Aeon Hong Kong is set to open the territory’s first Komeda’s Coffee store next month after securing the regional franchise rights to the Japanese cafe chain earlier this year.
Aeon Hong Kong said the Komeda’s Coffee store will be situated inside Aeon Style Huangpu and adopt Japanese traditional architecture. Komeda’s Coffee was founded in 1968 in Nagoya, considered the home of Japan’s cafe culture. As of last May, the chain has 33 international stores across Taiwan and Shanghai.
“This new strategic cooperation is the first time that Aeon Hong Kong has joined hands with a well-known Japanese coffee chain, which may accelerate Aeon Hong Kong in the format of restaurant chain stores,” said Isao Sugawara, MD of Aeon Hong Kong.
Established in 1985, Aeon Hong Kong operates 10 general shopping department stores, two independent supermarkets, 43 independent Living Plaza by Aeon, 25 Daiso Japan, one Bento Express by Aeon and four independent stores in densely populated areas of Hong Kong.
The group said will continue to further expand the network of small specialty stores and deepen the strategic cooperation with Daiso.
The first half of the year saw a 4.2 per cent growth in the group’s Hong Kong business revenue, reaching US$300 million, despite the Covid-19 disruption. The loss from this business shrank to $9.7 million from more than $13.5 million the year before.