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Retail Asia26/09/2018

French handbag label Longchamp sees the China and US markets as key in boosting its global sales. Facing sluggish traditional European markets, the company is looking to celebrity endorsements and online opportunities to drive growth, according to CEO Jean Cassegrain. “We’re entering a different phase of growth, it’s no longer about store openings but about […]

Retail Asia03/08/2018

Travel retailer Dufry has launched a Longchamp boutique at Hong Kong International Airport. It is the world’s first duty-free boutique to host a Longchamp “personalisation station” offering to stamp customer initials on their purchases. Dufry’s global head of luxury Coral Clavero said, “The HKIA store will be the first duty-free point of sale worldwide to […]

Retail Asia10/04/2018

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French handbag brand Longchamp Philippines has opened its fourth boutique, in Rustan’s Makati. Inspired by the brand’s Paris flagship along rue Saint-Honore, the new 65sqm store is decorated with modern interiors – lots of wood, leather and fabric, and rich textures in order to highlight the collections. “We are honored to welcome Longchamp into a […]

Retail Asia03/04/2018

French handbag brand Longchamp Philippines has opened its fourth boutique, in Rustan’s Makati. Inspired by the brand’s Paris flagship along rue Saint-Honore, the new 65sqm store is decorated with modern interiors – lots of wood, leather and fabric, and rich textures in order to highlight the collections. “We are honored to welcome Longchamp into a […]

Retail Asia15/11/2017

French leather goods brand Longchamp officially opened its biggest Asian store in Tokyo in October 2017. The move signals a move to attract more Japanese clientele to the Parisian brand, as well as tourist shoppers visiting Japan. Dubbed ‘La Maison Omotesando’, the Japanese flagship store is located on Tokyo’s prestigious Omotesando Avenue. Standing 35 metres high and covering 500 […]

Retail Asia08/11/2017

Longchamp Japan has launched its largest store for Asia with a flagship in Tokyo’s fashion mecca Shibuya. French actress Audrey Tautou attended the inauguration of La Maison Omotesando, which has a 35m-high facade and offers 500sqm of retail space. It features all the French brand’s collections – leather goods, footwear, women’s ready-to-wear and, occupying the […]

Retail Asia10/10/2017

Longchamp Singapore has reopened its Paragon mall boutique. Marking the relaunch at 02-40 kiosk, the French luxury leather brand released its Mademoiselle Longchamp range of bags, which is exclusively distributed there until September 15, and at all Longchamp outlets thereafter. Inspired by 1970s heroines such as Jane Birkin and Francoise Hardy, the bags are available […]

Retail Asia02/06/2017

Longchamp and Burberry have arrange shops on WeChat, China’s prime messenger app. In addition to chatting with buddies and idly thumbing via their social feeds, now you can purchase luxurious baggage off China’s largest social app, WeChat. The nation’s hottest messenger app — which boasted almost 900 million day by day customers final year — […]

Retail Asia08/05/2017

Longchamp has opened a new China flagship store in Shanghai, with plans for the French luxury brand to open another flagship store in Beijing later in the year. Located at the Jing An Kerry Centre on Shanghai’s Nanjing Road West, the new Longchamp flagship offers the biggest selection of fashion, bags and accessories from the […]

Retail Asia06/03/2017

The closures of a number of retail and luxury brand giants on China’s e-commerce platforms indicate that retail competition is no less fierce online than offline. It is old news that the Chinese market is highly competitive and unlike any other market in the world. What may sell on the high street in London is […]

Retail Asia05/09/2016

Indonesians have become Asia’s foremost online buyers of luxury goods, according to the latest Asia Luxury Index. Amid difficult economic conditions, online sales of luxury goods in Indonesia have grown by 84 per cent, according to the index, which draws mainly on the sales data of Reebonz, a Singapore-based eCommerce platform for luxury products. Reebonz […]

Retail Asia18/07/2016

Italian fashion house Valentino is about to enter India, joining a growing list of luxury brands changing their focus to a buoyant retail scene far from the slowing Chinese economy. Valentino is reportedly dealing with IDFS Tradings and is also in talks with DLF Luxury Retail. Over the past few months, French luxury leather-goods maker […]

Retail Asia22/03/2016

Luxury French brand Longchamp sees Asia as a major contributor to the brand’s global growth in coming years. CEO Jean Cassegrain says 25 per cent of the brand’s business now comes from Asia – and 50 per cent of its customer base is Asian. In an exclusive interview with The Straits Times in Singapore last […]

Retail Asia23/05/2015

LS Travel Retail has won another luxury brand concession at Singapore’s Changi Airport. LS will open a 41 sqm Longchamp boutique in Terminal 3, located in the Southern section of the departure/transit lounge. It will be the second Longchamp boutique at Changi: LS Travel Retail has operated one in Terminal 1 since 2011. The new […]

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Longchamp to invest in China

Longchamp opens boutique at HKIA

Longchamp expands with fourth store in the Philippines

Longchamp Philippines expands with fourth store

Longchamp opens the biggest store in Asia

Longchamp Japan opens largest store in Asia

Longchamp Singapore reopens at Paragon

Longchamp and Burberry have set up store on WeChat, China’s top messenger app

Longchamp opens Shanghai flagship, plans more China stores

Closing shop on China’s e-commerce platforms

Indonesia leading charge, says Asia Luxury Index

Valentino heading into India

Expansion plan for Longchamp Asia

Second Longchamp boutique for Changi