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Retail Asia17/06/2019

Italian kitchen-design studio Stosa Cucine has opened its first store in Singapore. Located at the Apex @ Henderson building, the showroom spans 140sqm, displaying four kitchen models: Aliant, Natural, Infinity, and Aleve, for customers to experience. Products on display add a hi-tech touch to the kitchen as well as a functional solution for shelves, baskets […]

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Retail Asia03/05/2019

Italian fashion brand Calzedonia has reportedly renewed its Causeway Bay lease at a 15 per cent increase. According to reports in business media, the firm re-signed for the 400sqft retail space with just a month to spare on its existing contract at a cost of HK$9 million (US$1.15 million) for one year on the world’s […]

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Retail Asia11/04/2019

Italian bike maker Aprilia makes some high-revving performance bikes that enthusiasts swoon over, and now it has added a new name to that list of performance offerings. The company has unveiled the new Aprilia RSV4 X, which is a track-only motorcycle and has been developed by Aprilia Racing with components derived from its WSBK and MotoGP […]

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Retail Asia31/01/2019

Kering is facing an Italian claim for €1.4 billion (£1.2 billion) in unpaid taxes. The company’s Swiss-based Luxury Goods International (LGI) subsidiary has been under investigation for allegedly avoiding tax on earnings generated elsewhere. The probe has largely centred on Gucci, Kering’s star brand and biggest revenue driver. Italy’s tax police carried out checks at […]

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Retail Asia10/01/2019

Italian luxury house Brunello Cucinelli reported a leap in revenues for the 2018 fiscal year, with all geographic regions recording sales growth, particularly Greater China and Japan. For the year ending December 31, 2018, Brunello Cucinelli said total revenues increased 8.1% to €553 million, (+10.7% at constant exchange rates), compared to €511.7 million in 2017. […]

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Retail Asia08/01/2019

Italian fashion house Ermanno Scervino is launching a new boutique in Chinese Hangzhou. The 140sqm store, located inside the Hangzhou Tower shopping centre, houses the brand’s womenswear and menswear pret-a-porter and accessories collections. Its interior design follows the style of the maison’s flagship store inaugurated in Florence last June, with large surfaces featuring industrial concrete […]

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Retail Asia26/12/2018

Italy’s OVS midrange fashion brand will open its first outlet in Ho Chi Minh City this weekend. ACFC, distributor of IPP Group, a major Vietnamese fashion retailer, has confirmed that they are introducing the OVS brand in Vietnam. OVS is a popular fashion brand in Europe. In Italy, the brand has 15 percent of the […]

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Retail Asia19/12/2018

Prada has apologised for selling a US$550 monkey figurine after a social media backlash from US consumers alleging the character is racist. The monkeys, with oversized red lips and dark skin have been likened to “racist caricatures historically used to dehumanise black people” according to a commentary in The Business of Fashion. Some social media users […]

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Retail Asia10/12/2018

South Korean cosmetics firm Nature Republic has opened four pop-up stores in Italy. The brand’s entry into the Italian market has seen the pop-ups emerge within Italy’s Coin department stores in Rome, Milan, Torino and Bari. Heritage brand Coin is the largest department store chain in the country in terms of outlets, and focuses on […]

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Retail Asia06/12/2018

Italian fashion design house Moschino has released a collaboration with South Korean cosmetics brand Tonymoly on a collection of makeup and skincare products. The collection includes a cosmetics line and a few skincare items in sleek black, white, gold and rainbow packaging. The full range will be available from Tonymoly’s US web store throughout December. […]

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Retail Asia04/12/2018

Uniqlo is to open in Italy next year, choosing a heritage building in Milan for a brand-defining flagship store. Located in Piazza Cordusio, in the heart of the historical city and within walking distance of Piazza del Duomo, the new store will offer LifeWear for men, women, and kids over three levels. “We are extremely […]

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Retail Asia26/11/2018

Indian-Italian handbag and accessories retailer Da Milano is aiming to be operating 100 stores by the end of this financial year, including in Singapore. The company offers “affordable luxury” items and is likely to open further locations in airports and Tier II and III cities across India. It currently runs 80 stores across the country, […]

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Retail Asia26/11/2018

Italian luxury retailer Dolce & Gabbana is facing a growing backlash in China after an ad campaign that was meant to promote the brand in arguably its most valuable market has been decried as racist. Amidst growing calls to boycott the brand on Chinese social media, popular e-commerce sites, including Alibaba’s Tmall and JD.com, have […]

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Retail Asia14/11/2018

Italian motorcycle manufacturers are hoping the release of new or updated models would be enough to reinvigorate interest among Indonesian enthusiasts and boost sales, which have been subdued in the past few years amid a weakening currency and slowing economic growth in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. From household names such as Ducati, Piaggio and Vespa, to niche brands like Motto […]

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Retail Asia02/11/2018

N°21 has major expansion plans in South Korea. The Italian fashion label designed and led by Alessandro Dell’Acqua has signed a distribution agreement with Lee & Han, a Korean distributor managing a broad portfolio of lifestyle brands, and plans to open 18 stores in the country in the next five years. N°21 had already opened […]

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Retail Asia11/10/2018

A new generation of Italian fashion talents has earned a stamp of approval from a titan of the industry. Archive, an investment vehicle controlled by Moncler chairman and chief executive Remo Ruffini’s Ruffini Partecipazioni Holding, announced on Monday that it has taken a 49 percent stake in Attico, a fashion brand founded by Milan’s Gilda […]

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Retail Asia06/09/2018

Italian leather and fabric upholstery brand Nicoletti Home has partnered with Chinese manufacturer/retailer Manwah to establish a retail network of 50 stores throughout the mainland. Nicoletti Home already has a strong Asian presence in Hong Kong, Indonesia and Korea. Manwah will be directly responsible for managing the stores under a franchise agreement, targeting upscale customers. […]

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Retail Asia20/07/2018

US-based footwear holding company StreetTrend has signed a joint venture agreement with Italy-based investment firm Panda to purchase a majority interest in luxury sneaker and footwear retail brand P448. The deal covers all creative design, manufacturing operations and brand assets of the footwear brand in Forli. Following the acquisition, P448 founders Marco Simone and Andrea […]

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Retail Asia24/05/2018

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp, which is planning to raise US$10 billion in a Hong Kong public listing, says it has launched sales in France and will enter the Italian market tomorrow. In France, Xiaomi is selling through its first Mi Store in Paris, via its own e-commerce platform Mi.com, and on other online and […]

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Retail Asia23/05/2018

The annual Gambero Rosso’s Top Italian Wines Roadshow welcomed about 1,000 wine lovers at CHIJMES Hall today in a celebration of Italy’s wine craftsmanship. The one-day roadshow will be opened by the Ambassador of Italy to Singapore, H.E. Raffaele Langella; Mr Marco Sabellico, Senior Editor-in-Chief of Vini d’Italia; and Mr Lorenzo Ruggeri, Editor of Gambero Rosso Top Italian Restaurants […]

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