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Café de Coral has promoted Piony Leung to managing director (Hong Kong) with immediate effect. In her new position, Leung reports to group CEO Peter Lo and manages business operations and provides strategic leadership across Café de Coral Group’s business in…
Starbucks is to make Laos debut next year with its first store opening in the capital city of Vientiane. Laos will become Starbucks’s 17th market in Asia, with the first store scheduled to open in the third quarter of next year. Starbucks Laos will be managed…
Starbucks has just unveiled a new concept store in China created inside six repurposed shipping containers. An identical concept, created by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, first appeared in Taiwan. As the 800th store in Shanghai, the Starbucks container store…
TWG Tea is expanding its digital footprint with more than 20 new online stores scheduled to open this year. TWG Tea’s online stores will be rolled out across Asia Pacific, North America, and Europe on third-party marketplaces, including Amazon, Zalora, and…
Singapore-based Koufu Group is taking R&B Tea to the Philippines with Shakey’s Pizza. Under the franchise agreement, Shakey’s will sell selected R&B Tea drinks in Shakey’s and Peri Peri stores in the first year of business, and subsequently open at least five…
Taiwanese tea brand Yi Fang Fruit Tea is expanding its retail network globally despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The founder of Yi Fang, Ko Tzu-kai, said the brand will open more stores in northern California where consumers are seeking healthier beverage…
Indian coffee chain Cafe Coffee Day shuttered 280 outlets between April and June due to low profitability and potentially rising costs. The firm, which now operates 1480 outlets, has also reported a decline in average daily sales from 15,739 cups to 15,445…
Vintage ceramics firm Wedgwood has opened a new pilot store at The MixC Luohu mall in Chinese Shenzhen. The Tea Room Experience, which invites customers to try out products according to their own style, represents the first move in Wedgwood’s reimagined brand…
Luckin Coffee has named Jinyi Guo as chairman and CEO as the Chinese chain tries to move past an accounting scandal that nearly brought it down. Guo, a director, and former acting CEO, replaces founder and former chairman Charles Zhengyao Lu, who was voted…
Starbucks, marking its 21st year in South Korea with more than 1400 stores across the country, will open its first bakery cafe this month. Starbucks Korea, the local unit of the US coffee giant, plans to open a bakery in Yangpyeong County, Gyeonggi Province,…
Starbucks India has opened its first drive-thru store in Singhpura, Zirakpur. Located in Dhillon Plaza, the store spans two floors, featuring large in-store seating and ceiling-to-floor windows, offering a large dine-in space as well At the drive-thru window,…
Chinese fruit-based cheese tea brand Nayuki is making its debut in Japan, opening its first cafe in the Zero Gate shopping complex in Osaka. The new 200sqm store features a teahouse experience similar to the brand’s locations in its home market, incorporating…
Singaporean bubble tea brand Teafolia has permanently ceased operations in the territory. A Facebook post announcing the closure cited the “current economic situation” as the reason for shuttering its outlets. The brand had traded in Singapore for the past…
Starbucks is expanding Teavana in South Korea. According to the Korea Herald, The number of Starbucks’ premium Reserve-branded coffee houses serving Teavana drinks has expanded from 13 to 52. The tea has grown in popularity within the territory since it was…
Singaporean traditional coffee shop operator Kimly has recorded a 5.3-per-cent year-on-year boost in half-year profit to SG$10.5 million (US$7.4 million). The result was achieved on a more modest 1-per-cent increase in sales to $107.4 million ($75.74 million)…
Singaporean luxury tea brand Tea WG has expanded its Hong Kong footprint, adding a fourth boutique at Sha Tin’s New Town Plaza, its first in the New Territories. The retailer, which trades as TWG Tea in other markets, opened two boutiques in Festival Walk and…
