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  • Clarins Skin Spa opens at Singapore’s Ion Orchard

    Clarins Skin Spa opens at Singapore’s Ion Orchard

    Clarins Skin Spa opened at Singapore’s Ion Orchard last week. The luxury beauty brand unveiled its new home having spent the past 24 years at its former Wheelock Place location. The new outlet’s cozy interior of light oak, whites, and lush greens reflect the brand’s late founder Jacques Courtin-Clarins’ belief that healing begins from within.

    A launch event was attended by Clarins Group executive VP Southeast Asia Guillaume Nagy along with Clarins Group president of North America and Asia-Pacific Christophe de Pous and several celebrity guests.

    To celebrate the occasion, all 60-minute facial and body treatments given at the new location will be discounted from February 1 through to June 30.

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  • Gentle Monster opens second store in Singapore

    Gentle Monster opens second store in Singapore

    South Korean eyewear brand Gentle Monster has opened a second store in Singapore at Marina Bay Sands. The launch, coming more than a year since the opening of Gentle Monster’s first store in Southeast Asia at Ion Orchard, is part of the brand’s “13” project. According to the brand, the project is “based on a story of an extreme ecological change the Earth would have to endure in the future due to a tilt of its axis, caused by the Moon being pushed farther away from planet Earth.”

    The concept serves as a metaphor to describe modern-day people who seem “obsessed and overwhelmed by the invalid information they receive daily.”

    To celebrate the opening of the new location, Gentle Monster has teamed up with fashion blogger Yoyo Cao to come up with a special edition of the brand’s popular Cobalt sunglasses model. The limited edition eyewear features a trendy tear drop-shaped frame along with details such as a twisted bridge and an inner template engraved with the word “Yoyokulala”.

    The Gentle Monster x Yoyokulala eyewear will retail at S$368.

    Find out the interior of the store below (5 images) :

  • Hugo Boss Singapore flagship opens

    Hugo Boss Singapore flagship opens

    International fashion brand Hugo has launched a standalone flagship in Singapore. The Ion Orchard store showcases the brand’s latest Autumn/Winter 2018 collection in a 146sqm retail space. A promotional Hugo Reversed personalised t-shirt will be available in store for a limited time.

    The brand’s new expansion into the Singapore market is not expected to be aggressive, with a focus on sustainable growth and a gradual development of its casualwear line and affordable offerings.

    The firm has recently merged its labels into a core Hugo Boss branding in response to increasing competition in the industry.

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  • Heytea Singapore now opens in Ion Orchard

    Heytea Singapore now opens in Ion Orchard

    Chinese tea franchise Heytea is launching its first overseas store in Singapore. The six-year-old chain is one of China’s most popular in its category, with each outlet selling 2000-3000 cups per day. It claims to be the franchise responsible for inventing cheese tea, serving drinks with New Zealand cheese.

    The Heytea Singapore store will feature a uniform minimalist white interior design with wooden accents, with some outlets featuring themed retail spaces.

    The new Singapore location is launching at Ion Orchard.

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  • Bvlgari’s cinema themed pop-up at Singapore’s ION Orchard mall

    Bvlgari’s cinema themed pop-up at Singapore’s ION Orchard mall

    High-end Italian jewellery house Bvlgari has opened a pop-up retail place this month in Singapore. Located on level one of the ION Orchard mall, the “Pop (Up) Corn” shop is decked out in saccharine pink and blinking neon lights and takes inspiration from 60s Italian theatre.

    It is also a mini-reproduction of the Italian luxury brand’s Via Condotti boutique in Rome where Hollywood icons such as Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor would shop when in town.

    Inside, the pop-up offers limited-edition Bvlgari handbags including Serpenti and Divas Dream bags in calfskin leather, as well as sparkling jewellery pieces and watches.

    The standout piece is the limited-edition matching set of a Bvlgari-Bvlgari necklace and bracelet in rose gold, which is an ION Orchard exclusive. Not to mention a series of cinema-themed objects such as glitzy popcorn boxes, rectangular ticket stubs and dazzling neon lights.

    The Pop (Up) Corn store is open now until December 31.

    The new pop-up serves as a precursor to the official store opening in ION Orchard from Bvlgari in December, joining the store in Marina Bay.

    It’s not the first time Bvlgari has opened a pop-up store in a key capital city.

    In 2017, Bvlgari opened a pop-up store inside France’s Galeries Lafayette department store on boulevard Haussmann in Paris.

    Bvlgari operates flagship stores in most Asian cities including Singapore, Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Macau.

    Founded in 1884 in Rome Sotirios Voulgaris, Bvlgari is now majority-owned by French luxury conglomerate LVMH Group.

    For the first-quarter 2018, LVMH’s watches and jewellery category, which Bvlgari is a part of, witnessed 8% growth in revenue terms and 14% organic growth in the category, totaling 9.5 billion euros. Overall revenues tipped 33 billion euros for the three months ending September 30.

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  • JD Sports Opens its Flagship Store at ION Orchard

    JD Sports Opens its Flagship Store at ION Orchard

    UK-based multi-brand sportswear and shoes retailer JD has opened an Ion Orchard flagship.

    The new 7200sqft store follows the recent opening of a JD’s store at Jurong Point, and offers an expanded range that includes favourite brands such as Nike, Adidas, Puma, Under Armour, and JD’s home brand Supply & Demand. It also retails a wider range of JD Exclusive trainers, only available at JD stores in Singapore.

    JD also stocks trainers direct from Europe with the Western Europe range, which are not readily available in Southeast Asia.

    The group runs over 1400 stores under various retail fascias.

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  • Chloé opens first global pop-up concept in Singapore

    Chloé opens first global pop-up concept in Singapore

    French luxury fashion house Chloe has opened its first-ever pop-up concept in Singapore.

