The first Puma Select store in the Philippines has opened. The new store launched last month at the Uptown Mall in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig and features the brand’s latest product range and collaborations – including high-profile partnerships with…
Puma worldwide sales increased by 17 per cent on a constant currency basis in the first nine months of this year as the sportswear label achieved growth in every region. Asia and the Americas drove sales, with both markets achieving double-digit growth…
Fashion giant Kering’s decision to focus the business on luxury appears to be paying off. In what chairman and CEO Francois-Henri Pinault termed “dazzling top-line and earnings performances” during the first half year, total revenue rose 33.9 per cent on a…
Sports lifestyle brand Puma has opened its first standalone Puma Kids store in Southeast Asia at Singapore’s United Square shopping mall. The 500sqft store will offer a selection of apparel, footwear and accessories for kids, making the brand’s Junior range…
Tmall and Intersport unveiled a co-branded store in Beijing yesterday, complete with interactive features that offer consumers in China a more engaging and informative shopping experience. Under the new name “Tmall x Intersport,” the two-story, 1300sqm space…
Puma Japan has launched a red-and-white themed collection that pays homage to the Hello Kitty character. At the centre of the limited-edition collection is a pair of sneakers created to mark the 50th anniversary of Puma Suede. For the collection, Hello Kitty…
Hong Kong designer Michael Lau is partnering with Puma to create a suede design for the German footwear brand’s 50th anniversary. With a prototype approach, the collaborative effort pays tribute to sample sneakers that brands produce as a model for…
Luxury fashion brand owner Kering says it will sell off the majority of its Puma stake. Under the plan, Kering will reduce its 86 per cent holding in the German athletics-wear label to 16 per cent, the remaining 70 per cent of stock distributed proportionally…
Oakley China has its first dedicated store, in Xinjiekou’s Deji Plaza, Nanjing. The Nanjing store follows the opening in Shanghai of a one-of-a-kind store for the group, being half Oakley and half Ray-Ban. “This Nanjing store is the first Oakley-only store in…
AW Lab Singapore has opened a store in Suntec City, the first brick-and-mortar outlet in Asia Pacific for the Italian sports apparel retailer. Covering 2630sqft (240sqm), the store has a futuristic concept that invites young people to “play with style”.…
Global footwear retailer, Puma, has posted an increase in sales globally for the third quarter. Puma announced third quarter sales rose a currency-adjusted 23 per cent in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and 16 per cent in the Americas and 10 per cent in…
British accessories designer Sophia Webster has collaborated with German sportswear giant Puma on a line of shoes and apparel. It is also the first time the designer, known for her shoes, has her name on a womenswear line. Her sports apparel has new…
German sportswear brand Puma achieved double-digit growth in all regions and in both footwear and apparel in the second quarter. CEO Bjørn Gulden says the company’s gross margin improved 90 points and sales grew 16 per cent on a currency-neutral basis. He…
The terminal, which cost $92 million, is designed to hold mostly middle distillates, with 29,000 cubic meters of space for gasoil and 21,000 cubic meters for jet fuel. Another 17,000 cubic meters is dedicated to store gasoline and the remaining for bitumen…
The great debate — about whether or not eCommerce will nail the coffin on bricks and mortar retail shops — has droned on for as long as the Internet began cannibalizing sales. So asking a pertinent question — If retail stores are disappearing from the…
Luxury goods and apparel giant Kering has reported a 10.5 per cent global rise in revenues in the latest quarter, with luxury sales up 11.3 per cent and sports and lifestyle brands up 9.3 per cent. Most significantly, at a time its peers are battling falling…