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Apple premium reseller Unicorn Infosolutions is planning to set up 75 stores in the next three years, a senior company official said on Friday. Unicorn Infosolutions director Baljinder Paul Singh said the company is planning to open stores in north and west…
Spykar, an Indian-founded denim brand, is planning to open 250 stores over the next five years under a franchise program. According to Franchise India, Spykar currently operates 200 exclusive brand outlets across India targeting the youth market. Meanwhile,…
Italian shoemaker Geox has signed a distribution agreement with Hong Kong listed Pou Sheng International to set up 350 stores in Mainland China by 2020. The two companies will target China’s rising middle class – 109 million newly affluent, quality-conscious…
Portuguese multi-brand retailer Sonae has expanded its international activity to Asia by opening its first two Zippy stores in the Philippines. The Sonae brand of children’s clothing and nursery products has signed a franchising agreement that includes…
SWEDISH retail brand H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) is opening its doors to Cebuano shoppers at the Ayala Center Cebu today. Top officials are confident the brand, which was long clamored for by Filipinos to enter the Philippine market, will get a positive reception…
Tony Roma’s Myanmar has opened its second restaurant in the fast-developing country. The first Tony Roma’s there opened earlier this year, and the response from the local consumer to the brand’s signature food and beverages has been tremendous, says Stephen…
Spar Indonesia launched in March with just three stores – but the local partner expects to end 2015 with 15 operating. Another 40 stores will join the network by 2018 according to the Dutch retailer’s master franchisee PT Ramayana Lestari Sentosa. The…
Best Denki Singapore, the Japanese electronics retailer, plans to open two more stores in the city next year. Hanasaki Kenji, president and head of Asean region with Best Denki, told the Straits Times newspaper he is unfazed by the downturn in the local…
Aeropostale, Inc., an American mall-based specialty retailer of casual apparel for young women and men, has announced additional expansion plans in Asia and the EMEA region. Through two new licensing agreements, Aeropostale will launch in Thailand and Egypt…
Indian retailer Malabar Gold and Diamonds says it will open 22 new stores in India, the Gulf and ‘the Far East’ over the next six months. New showrooms will be opened in Hong Kong and Indonesia as part of the plan, but there are no details as yet on timing or…
Furniture retailer JYSK Vietnam has opened the first of 10 to 20 planned stores. The announcement comes just a month after the Danish brand opened its first outlets in Singapore, stores-in-stores within larger outlets operated by its local partner Courts. It…
Lotte Mart Vietnam plans to open 50 new supermarkets by 2020. The South Korean company’s Vietnam subsidiary operates just 11 supermarkets currently. Besides opening its own hypermarkets, the company has taken a strategic investment in local grocery retailers…
King Baby strengthens its presence in China by opening five brand new stores – for a total of seven – in China. King Baby is one of a handful of brands exporting “hand-made in the USA” products to China. About the new King Baby Locations: The Grand Gateway 66…
Kahala Brands has appointed a master franchisee for Cold Stone Creamery Cambodia, with the first store set to open in six months. Over the next five years, 13 Cold Stone Creamery locations will open in Cambodia, the first scheduled for the capital city Phnom…
Italian luxury lingerie brand La Perla has reopened its Russell St flagship store after renovation. La Perla Hong Kong first opened in 2006 in Lane Crawford at pacific Place. Since then the brand has expanded to four stores – and the Russell St shop is…
Tokyo-headquartered Owndays will open its first stores in Thailand and Cambodia in October. The retailer, which produces and sells fashionable and trendy eyewear, already operates 130 shops in Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and China. It plans to open 100 new…
