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Retail Asia30/12/2019
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Hamleys brand set for shakeup under new owner

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New Hamleys toy store owner Reliance Industries plans to revamp the brand, according to a report in The Guardian. The article reveals that the new owners “have ambitious plans for the toy store” which has been passed “from one absentee foreign owner to another over the past 16 years”. Reliance is currently turning to the US […]
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Retail Asia07/05/2019
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Hamley’s set to be sold to Indian Toy Retailer

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Toy retailer Hamleys is set to have its fourth owner in 15 years since it was taken private by an Icelandic investor. According to multiple Indian news media reports, Reliance Retail is in the final stages of negotiations with China’s C.Banner International, which has been trying to find a buyer since last October, after three […]
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Retail Asia05/12/2018
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Hamleys Japan in talk for theme park JV

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Chinese-owned, British headquartered toy store chain Hamleys has entered the Japanese retail market, opening two theme-park styled outlets. Hamleys Japan is targeting 4 million visitors to each store within the first year, with a view to opening 30 stores in the territory over the next five years. The new stores have opened in Yokohama (at […]
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Retail Asia25/10/2018
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Hamleys no longer under ownership of China’s C.banner

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Toy retailer Hamleys looks likely to be sold by Chinese owner C.banner International. The company has launched a strategic review of options for Hamleys’ future after receiving several expressions of interest from would-be buyers. C.banner International has owned Hamley’s for just three years, but the Chinese company has suffered a massive decline in its share […]
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Retail Asia18/09/2017
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Hamleys China opens super store in Xuzhou

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Hamleys China has opened its second store, covering three levels in Xuzhou Sanpower International Plaza. The UK retailer offers more than 1000 SKU in the store, with 80 types of toys from more than 50 brand suppliers. There are also several play zones. Covering 10,000sqm, the store can cater more than 50,000 customers a day. […]
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Retail Asia05/10/2016
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C.Banner Announces Hamleys First Flagship Store Open in Nanjing

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C.banner International Holdings Limited (“C.banner” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”, HK:1028), a leading international integrated retailer and second largest retailer of mid-to-premium women’s formal and leisure footwear in the PRC, yesterday announced the grand opening of the first Hamleys (a centuries old British toy brand) China flagship store in Nanjing. The […]
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Retail Asia29/01/2016
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Reliance retail business thrives

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Indian retailer Reliance Industries has reported a 50 per cent growth in sales in its consumer electronics category for the quarter to December 31. Reliance Retail also consolidated its leadership in the grocery category, optimising its network to enhance profitability. Several private-label products were launched in the grocery and general merchandise categories during the quarter. […]
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Retail Asia02/11/2015
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Hamleys Hong Kong takeover

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Hamleys – the world’s oldest toy retailer – has been bought by a Hong Kong investor. As rumoured last week, the business has been sold to interests connected with the Sanpower Group in China’s mainland, which last year acquired UK department store House of Fraser. The buyer is C.banner International Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong-listed […]
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Retail Asia27/10/2015
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Hamleys to be sold to Chinese footwear retailer

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Hamleys, the 255-year-old toy retailer, is poised to be sold to a Chinese footwear company for an estimated £100m. C.banner International Holdings has confirmed that discussions to buy Hamleys from its French owner are at an “advanced stage”. The company released a statement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday afternoon saying it was: […]
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Retail Asia08/10/2015
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Hamleys Vietnam sets opening date

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Hamleys Vietnam will stage a mobile roadshow around the shopping centres and schools of downtown Ho Chi Minh to help build brand awareness ahead of the store’s Vietnam debut. Hamleys Vietnam will open its doors on October 21 in the recently opened SC Vivo City mall in District 7, a popular expat enclave. Hamleys, the […]
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Retail Asia07/08/2015
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British brands invading Philippines

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Asif Ahmad, the UK ambassador to the Philippines, is one of the busiest diplomats in the country, as he leads, almost on a weekly basis, the opening of new outlets put up by dozens of British companies which are taking advantage of the rapidly growing consumer market and improved purchasing power of Filipinos. Ahmad, the […]
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Retail Asia28/07/2015
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Hamleys Singapore opens its doors

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The world’s oldest toy store is now open in Singapore. Hamleys is now trading in Plaza Singapura on the city state’s prime shopping strip Orchard Rd. Occupying 12,000 sqft across two floors of Plaza Singapura, the Hamleys store boasts prominent street frontage along Orchard Rd. Dubbed ‘The Finest Toy Shop in the World’ the new store […]
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Retail Asia17/07/2015
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Hamleys Singapore to debut this month

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The world’s oldest toy retailer – Hamleys – is to make its Singapore debut this month. Hamleys Singapore will open its first store in the Plaza Singapura extension on July 24 in a partnership with Global Retail Ventures, which also runs Hamleys’ outlets in Malaysia. The move is part of an aggressive global expansion strategy […]
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Retail Asia23/06/2015
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Sanpower named in Hamleys bid

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Chinese language investor Sanpower is reported to be getting ready a bid for worldwide toy retailer Hamleys. Sanpower is the corporate which purchased 79 per cent of UK division retailer chain Home of Fraser final yr with the intention of increasing the enterprise into China, paying £480 million ($790.three million). UK newspaper The Sunday Occasions studies […]
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Retail Asia16/06/2015
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Hamleys toy store to open in Vietnam

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Hamleys, the world well-known British toy store, is to open its first retailer in Vietnam. An 800 sqm retailer will open over two ranges of the newly constructed SC VivoCity shopping center in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis’s District 7, a well-liked enclave for expatriates and well-heeled Vietnamese. Will probably be Vietnam’s largest toy retailer and […]
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