Tong Van

“The first half represented an encouraging step forward for the group,” Zhen Huang, chairman of Lanvin Group, said.

Lululemon has recently opened its first global flagship in Japan. Spanning 1220 square metres, the Harajuku store is now the brand’s largest in Asia Pacific.

Yet, sales across Chagee’s core Chinese market are still declining sharply. Existing stores continue to sell fewer drinks than they did a year earlier.

Shein’s first day as a Hong Kong-listed company offered a sobering verdict on a business that was once one of the world’s most highly valued private retailers.

New luxury-format stores, younger customers and an ambitious international expansion are reshaping one of Asia’s biggest jewellery companies.

Overall, for the six months to 30 June, Giordano International’s revenue fell 1 per cent to HKD$1.914 billion.

Saicho’s co-founders Natalie Chiu and Charlie Winkworth-Smith spoke to Inside Retail about why the terminal came before the shelf.

The decision replaces the plan announced on January 6 to float the international arm on a US exchange. Its shares rose 1.87 per cent after the company announced the Hong Kong listing plan.

The appointment comes just months after Kering took a minority stake in Icicle’s parent, ICCF Group, in April through its House of Wonders initiative, which is designed to support and scale emerging luxury brands from new markets.

The queue outside Chipotle’s first restaurant in Asia formed hours before anyone could order. Nathaniel Lawton, the company’s chief business development officer, said some fans had arrived as early as 5am.