Tse Sui Luen Jewellery sales and profit both rose in the first half year – but the company has tempered the good news by expressing concerns about the impact of the US-Sino trade war. Chairwoman Annie Yau said in a stock exchange filing that the improved…
Starbucks Malaysia is about to open its first Reserve store. Local franchise holder Berjaya Food plans to expand its existing Berjaya Times Square Starbucks outlet into the new up-market format. The brand has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to…
Property tycoon Tang Shing-bor has sold a block of land next to Times Square shopping mall for a total of HK$950 million (US$122 million). Previously the Causeway Bay land housed two buildings, and the sale paves the way for it to be redeveloped into a…
Line Friends will become the first Asian character brand to open a large-scale official store in the US. Its store in New York City’s Times Square, opening in July, also marks the one-year anniversary of Line listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Line…
Baby Milo has opened a pair of pop-up locations in Tokyo this week, as well as a Hong Kong location over the weekend. Parent brand A Bathing Bape has begun opening Baby Milo stores across Japan (Harajuku and Shibuya), Hong Kong and China this past weekend,…
Following other international fashion labels, Ralph Lauren Hong Kong has closed its flagship store. Four years ago, its then CEO Ralph Lauren said the company was transforming its presence in China, “a region we believe will become an important driver of…
US apparel brand Brooks Brothers has opened a flagship store at Gateway Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui, as well as a concept store at Times Square, Causeway Bay. Brooks Brothers is known for creating the button-down collar and seersucker suits, and its new…
The Sony Building, a landmark in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district, will be torn down and replaced with a park. This is not the result of a green movement victory over a corporation – it is Sony’s idea, and it is hoping the park will be similar to New York’s…
Make-up brand Lancome, along with other stores owned by French cosmetics giant L’Oreal, closed in Hong Kong yesterday in the face of protests over the cancelling of a Lancome-sponsored concert featuring a pro-democracy singer. As well as Lancome’s booth at…
A Dior Hong Kong exclusive store has opened in Times Square mall, the boutique continuing the style of its Avenue Montaigne flagship store in Paris. Its design concept is a mix of 18th century and modern, says the Times Square Facebook page. The interior was…
Metrobooks Hong Kong plans to open as many as 10 more stores in the territory, undeterred by the demise of rival retail booksellers. The company opens its fourth store in Hong Kong this Friday – on the 9th floor of Times Square. The 465 sqm store is split…