American footwear retailer Ugg’s new global retail store concept – part of the brand’s largest re-launch in 37 years – will be introduced in Ugg Asia outlets this year. Coinciding…
Hong Kong jewellery group Luk Fook Holdings International has opened a retail outlet at the Shinsegae Main Store in Seoul. Korea’s first department store, Shinsegae opened in 1930 and has become…
Japan is starting to lose its edge as a shopping holiday destination for Mainland Chinese. Mainland Chinese shoppers are likely to become increasingly discouraged by the rising value of the…
At headline level Michael Kors has ended its fiscal year on a strong note with total revenue up by 10.9 per cent, underpinned by a robust increase of 22 per…
Trending technology and the fast-changing tastes and behaviours of consumers and the market will all be in the spotlight at the eighth Retail Asia Expo (RAE), the award-winning flagship industry…
Against an unfavorable economic backdrop, coupled with growing competition in the Bangkok retail market over the past couple of years, developers have been postponing projects, says property company CBRE Thailand…
Michael Kors has paid $500 million in cash to acquire Michael Kors HK, the exclusive licensee of the company in China and certain other jurisdictions in Asia. Approved by independent…
A Central Department Store app has been launched to keep customers informed about in-store promotions, aiming to drive traffic in the lacklustre market in Thailand. In the Thai language, Central…
Germany’s Metro Group has opened two My-Mart convenience shops in Shanghai, revealing its new concept. Both stores opened the same day in Putuo district, where Metro China has its headquarters…
Online video piracy is alive and well in 2016, but the threat landscape has shifted from straight conditional access (CA) technology and P2P file-sharing to illegal OTT set-top-boxes (STBs) that…
In Q3 2016, Estee Lauder registered an 8% growth in retail sales in China, lower than its all the time high of 20%, but still strong according to the company.…
From billboard and television, the Philippine market is slowly shifting to online in brand building, capitalizing on the growth of mobile penetration and the use of electronic commerce. According to leading…
The Philippine economy is a thundering train and it is about time for the Nordic design and furniture companies to get on board, Joni Koro, project manager at Nordic Business…
Samsung has secured the support of Citibank as it readies the release of its mobile payments service in Singapore. Samsung has already won around Singapore’s major banks as it prepares…
Lotte Department Store is to implement a ‘Virtual Fitting Service’ for customers to try on clothes, without actually putting them on. The service uses a special mirror that provides a…
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