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Chinese fashion labels, including Shang Xia, Icicle, and Fosun Fashion Group, are embracing Paris as a springboard for their international ambitions, opening flagship stores in the city and hiring French designers to burnish their credentials. Chinese…
The Swedish giant is about to open an XXL store in Paris. Officially inaugurated on Thursday September 9, 2021, this H&M Home store is to open in the famous Madeleine area. Here is what we know about this spot already. Good news for home décor fans looking…
Best known for its Paris Baguette bakery franchise, SPC Group has opened four food brand stores in Singapore. The group is planning to make Singapore as its third axis of global growth after China and the United States. The group opened the new stores at…
MINISO, the Japanese-inspired lifestyle product retailer, opened its inaugural outlet in Paris today. The first store to open in Europe since the company’s successful listing on the New York Stock Exchange earlier this month, it signals continued global…
Paris-based Japanese designer Kenzo Takada, famous for creating the international luxury fashion house Kenzo, died in Paris on Sunday due to Covid-19 related complications, a spokesperson for Takada’s luxury K-3 brand said in a statement sent to CNN. His…
Nike has opened the brand’s largest House of Innovation yet, in Paris, focusing on delivering a digital retail experience. Located at number 79 on the famous Avenue des Champs-Elysees, the House of Innovation 002 spans four floors and occupies a 2400sqm area.…
South Korean food-and-beverage company SPC Group says it will launch its bakery-cafe chain Paris Baguette into Canada next year. The Canadian operation of Paris Baguette will be set up by the first half of the year, with stores to be launched in the country’s…
South Korean F&B group SPC is expanding outside of its home territory as its home-based brands reach saturation point. Plans to establish an upscale restaurant in New York-based on its Paris Baguette bakery brand, however, have been significantly impacted by…
As the hordes of mainland Chinese tourists who used to descend on the prime shopping districts of Paris have dried up within just a fortnight, luxury brands are beginning to plan staff layoffs and other strategies to reduce costs. With the rapid spread of the…
The French luxury beauty brand Lancome has launched its first flagship store on the prestigious Champs-Elysees in the heart of Paris. The new Lancome flagship store occupies a 300sqm area and spans two floors. From the entrance, Lancome’s customers will…
In November 2017, Singapore Airlines revealed the details of their new A380 Suites & business class products. The airline has just taken delivery of five new Airbus A380s featuring these cabins, and at the same time they’ve retired five A380s, so that the…
Parisian perfumier Creed has been brought to the Indian market by local luxury retail group Bequest. The firm will open two outlets for the house – known for its hand-mixed, limited-edition scents — within the territory over the coming year. “Our store is…
H&M Group’s womenswear brand & Other Stories will launch a Tmall flagship store in the fall, making the Alibaba Group-owned B2C online marketplace the label’s first official sales channel in China. The Tmall store will offer collections designed by its three…
French fashion retailer Lacoste will give viewers of the 2019 French Open an opportunity to purchase its products during the first NBC televised match of the brand’s ambassador Novak Djokovic. NBCUniversal will launch its shoppable TV experience with Lacoste…
L’Oreal Asia now sells more products than the company’s home European division. Sales in Asia outpaced those in western Europe for the first time in the last quarter, with China leading the growth, despite a slowing economy. Just a decade ago, L’Oreal Asia…
Parisian fashion brand Sandro Hong Kong will open its Menswear and Womenswear boutique at Festival Walk Hong Kong this month. The 128sqm boutique features a contemporary design with a full limestone shopfront; the boutique will showcase the most diverse range…
