Tag: Shanghai

Retail Asia29/11/2018
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Taiwanese streetwear boutique Invincible has opened a new store in Shanghai. The opening was marked by a brand collaboration with Japanese label Wacko Maria in the form of a capsule collection, which is on display within an in-store pop-up installation. The pop up’s striking-pink print wall and industrial rack set off the store’s otherwise understated design […]

Retail Asia23/11/2018
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E-commerce giant JD’s offline retail store 7Fresh is set to launch at Shangbin Plaza in Shanghai’s Hongkou District. The move is regarded as a step towards expansion nationwide beyond the firm’s home base in Beijing, as well as an attempt to follow recent trends to diversify from online-only business models. The high spending power of […]

Retail Asia10/10/2018
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Nike unveiled its first “House of Innovation”, located in Shanghai. The new store concept celebrates the brand’s innovations with rotating art installations, workshops, lectures and digitally-led trialing sessions. It also offers visitors exclusive products and collectibles that can’t be found anywhere else. On its website, Nike defined the retail space as “cross-category”, “consumer-focused” and “hyper-local”. Located in […]

Retail Asia08/10/2018
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Fast-fashion retailer Inditex has opened its first Zara China concept store, in Shanghai’s CBD. The store features digital services provided in collaboration with Alibaba’s Tmall platform to allow customers to buy limited-edition items via their mobile phone. Visitors can scan product barcodes to signal an attendant to bring clothes to a fitting room, and then […]

Retail Asia27/09/2018
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An SK-II smart store has opened in Shanghai, an enhanced version of the global beauty brand’s technology-packed showcase which opened in Tokyo in May. The SK-II Future X Smart Store features facial recognition, computer vision, and AI technology augmented by the brand’s proprietary skin science and diagnostics. The store employs an algorithm that supports self-service shopping to […]

Retail Asia13/08/2018
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A retail concept harnessing the power of technology to deliver personalised coffee and cocktails has opened in China. Ratio uses robots to craft personalised espresso coffee during the day and cocktails at night. Launched with a pop-up store at Shanghai’s K11 Art Mall, the concept is about to find a permanent home at Raffles City, […]

Retail Asia09/08/2018
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Chinese design house Wutopia Lab has converted a multi-story house in Shanghai into a bookstore which provides “a space for learning and thinking” for city-dwelling public. The project – Sinan Books: Shanghai Sanctum – was commissioned by Shanghai Century Publishing Group and Yongye Group in Building 25 of the Sinan Mansion. The design team envisioned […]

Retail Asia02/07/2018
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Barry Callebaut brings a whole new sensory experience to China with the introduction of the Chocolate Tasting Ritual. The Switzerland-based company, one of the world’s largest chocolate manufacturers to artisanal and professional users of chocolate, said the tasting ritual will allow chocolate professionals and consumers to uncover a brand new world of chocolate richness. Cocoa […]

Retail Asia26/06/2018
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ulgari Hotels & Resorts has opened a new property in Shanghai. The Shanghai boutique hotel has been built within a 48-storey tower in a protected heritage zone opposite the financial district of Pudong. It features 82 rooms, including 19 luxury suites, feature East-meets-West interiors designed for Bulgari by architectural firm Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and […]

Retail Asia29/05/2018
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Forevermark, a luxury retail brand of jeweller De Beers Group, has unveiled a flagship store concept, Libert’aime by Forevermark, in Shanghai. At HKRI Taikoo Hui, the store marks the 1000th Forevermark location in China. The Libert’aime concept focuses on 420 million millennials in China through an omnichannel model, offering an assortment of diamond jewellery. The […]

Retail Asia25/05/2018
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Carrefour China has opened its first-ever ‘smart supermarket’ in Shanghai in partnership with Tencent, four months after the parent company of the WeChat app bought a stake in the French retailer. Covering 4000sqm over two levels in Changning district, the new Le Marche store is connected to the Beixinjing metro station. It offers more than […]

Retail Asia23/05/2018
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LF Beauty, a one-stop shop partner and supplier of product solutions for fragrance, skincare, color cosmetics, interactive POS displays and beauty instruments for world-class brands, retailers and direct marketers, today launched its Creative Days concept event at LiFung Plaza in Shanghai. The event followed a successful first launch in 2016. As the largest and fastest-growing […]

Retail Asia23/02/2018
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As it continues its revival, US retail toy giant FAO Schwarz has set its sights on China. It plans to open stores in Beijing and Shanghai this year through a collaboration with China toy distributor Kidsland. Kidsland will also open 30 FAO Schwarz shops in 200 department stores across China over the next five years. […]

Retail Asia08/02/2018
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Global retail asset management specialist Pradera Retail Asia has opened M-Square at Mosaic Shanghai (pictured). On the ground floor of Mosaic Shanghai, M-Square assembles brands popular among young consumers such as Korean cosmetic brand Too Cool For School, Taiwanese bubble-tea store Bu’er Tea, coloured contact-lens shop Sweet Color, Hong Kong mixed drink bar Beauty Bowly, […]

Retail Asia06/02/2018
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Time Out’s City Life Index, a survey of 15,000 people in 32 global cities, has been released, and it shows which ones promise the most fun and excitement in 2018. Eight of them are on this side of the world. The survey, conducted by Tapestry Research, questioned residents on a variety of aspects of city […]


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