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US brand Victoria’s Secret has opened its first flagship store in China as it taps into the growing appetites of mainland women for high-end lingerie. Fronted by an iconic pink glass facade, the four-storey, 2,500 square meter Victoria’s Secret store opened…
Australian model/entrepreneur Jessica Hart heads the new global spring/summer campaign for the Triumph bra brand. She was shot by British fashion photographer Rankin for the campaign, “Find the One for Every You”, which tells the story of the modern woman’s…
Indonesian online lingerie store Lolalola closed yesterday, but customers can still shop on its social-media platform. Lolalola says incoming orders will be processed “normally”. There has been no word yet from the startup on why it decided to close down the…
Japanese lifestyle clothing and accessories brand Muji Canada is expected to expand to Vancouver next year. Known for its minimalist approach, Muji already has three stores in Toronto. It has about 300 stores outside Japan. Vancouver’s retail sector continues…
American lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret opened its first South-east Asian flagship store – a head-turning pink glass confection – at Mandarin Gallery yesterday. First in the queue of about 100 shoppers were mother-and-daughter duo Mandy Lo, an office…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. says sales from its massive Singles Day shopping event totaled $17.8 billion, up more than 24% from the record $14.3 billion sold last year. (This year’s total is RMB 120.7 billion, up 32% year-over-year due to fluctuations in the…
L Brands, the parent of Victoria’s Secret, now considers China its most important global market. Executives said this week they expect that in as few as five years China, Western Europe and the Middle East will each account for US$1 billion in annual sales.…
Nothing lasts forever. Fashion retailer Forever 21 is to withdraw from its Causeway Bay mega flagship store, billed as the most expensive commercial store by rent in Hong Kong. The iconic location on Jardine Crescent, which serves as a meeting point for young…
High-end lingerie sales are outpacing China’s generally downbeat luxury market, and heating up competition between international brands and local rivals looking to go upmarket. U.S. brand Victoria’s Secret will open its first store, and companies including…
The Singapore retail rent decline gathered pace in the last quarter according to data from Edmund Tie & Company. In the second quarter, retail rents across the board fell by 3.9 per cent quarter-quarter. That was double the 1.9 per cent decline of the…
Hong Kong-listed lingerie brand Cosmo Lady says it will venture into overseas markets to seek global business partners. The first Chinese underwear brand to go public, two years ago when it launched on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Cosmo Lady is seen in China…
The Victoria’s Secret Beauty & Accessory (VSBA) retail outlets in question are all situated within malls or airports across China, and sell a selection of the brand’s beauty products and accessories. Until now, they have been owned and operated by a domestic…
Victoria’s Secret parent L-Brands has kicked off its new fiscal year with a reasonable set of numbers. However there is a distinct softness to the total growth rate which is significantly down on the last quarter even against a fairly reasonable prior year…
Good news to all fashionitas out there! Premium lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret has announced that it will be launching its first full retail store in the mainland, offering its well-known bras and panties, its China-based office told China Daily. The firm…
Victoria’S Secret will open its first South-east Asia flagship store in Singapore by year end and unveil a full assortment of its sexy wares. The international lingerie brand will open the 12,000 sq ft outlet in the fourth quarter of the year at Mandarin…
Victoria’s Secret – which accounts for more than one third of the US lingerie market – says swimsuit sales are growing at twice the rate of its overall growth. In the first quarter of this year – not even summer season in the US – swimsuit sales soared 10 per…
