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Retail Asia22/09/2020

Performance apparel brand Arc’teryx has opened its first global flagship store in Shanghai, its largest store to date. Called the Arc’teryx Alpha Center, the store occupies an 8000sqft area, offering what the brand describes as an “experiential design and apparel from each of the brand’s performance, lifestyle, and Veilance collections”. “We wanted to create a […]

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Retail Asia14/09/2020

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Starbucks has just unveiled a new concept store in China created inside six repurposed shipping containers. An identical concept, created by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, first appeared in Taiwan. As the 800th store in Shanghai, the Starbucks container store helped set a new record for the city – it has more Starbucks stores than any […]

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Retail Asia30/07/2020

Japanese lifestyle specialty store Loft has opened its first directly owned overseas store, ‘Xujiahui Loft’ in Shanghai. Located at Metro City, the Xujiahui Loft Shanghai occupies a 1046sqm area. It features more than 12,000 products including Loft’s exclusive lines as well as limited-edition items commemorating the store’s grand opening and pre-sale goods. The Xujiahui Loft […]

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Retail Asia28/07/2020

Montblanc has launched a flagship boutique and a pop-up store in Shanghai, China. Located at Shanghai Plaza 66 on Nanjing Road, the store features a wide collection of Montblanc’s luxury goods, including travel bags, backpacks, watches, and accessories. The Shanghai Plaza 66 boutique features a modern design with black and gold elements. The Shanghai Plaza […]

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Retail Asia24/07/2020

Swedish home-furnishing giant Ikea opens an Ikea City store in Shanghai today, its first such outlet in China. The Ikea City opening comes after the Ikea Tmall flagship launch in March as part of the brand’s strategy to broaden the ways it reaches Chinese customers, making the brand more accessible. Located in Jing’an district, the […]

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Retail Asia11/06/2020

Heritage running shoe brand Saucony has opened its first store in Shanghai at Super Brand Mall. The company says the opening represents an important milestone in the brand’s development in China. The 122-year-old brand is actively expanding its Chinese retail network by entering major cities in order to cater to burgeoning demand from the country’s […]

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Retail Asia16/04/2020

OnTheList Shanghai is about to open a permanent showroom in downtown Shanghai, just seven months after the flash-sale pioneer made its debut in the Chinese city. After launching its first event last September, OnTheList Shanghai has been working on developing a more long-term presence and building brand awareness through pop-up events there, as part of […]

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Retail Asia25/03/2020

Shanghai Fashion Week is partnering with Alibaba’s B2C marketplace Tmall to hold its first fully digital event due to restrictions on gatherings caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The entire roster of runway shows will be streamed online on Tmall from March 24–30. More than 150 international brands and designers will showcase their latest autumn-winter collections […]

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Retail Asia04/03/2020

Shanghai Fashion Week organizers announced that the event will proceed after early fears it would be postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The organizers released a statement saying Shanghai Fashion Week will be held on the same dates earlier scheduled: March 24-30. Since the coronavirus crisis began in late January, Chinese fashion industry professionals have […]

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Retail Asia04/03/2020

Roughly a third of the 11,000 stores in Shanghai that closed for the coronavirus outbreak has opened for business. Among the reopening stores is Starbucks’ largest global outlet, Starbucks’ Reserve Roastery, which attracted daily queues before the epidemic. The store, which counts as a tourist attraction in its own right, opened just one of its […]

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Retail Asia20/01/2020

The Shanghai government announced a series of policies to motivate firms and talent while formally challenging the similar ambitions of nearby Hangzhou. Shanghai’s municipal government is taking an admittedly expedited path, according to a report citing a statement, to becoming a fintech center and will accelerate this development through a series of incentives including a […]

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Retail Asia14/01/2020

E-cigarette company RELX Technology has opened its first RELX China flagship and says it aims to have 10,000 stores globally within three years. Located in Shanghai’s CBD, the RELX China flagship occupies a 140sqm area, creating a space to educate existing adult smokers and vapers on RELX vapor products. “Consumers nowadays prefer immersive shopping experiences, […]

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Retail Asia02/01/2020

British department store Harrods will open a location in Shanghai. According to Retail Gazette, the store will be the brand’s first standalone site outside the UK and will target China’s growing middle class. “If you look at all of the reports, they say, quite categorically that all of the growth in the next five years […]

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Retail Asia08/11/2019

Galeries Lafayette Shanghai is mid-way through a three-week-long opening celebration featuring art, technology, European brands, and celebrities. After a high-profile opening ceremony, the new store at L+Mall in the Pudong financial district is now hosting a campaign titled Let’s Celebrate Fashion featuring a rolling program of events, limited-edition collaborations and exclusive products. A spokesperson for […]

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Retail Asia01/11/2019

US coffee chain Peet’s Coffee has launched a pop-up cafe in Shanghai, inspired by the design of its heritage store in California. The Peet’s Coffee pop up offers a wide selection of coffees and experiences, including personalized t-shirts, tote bags with distinctive patterns influenced from the 1960s period. A photo booth was installed inside the […]

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Retail Asia23/10/2019

Starbucks today announced the new addition of Bar Mixato to the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Shanghai, further elevating the multi-sensory experience of China’s coffee wonderland. Starbucks unique interpretation of the modern café and bar experience, Bar Mixato brings together the craftsmanship of specialty coffee and the artistry of cocktail concoctions to offer a novel nighttime […]

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Retail Asia11/09/2019

Design firm Wutopia Lab has designed a unique “books above clouds” store in Shanghai’s tallest building for Duoyun Books. The design for 2259sqm flagship located on level 52 of Shanghai Tower was commissioned by Shanghai Century Publishing to provide space for 60,000 books. As well as the book-retailing area, the store features a lecture room, […]

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Retail Asia09/09/2019

US warehouse retailer Costco opened its first store in China today, against a background of an escalating trade war between the US and China and at a time the local economy is showing signs of slowing. The giant store will open in a suburb of Shanghai boasting a catchment of 2 million consumers and follows […]

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Retail Asia21/06/2019

Aldi will launch in China a week from now opening the first of 11 stores initially planned for Shanghai. But the Aldi China store format will be considerably different to the German discount grocer’s shops in the other 11 offshore markets it has entered: sources in Germany report the stores will have a more upmarket […]

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Retail Asia10/06/2019

Italian fashion concept store 10 Corso Como is withdrawing from China. The firm’s Shanghai retail outlet, which has been open since 2013, will be shuttered late this month in the absence of interest in a license and lease renewal from its local partner Trendy Group. The Milanese brand launched its early version of the concept […]

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