Marimekko Singapore has opened its first retailer – within the Capitol Piazza buying centre.
The Finnish model says this and the brand new Thailand retailer which opened in Bangkok in April, reveal its persevering with give attention to Asian enlargement.
The corporate says it should open extra retailer-owned shops in Singapore and the remainder of Southeast Asia over the subsequent few years.
“In our enlargement, we have now targeted at the start on areas with excessive progress potential,” says Päivi Lonka, CSO.
“The Asia-Pacific area is our second-largest market space, and we have already got a reasonably robust foothold in East Asia. Thus, increasing into Southeast Asia felt like a pure transfer.
“Singapore is a contemporary metropolis and really engaging to us, as it’s thought-about one of many area’s prime enterprise hubs and buying locations.”
In April, Thailand’s first Marimekko retailer opened in Bangkok.
“The town is in an fascinating stage of improvement from the retail viewpoint. It’s turning into an more and more essential worldwide metropolis, the place numerous high-class malls have been opened just lately,” stated Lonka.
Marimekko merchandise are bought in 140 shops in about 40 nations and final yr, model gross sales totalled euro 187 million, with firm shops accounting for euro 94 million of that.
