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Retail Asia29/05/2019

Chinese beverage and baked-goods retailer Urban Tea says it plans expansion from the middle of this year. The company will expand its network to 28 stores initially, through a combination of franchise partnerships and opening its own stores, with plans to speed up the rollout next year. Last October, Urban Tea set up a subsidiary […]

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Retail Asia15/05/2019

C-star – the China spin-off of the world’s largest retail show, the triennial EuroShop in Germany – is underway in Shanghai this week. This year’s event, the fifth, features a record 138 exhibitors at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Pudong, with exhibits including shopfitting and store furnishings, retail technology, store design and visual […]

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Retail Asia16/04/2019

The City of Shanghai has launched 5G trials in the Hongkou district, which also has the distinction of having a gigabit broadband network. The 5G trial, backed by China Mobile, involves providing full coverage of the district. During a commencement ceremony for the trial, a 5G video call was placed using the Huawei Mate X […]

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Retail Asia10/04/2019

Fat Brands China has announced the development of six new co-branded Fatburger and Buffalo’s Express restaurants throughout Shanghai with Bloomfield. The new locations will build on Fat’s existing presence in China, where the company currently operates multiple successful locations in both Beijing and Shanghai. “When expanding internationally, it’s important to identify a partner we can […]

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Retail Asia03/04/2019

Shanghai La Chapelle Fashion warns it will report an operating loss for last year, for the first time in its trading history. In an update to a profit warning issued last December, the company says total revenue dropped by about 2.5 per cent last year and costs accelerated. “Revenue from La Chapelle and Puella, which […]

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Retail Asia06/03/2019

Karma Automotive is prepping three vehicles — a concept car developed with Italian design house Pininfarina, the next-generation Revero electric car and the Karma Vision concept – that it hopes will propel the brand in a new direction. They will debut next month at the Shanghai auto show. “Taken together, Karma’s Shanghai Big Three represents […]

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Retail Asia11/02/2019

China’s retailer and catering enterprises earned over 1 trillion yuan ($148.3 billion) during the Lunar New Year holiday, defying an economic slump to rise 8.5% from last year, the country’s commerce ministry said late on Sunday. The increase was down to the rapid growth in sales of new-year gifts, traditional foods, electronic products and local […]

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Retail Asia08/02/2019

Luxury fashion is all about breaking codes, creating a new, irresistible message that captivates consumers. But some of the globe’s top brands have raised eyebrows with designs that have seemingly racist undertones. The latest instance of that was Italian fashion designer Gucci, which produced a black wool balaclava jumper with an oversized collar that pulls […]

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Retail Asia31/01/2019

Spanish bridalwear firm Pronovias has launched its first Chinese location in Shanghai. The 500sqm store is opening in luxury shopping centre Plaza 66, which hosts a range of high-end brands including Chanel and Dior. The move sparks off a greater strategy for the region, in which the Shanghai location will serve as Pronovias’s flagship. The […]

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Retail Asia30/01/2019

Chinese mall operator Bailian is merging two disused department stores on Shanghai’s Huaihai Road in partnership with urban renewal firm URF to create Theatre X. The two malls on the city’s prime retail street were formerly trendy shopping destinations. Huating Isetan on 527 Huaihai Road M was the first Japanese Isetan outlet in China, while […]

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Retail Asia29/01/2019

Swire Properties and Lujiazui Group officially announced the naming of their joint-venture retail project as “Taikoo Li Qiantan”. Located in the heart of the Pudong Qiantan International Business District, this project embodies Swire Properties’ “Taikoo Li” concept, which is well-known for its distinct open-plan, lane-driven architectural design. Taikoo Li Qiantan will offer a gross floor […]

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Retail Asia25/01/2019

Swedish-Chinese firm MobyMart is expanding its automated store format in China in collaboration with Shanghai fruit retailer Taoyuanming. Two stores are operating, one in Hefei and one outside Shanghai. While expansion in the region is the firm’s priority this year, its long-term sights are set on Europe and North America. According to brand co-founder Per […]

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Retail Asia14/01/2019

SimplyBrand, the world’s first blockchain-based e-commerce verification platform, launched a token pre-sale this week with strategic partner Cobinhood, a cryptocurrency service platform. By integrating blockchain, AI and crowdsourcing, SimplyBrand aims to end online counterfeiting through a safe and trustworthy digital commerce ecosystem. With the expansion of e-commerce, brands are finding it more difficult to trace […]

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Retail Asia09/01/2019

CapitaLand has formed a 50:50 joint venture with an unrelated third party to acquire approximately 70% of Pufa Tower in Shanghai, China, for RMB2,752 million (about S$546.3 million). The operational office property has been identified as a seed asset for a value-add fund which CapitaLand is setting up to invest in commercial real estate in […]

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Retail Asia27/12/2018

Shanghai Tang, recently acquired by Chinese entrepreneur Chen Danxia and Lunar Capital, goes back to its roots with the appointment of Victoria Tang-Owen, the daughter of the visionary founder David Tang, as Creative Director. Together with the appointment of Victoria to rebuild on her father’s legacy, the brand will continued to be led by the CEO Maurizio […]

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Retail Asia24/12/2018

Luxury retailer Louis Vuitton is offering a personalisation service for a selection of men’s ready-to-wear items in a limited number of global stores. The My LV World Tour Louis Vuitton personalisation service offers clients the opportunity to customise their purchases with a variety of patches and embroideries inspired by vintage travel labels and varsity lettering […]

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Retail Asia11/12/2018

Swedish furniture group Ikea will build a US$1.2 billion, 430,000sqm shopping complex in Shanghai, to be completed by 2022. The new Ikea China centre will house an Ikea store and an additional 120,000sqm in retail area, hosting more than 300 businesses. It will also include 60,000sqm of office space. The move represents the largest single […]

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Retail Asia07/12/2018

M&Ms World Shanghai reopened yesterday in Shanghai Shimao International Plaza. The newly remodeled 1600sqm interactive store, which offers an immersive, personalised experience with the M&M brand to residents and tourists, remains the only one based in Asia. The store is part of the global M&Ms retail business, which includes My M&Ms’ e-commerce sites and a […]

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Retail Asia06/12/2018

Thai restaurant concept The Lobster Lab has opened its first outlet in Shanghai. The restaurant, operated by Bangkok-based Thai Union Group opened inside one of Alibaba’s Hema supermarkets last month. It serves lobster rolls, seafood chowder and some western dishes. The concept is based on Thai Union’s King Oscar brand, a dine-in and takeout restaurant […]

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Retail Asia03/12/2018

Fung group has opened an innovation hub in Hong Kong for co-creating, learning, experimenting and scaling the ideas, opportunities and business models that will shape the future of supply chains. Explorium Hong Kong – taking its name from an earlier project in Shanghai which tested retail technologies – was opened this week with Dr Victor […]

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