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Retailers are still looking for growth across borders, with Asia a particular interest to many. Nevertheless, high eCommerce investments have slowed down the international expansion, according to real estate consultant CBRE‘s “How Global is the Business of…
The first Jamba Juice Taiwan store has opened its doors. The opening, in partnership with Taiwanese master franchisee Quan Hung Gourmet Company, marks the US juice cafe concept’s 71st store outside the US, and its 885th overall. The Taiwan store has opened at…
The design team behind the new generation Starbucks Taiwan Longmen concept store set out to create a “theatre for coffee”. The new store features Starbucks Reserve coffees and is located in one of the busiest shopping and fashion districts in the city of…
A 465 sqm pop up store promoting Macallan single malt whisky is touring major Asian cities. Designed by agency Fitch, the unique pop up is by day a shopping and exhibition area, open to any walk-in customers. In the evening, the space is transformed into a…
Grocery delivery app HappyFresh has launched in Thailand, with further expansion into Taipei planned for this month. The app made its debut in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta in March. Next on its expansion program are Manila in October, followed by Surabaya and…
South Korean retailer E-Land says its first full scale store in Taiwan’s capital Taipei drew 80,000 shoppers in its first week. Collectively, they spent US$843,000 in the week-long trial opening. E-Land opened its first Taiwanese boutique as a concession…
Three Greater Chinese bookstores have been ranked amongst ‘the world’s coolest’ by US-based global news organisation CNN. In a newly-released selection posted online CNN observes that old or new, all of the stores round the world its editors selected for the…
Playphone®, Inc., a global leader in mobile social gaming and recently acquired by premier game developer GungHo, announced today a partnership with Gamania Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. (GASH), a leading Asian online game publisher based in New Taipei…
Denmark’s Countless Jewellery has made its Asian debut, opening its first retailer in Taiwan. The opening marks Infinite Jewellery’s fourth continent and 23rd worldwide market. Earlier in June it opened its first retailer in Estonia. Its merchandise at the…
Taipei ranked fourth as a target market for international retail brands last year as a willingness to try new dining and fashion is driving leasing activity across the Asia-Pacific region, a report by property consultancy CBRE Group Inc showed yesterday. The…
US-based digital video games big Razer has opened a singular flagship retailer in Taiwan’s capital metropolis, Taipei. Razer was created by CEO and Min-Liang Tan, a Singaporean, and specialises in merchandise marketed particularly to players. The Razer model…
