cafes

Retail Asia24/09/2021

Italian coffee chain Lavazza is set to increase its store network in China to 1000 by 2025 through scaling up its existing joint venture with fast-food operator Yum China. The joint venture –in which Yum will be Lavazza’s exclusive distributor in Mainland China, will also receive an initial US$200 million funding from both companies for […]

Retail Asia11/02/2019

The interior of Cafe Yeonnam-dong 239-20 in Seoul, South Korea makes customers feel as though they’ have stepped into a cartoon world. Most cafe owners know it takes more than just great coffee to create a successful business. From an Instagram-worthy Wes Anderson-esque cafe in the Philippines to a coffee shop shaped like a Rolleiflex […]

Retail Asia11/02/2019

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Shopping malls are now allocating a higher percentage of their tenant mix (more space) to food & beverage (F&B) retailers, partly because competition from online platforms has impacted other types of retailers such as fashion, according to a market research and consulting firm. “Traditionally, F&B made up less than 20% of a mall’s tenant mix, […]

Retail Asia11/11/2016

The booming networks of Korean cafes has driven a huge rise in the country’s dessert market. According to data issued by the government, the sector expanded sales by 13.9 per cent in 2014 from a year earlier – the last year for which figures are available – on rising demand for sweets and non-alcoholic drinks. […]

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Yum China and Lavazza plan 1000 cafes across China

The cartoon cafe opens in South Korea

F&B outlets get bigger bite in shopping malls Malaysia

Korean cafe boom drives desserts market