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It’s been more than 10 years since US fast food giant Yum! Brands first mooted opening a store in Tibet. But next year the plan is set to come to fruition following the appointment of a franchisee there. KFC dropped plans to open an outlet there in 2004 on…
Carrefour SA, a French retailer, as of late opened its biggest store in Asia in the Chinese capital, Beijing. The divulging comes as the firm plans to capitalize on the expanding interest for imported sustenance from medium-and top of the line customers. The…
Royal Enfield, when not posting stupendous growth figures in the Indian two-wheeler market, continues to rapidly add to its small but expanding export presence. The Chennai based brand presented its products at the Bangkok Motorcycle Show and announced plans…
A year since the opening of its first store at IFC Mall, jeweller Monica Vinader has opened a second store at Harbour City in Kowloon and a counter at the prestigious department store Sogo. “I am honoured that the brand has been so well received in Hong Kong,…
The first Lulu Group Malaysia hypermarket is scheduled to open in February 2016, the Middle Eastern retailer has confirmed. Lulu currently operates 118 hypermarkets and shopping malls in the Middle East and India and positions itself offering quality…
Korean coffee franchise Coffine Gurunaru is to open one of its largest stores in Hainan, China in the first stage of a planned China rollout. The new store is in the middle of Lan Kwal Fong St, the main street of Hainan, and is described as “exceptionally…
Jacob Delafon, a leading French fashion bathroom brand, has launched its brand in China and opened its first store there. The new Jacob Delafon China showroom opened on Tuesday, November 17 in Shanghai. Bruno Chenesseau, kitchen & bath design director of…
Paul & Shark will launch its first store in South Korea with a new point of sale opening at Incheon International airport with Lotte Duty Free, and will also open its first personalised boutique onboard cruiseship Costa Fortuna. “Our new opening in Incheon…
Apple has announced that its fifth retail store in Beijing, and 27th in China, opens Saturday, November 28 at 10 AM local time. The store will be located in the new Chaoyang Joy City shopping mall at 101 Chaoyang North Road in Beijing’s city proper Chaoyang…
Indian restaurant operator Mayo Hospitality HK Limited has opened its first outlet in Hong Kong – Bindaas restaurant. The Indian tapas bar and restaurant, its full name Bindaas – Bar + Kitchen – marks a plan to use Hong Kong to leverage the city’s favourable…
Apple is expanding its retail store globally pretty rapidly, as the company has now announced opening of its first retail store in Singapore. Apple’s this store is reportedly going to open sometime in 2016. We first got this news last month, when it was…
Apple, continuing its aggressive retail expansion in China, has announced that it will be opening its 22nd retail store in the country in Chengdu, a major city in Sichuan Province, on Saturday, November 21 at 10:00 AM local time. The new store is slated to…
French luxury footwear brand Cosmoparis has opened its first Hong Kong store at Pacific Place. Cosmoparis was founded in 2008 by Axelle Mathery and Hong Kong fashion blogButterboomdescribes the brand as making “stylish footwear designs that are always…
SPC Group has opened a Paris Baguette store in Las Vegas, a first in the Korean confectionery and bakery industry. The Las Vegas store is the company’s 44th store in the US, and located in the Grand Canal Shoppes, a large shopping mall located between two of…
Malaysian department store retailer Parkson Retail Asia is to launch a new fashion brand LOL, in partnership with a newly established company Super Apparel Supply, jointly owned by Chong Yan Kit and Lim Kin Ann. Together the two companies will establish a…
Anti-brand department store Muji has opened a pop up store in Japan to unveil a prefabricated cottage it calls the Muji Hut. With a cult following throughout Asia for its simple, clean, brandless designs of homewares, its development of ‘Vertical Houses’ in…
