced 36 winners in the ninth edition of the annual MIPIM Asia Awards. Chinese mall project Riverside 66 won Gold, the top honour in the Retail category, from The Breeze BSD City in Indonesia…
A new shopping centre under construction in Malaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur, plans to set itself apart from rival destinations with a dominating food offer. The four story Damansara City Mall, scheduled to open in April 2016, has a net lettable area of…
Well-poised to take contemporary convenience and comfort to greater heights, Sama-Sama Hotel has joined the ranks of 450 independent hotels worldwide to fly the Worldhotels’ flag. Occupying a strategic location adjacent to the Kuala Lumpur International…
Muslim tourists spent $62 billion shopping and dining last year – and Asia got a huge share. Malaysia and Singapore were the second and third most popular shopping destinations for Muslim tourists last year, lagging behind only Dubai, according to the…
Grocery delivery app HappyFresh has launched in Thailand, with further expansion into Taipei planned for this month. The app made its debut in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta in March. Next on its expansion program are Manila in October, followed by Surabaya and…
Groceries delivered to customers’ doorstep in an hour by professional shoppers. This was the promise of online grocery delivery service Happy Fresh when it started last March in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. Today, the service is available as well in Bangkok and…
11street (www.11street.my), one of the largest online marketplaces in Malaysia, today showcases its Online Shopping Index, which identified the latest changes in online shopping behaviours of local consumers, as well as specific e-commerce insights during the…
German retailer Metro AG has paid $290 million to buy Singapore restaurant supplier Classic Fine Foods Group from private equity owned EQT. CFF operates in 25 cities, including Singapore, Dubai, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, London, Ho Chi Minh City and…
