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Retail Asia27/03/2023
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Bakery cafe franchise Paris Baguette is opening its first Canadian storefront, kicking off the brand’s planned expansion into Canada. The bakery cafe offers coffee bar drinks, bread, pastries and cakes. Paris Baguette plans to open seven more locations across Canada this year, as well as more than 64 new storefronts in the United States. “The […]

Retail Asia27/02/2023
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Vietnam spent US$65 million importing Canadian seafood, mainly lobsters and snow cabs last year, doubling 2021 imports and trebling 2020. Among Southeast Asian countries, Vietnam was Canadian’s biggest seafood importer, Steve Craig, Minister of the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, said at a recent business networking event in […]

Retail Asia22/12/2022
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Canadian luxury jewellery brand Korite has named Kaimirra Tutan as its exclusive distributor in Asia. Kaimirra Tutan will bring Korite’s luxury lines of jewellery and ammolite gemstones to customers across Asian markets, including Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and South Korea. The partnership between the two jewellers follows the launch of Kaimirra Tutan’s flagship boutique in […]

Retail Asia05/12/2022
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Vietnamese garment and seafood exports to Canada have surged 50% year-on-year, totaling values of $1.1 billion and $334 million, respectively. As the two categories saw the most significant increases in exports to Canada of the last three years, other categories such as wood, chemicals, metal, cashew nuts, handbags, and machines also recorded growth of between […]

Retail Asia07/12/2021
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Frozen pork imports nearly tripled in the first 10 months of this year to 332,000 tons, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs. Also imported were 350,000 pigs on the hoof from Thailand, a 50 percent increase year on year. Together they cost US$617 million. Its five biggest pork suppliers were Russia, Germany, Brazil, […]

Retail Asia25/11/2021
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Canada Goose has appointed Paul Cadman as its new president for the Asia-Pacific region. In his new role, Cadman will oversee the business’ activities including commercial, financial, and marketing across Apac markets, including Greater China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. “Paul is a trusted brand advisor, having consulted for us for years,” said […]

Retail Asia13/04/2021
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Japanese retailer Daiso has launched its first directly operated Canada store in downtown Vancouver. Taking over a former bookstore space, the debut Daiso Canada spans 4700sqft and features a selection of 12,000 products, ranging from seasonal items, stationery and cosmetics to homewares – mostly imported from Japan. JLL Canada will be responsible for Daiso’s further […]

Retail Asia12/10/2020
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Miniso, is not, as has been reported, a Chinese dollar store. It is not a Japanese dollar store. In fact, it is not a dollar store. But it may give Canadian dollar stores a run for their money. When the first GTA Miniso opened in October at Pickering Town Centre in a slip of a […]

Retail Asia16/06/2020
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South Korean food-and-beverage company SPC Group says it will launch its bakery-cafe chain Paris Baguette into Canada next year. The Canadian operation of Paris Baguette will be set up by the first half of the year, with stores to be launched in the country’s major cities including Toronto and Vancouver, the group said in a […]

Retail Asia26/08/2019
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Jollibee Canada is continuing its expansion, opening its first store in Alberta this Friday, (August 16) at Edmonton. The store will be the Philippine-founded fast-food group’s fifth store in Canada, as it sets out to build a network of 100 outlets there within five years. The chain recently opened other locations in Winnipeg and the […]

Retail Asia22/08/2019
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Australian furniture business King Living has opened its first showroom in Canada, continuing the brand’s global roll-out which has seen stores open in Shanghai, Singapore, Malaysia and New Zealand. Located in a newly renovated 1000sqm heritage building in shopping district South Granville, Vancouver, the showroom will offer sofa designs, dining ranges, contemporary bed and mattress ranges and […]

Retail Asia31/07/2019
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Innisfree Canada has chosen Toronto for its first standalone store. The South Korean natural cosmetics brand’s new store will cover around 2500sqft of Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre according to designs. It will use a direct-to-consumer retail model designed to meet a competitive marketplace. The “plant-to-bottle” brand, operated by Seoul’s Amorepacific Corporation, partnered with CBRE to […]

Retail Asia15/05/2019
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Tableware firm Sagara Inc has opened a global website after setting up a retail store in New York to market its environmentally conscious tableware for children. The firm’s Reale brand, made from a new bioplastic raw material blended with native Japanese bamboo, is being made available for the first time across North America, including the […]

Retail Asia07/05/2019
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Luk Fook Canada has opened a new shop in CF Richmond Centre in Metro Vancouver. The new store is the first Oriental jewellery shop in the mall. “Adhering to the corporate vision of ‘Brand of Hong Kong, Sparkling the World’, the group has been actively expanding our retail network into the overseas market for new […]

Retail Asia22/04/2019
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Premium outdoor lifestyle brand Roots Canada has opened its first Hong Kong store this month, at Harbour City. The store was opened with Fung Retailing’s Branded Lifestyle Group, its Asian retail partner. Roots Canada’s brick-and-mortar debut in the territory coincided with the launch of an online store with Zalora Hong Kong. “Opening a store at […]

Retail Asia22/04/2019
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Premium outdoor lifestyle brand Roots Canada has opened its first Hong Kong store this month, at Harbour City. The store was opened with Fung Retailing’s Branded Lifestyle Group, its Asian retail partner. Roots Canada’s brick-and-mortar debut in the territory coincided with the launch of an online store with Zalora Hong Kong. “Opening a store at […]


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