Luxury skincare brand La Mer has opened its first flagship boutique in Marina Bay Sands. Occupying a 375sqft space, the new store features gold, cream and forest green as theme colors. The marble floor resembles the sea that “forms the bedrock of the brand’s…
New York-based creative agency School House has partnered with cosmetics brand La Mer for its Edge of the Sea campaign exhibition at Shanghai’s Power Station of Art. The immersive, multi-sensory campaign activation is “designed to explore the joyful,…
The world’s largest Crème de la Mer jar will land in Hong Kong at T Galleria Beauty by DFS, Hong Kong, Causeway Bay on March 1. In partnership with DFS, the world’s leading luxury travel retailer, La Mer, is celebrating the iconic and transformative Crème de…
Cosmetics giant Estee Lauder says it achieved sales growth in every global market last financial year, led by strong double-digit increases in China and Hong Kong. Every single category posted growth as well. Globally, Estee Lauder sales reached $13.68…
Alibaba Group has bought a minority stake in Ordre, a European online luxury wholesale platform. Ordre, launched in 2015, allows fashion designers to show off their collections via 360-degree photography and virtual reality to interested wholesale buyers. The…
Led by double-digit growth in China and Hong Kong, Asia/Pacific sales increased sharply for Estee Lauder Companies for its first quarter to the end of September. It says the higher sales in China reflected strong gains for every brand except designer…
Beauty group The Estée Lauder Companies has reported double-digit sales growth in global travel retail for the second quarter of its latest fiscal year. This was generated by launch initiatives, global airline passenger traffic growth and new consumer…
Harvey Nichols Hong Kong has reopened its store at The Landmark following a three-month renovation. Originally opened in 2005, the five-storey store now offers the Style Concierge, a personalised service that helps customers with their wardrobe makeover. It…
Phnom Penh Duty Free is located inside the integrated entertainment destination of Naga City at Naga City Walk which connects Naga World to ‘Naga 2’. It offers approximately 4,000sq m of retail space with all the main DF&TR and luxury categories available:…
Beauty giant Estee Lauder says its Asian sales rose in every country except Hong Kong in the last quarter. Estee Lauder Asia achieved double-digit growth in Korea, Japan, Australia and Taiwan and achieved “solid” constant currency sales gains in China and…
Beauty giant Estee Lauder has announced a multi-year initiative named Leading Beauty Forward to build on its strengths and better leverage its cost structure to free resources for investment to continue its growth momentum. The plan involves the reduction of…
Scores of high-end cosmetics companies are setting up shop on Alibaba Group’s Tmall.com online marketplace as eCommerce continues to gain ground as a critical marketing and sales channel for reaching China’s increasingly sophisticated consumers. At the recent…