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Retail Asia10/08/2022

A Beijing consumer rights group said on Tuesday it had asked Missfresh to work on plans to refund its customers and explain how it will rectify its business after receiving a number of complaints, adding to pressures facing the Tencent Holdings and Tiger Global-backed grocery startup. The government-backed Beijing Consumer Association said in a statement […]

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Retail Asia05/08/2022

GENTLE MONSTER announced the largest flagship store in the world will open on August 4th in Beijing Taikoo Li Sanlitun. “DATAIZED FUTURE” serves as the visual narrative theme for the flagship store. As mankind inhibits a fragmented and dislocated near future, visitors are allowed to express free movement, jumping across time and space. As the store […]

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Retail Asia03/12/2021

Spanish contemporary fashion label Bimba Y Lola is launching in China with a joint venture with ImagineX, Lane Crawford Joyce Group’s distribution and brand management arm. With a corporate office to be set up in Shanghai, the brand aims to establish a retail presence on Alibaba’s Tmall and Tencent’s WeChat, and physical pop-ups by 2022, to ramp […]

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Retail Asia08/11/2021

Global apparel retailer UNIQLO today announces that UNIQLO BEIJING SANLITUN Global Flagship Store will open on Saturday, November 6. The company’s third global flagship store to open in Mainland China and the first in Beijing, the new store will engage with Chinese traditions and society, incorporating technology, art, culture, creativity, and sustainability to create China’s […]

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Retail Asia28/06/2021

Ant Group is reportedly in discussions with state-owned enterprises to create a credit scoring firm that houses data collected from its massive user base. The formation of the new entity could see Ant Group cede control over financial data of more than a billion users, according to a report citing unnamed users. Ant Group’s data […]

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Retail Asia24/05/2021

Cryptocurrency miners in China are shifting their operations to other markets abroad following Beijing’s latest crackdown. A committee from China’s State Council announced on Friday that it would crack down on crypto, specifically naming Bitcoin as a major concern. The government will crackdown on bitcoin mining and trading behavior, and resolutely prevent the transfer of […]

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Retail Asia28/04/2021

Beijing is reportedly investigating how Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma quickly won approvals for the later pulled listing of Ant Group, in yet another sign that scrutiny of the fintech giant and its founder remains incomplete. China’s central government first kicked off the investigation early this year. The investigation is aimed at regulators that approved the […]

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Retail Asia19/02/2020

Organizers of Beijing auto show, which is scheduled to be held in late-April, said on Monday the event will be delayed event due to the coronavirus outbreak. Across mainland China, officials said the total number of coronavirus cases rose by 2,048 to 70,548, with 1,770 deaths.

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Retail Asia05/02/2020

Luxury sportswear brand Kjus China has opened a flagship store in Beijing, incorporating a VIP lounge with a cafe and highlighting the luxury image of the brand. Designed by 5 Star Plus Retail Design, the store features a futuristic, high-tech and luxurious ambiance using cool high-end materials in metal and stone. “We used cool, modern, […]

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Retail Asia02/01/2020

E-commerce giant JD.com has opened a 24/7 store chain, 7Fresh Life, in Beijing. At the same time, the firm has launched its first Seven Fun lifestyle space in Beijing, intended to serve as a “third place” for working professionals. The 7Fresh Life food chain supermarket, which launched last month, offers mealtime solutions within a 300–400sqm […]

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Retail Asia13/08/2019

Chinese online retail platform JD is acquiring 9 percent of Beijing Digital Telecom. The consumer electronics retailer, which operates from around 3000 physical stores throughout China selling predominantly phones and computers, will expand JD’s offline presence within the market, including lower-tier cities. The transaction value has not been disclosed, as it falls below the amount […]

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Retail Asia02/05/2019

Retail design agency Dalziel & Pow has created an elevated retail experience for Bestseller Fashion Group China’s “Selected” brand. The new premium Future You store concept is to be launched initially in a series of stores in Beijing, delivering a space “ready to connect, change, and dress the future consumer”. The design is an attempt […]

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Retail Asia24/01/2019

For 500 years the Forbidden City in central Beijing was the seat of power in imperial China. Today it is home to the Palace Museum, a tourist magnet that houses some of the country’s most treasured cultural relics from the Ming and Qing dynasties. But this shrine to the past is rapidly becoming a very modern fashion […]

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Retail Asia08/01/2019

BreadTalk and Song Fa have launched their first restaurant in northern China at Beijing’s APM Mall. Saturday’s opening follows the successful launch of the first Song Fa restaurant in Shanghai Jing An Kerry Center in January last year, where it averaged RMB1 million (US$145,570) in monthly sales. It is the fourth restaurant opened following the […]

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Retail Asia07/01/2019

Winter clothing firm Canada Goose has finally opened its first Mainland Chinese store in Beijing. In a launch rumoured to be delayed due to political tensions between China and Canada – and dismissed by the firm as the result of construction delays – extensive queues saw shoppers waiting for over an hour for the opportunity […]

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Retail Asia07/01/2019

Chinese online retail giant JD has opened two new innovative stores at Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) and Hohhot East Railway Station in Inner Mongolia. In a move to further expand the firm’s “boundaryless retail” strategy, the JD travel retail stores use the e-commerce company’s latest retail technology in order to make it easier and […]

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Retail Asia24/12/2018

Luxury retailer Louis Vuitton is offering a personalisation service for a selection of men’s ready-to-wear items in a limited number of global stores. The My LV World Tour Louis Vuitton personalisation service offers clients the opportunity to customise their purchases with a variety of patches and embroideries inspired by vintage travel labels and varsity lettering […]

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Retail Asia24/12/2018

Acne Studios China has opened its third store, in Beijing. The Swedish luxury fashion brand launched in China two years ago, offering its eclectic mix of minimalist ready-to-wear fashion and denim. The new store’s interior features straight lines with glass, high-gloss white walls and contrasting stainless steel railing and shelves. A large display created by […]

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Retail Asia21/12/2018

The International Olympic Committee and Worldwide TOP Partner Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) announced the launch of the firstever Olympic store on Tmall, China’s largest B2C marketplace for brands and retailers, during the weekend. The new Olympic store will be initially available to Chinese fans on Alibaba’s Tmall, with additional plans in development to create a […]

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Retail Asia06/12/2018

Heritage toy store brand FAO Schwarz is headed for Beijing after relaunching in New York City. The original store, which featured in Hollywood movies such as Tom Hanks hit “Big”, closed its flagship near Central Park, unable to meet rising rental costs. Its current smaller location under new owners ThreeSixty stands to benefit from significant […]

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