    At Ion Orchard’s atrium, the store curates 20 exclusive Chloe products ranging from the classic Drew Bijou and Roy bags to dainty small leather goods and even sunglasses.

    The space is fashioned in the Chloe girl cool-yet-feminine signature aesthetic: whites, powdery beige rose and natural brass. Pop-up exclusive items are displayed on a wave structure of spheres.

    The pop-up will be open until June 30.

    Check the gallery of some collections displayed (4 images) :

  • L’Occitane to open Singapore-based pop-up café

    L’Occitane to open Singapore-based pop-up café

    French fragrance retailer L’Occitane plans to open a pop-up cafe, named A Journey in Every Sense, at Ion Orchard between July 3 and 16.

    Launching in collaboration with dessert specialist Janice Wong, it will feature her creations with such ingredients as cherry blossom, verbena, bergamot, rose and almond. Being promoted as a Province experience, the cafe also feature a skincare and bodycare texture bar allowing consumers to sample products, as well as 360deg VR exploration of the French region.

    At home in France, L’Occitane lately created a lifestyle pop-up concept including an essential oils distillery, restaurant, coffee and cocktail bar.

    To see more, browse the gallery below :

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  • Jill Stuart Beauty debuts in Singapore

    Jill Stuart Beauty debuts in Singapore

    Japanese-influenced beauty brand Jill Stuart is to open its first presence in Singapore – inside Sephora Ion Orchard.to

    The concession will debut on March 29, offering Singaporeans its full product range, including lipsticks, eyeshadows and blushes, its best-selling items.

    Jill Stuart was founded in 2005 and has built a reputation for its embellished silver packaging inspired by the make-up style of Japanese women.

    Fans of the brand are commonly referred to as ‘Jill girls’, a phrase born in Jill Stuart’s philosophy about being “all for girls to be ‘kawaii’ (cute).

    Jill Stuart is a New York-based designer and her cosmetics brand was developed with Kose Corporation. Her products are already sold in Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand.

  • Fendi opens Singapore ION flagship with pop-up attached

    Fendi opens Singapore ION flagship with pop-up attached

    Fashion house Fendi opened a flagship store in Singapore, marking the Italian firm’s fourth boutique in the city.

    Located in ION Orchard mall, the new store is Fendi’s most impressive to date in Singapore. Boasting a brightly-lit façade, the interior design of the Fendi retail outlet has been renewed and rolled out in Singapore, harking back to Fendi’s Roman roots.

    As for the products, ION Orchard offers women’s and men’s ready-to-wear, furs and accessories and collectible design pieces and furniture from a mix of heritage and new guard creators. Meanwhile, it the first Fendi store on Orchard Road to have a full men’s offerings including fashion, accessories and shoes.

    Fendi has created a Singapore exclusive Mini Peekaboo bag in velvet too, featuring a tapestry woven pattern and the signature Fendi whipstitch details.

    Marking the store opening, a Fendi pop-up store has been set up at the entrance of the new physical store. Painted a lush forest green, the kiosk is designed to mimic heritage newsstands that one might find in a Piazza in Rome. The octagonal dark green structure features materials inspired by apartments in the city, such as brass, rosewood, velvet and parquet wooden floors.

    It stocks smaller items such as bag charms, small leather goods, sunglasses and t-shirts, as well as free Fendi postcards for guests.

    The ‘travelling’ kiosk opened until 18 February, before moving on to Siam Paragon mall, in Bangkok.

    Many international luxury brands have been doing the nomadic pop-up retail debut lately. Both Chanel and Louis Vuitton recently launched pop-up concepts in Singapore.

    Fendi is part of the French luxury conglomerate LVMH group. LVMH posted record revenues in 2107, with sales increasing overall by 29% last year.

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  • FENDI Opens in Singapore ION Orchard

    FENDI Opens in Singapore ION Orchard

    FENDI opened a brand new store in ION Orchard, right in the heart of the main shopping area in Singapore. The new store has a refreshed store concept, reflecting the culmination of its continuous research of highest standards in store design highlighting its deep heritage.

     

     

    The ION Orchard store will be the first store on Orchard road to have a full men’s universe collection, featuring Ready-to-Wear, Shoes, Leather Goods, and Accessories.

    At the same time, FENDI will be launching a new travelling pop-up store in Singapore. The FENDI Kiosk is inspired by the city of Rome and will travel to other parts of Asia, after Singapore. The FENDI Kiosk will be available in ION Orchard from 2 to 18 February.

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  • CapitaLand hits record with Suzhou Center Mall

    CapitaLand hits record with Suzhou Center Mall

    With the opening of its largest shopping centre yet, Suzhou Center Mall, Singapore retail-estate company CapitaLand has marked a record year of a million square metres of retail space.

    More than three times the size of Ion Orchard in Singapore, the mall is also the largest shopping centre in the Chinese city. It spans nearly 300,000sqm in gross floor area (GFA), excluding car park.

    More than 600 retail brands are housed within the mall, in the heart of the western CBD of Suzhou Industrial Park, next to the historic Jinji Lake. It is the centrepiece of the Suzhou Center integrated development that also comprises four grade-A office towers, two luxury residential towers and the W Suzhou hotel tower, which are all interconnected.

    With a total GFA of 1.13 million square metres served by a 1570m tunnel leading to its basement car park and directly linked to two metro lines, Suzhou Center was master developed by Suzhou Hengtai Holding Group, owned by the Suzhou Industrial Park.

    CapitaLand, through its wholly owned shopping business CapitaLand Mall Asia, is co-owner and co-developer for the mall and two 21-storey office towers.

    World’s largest

    Designed by multiple award-winning architectural firm Benoy, the seven-storey Suzhou Center Mall has an undulating roof that is the world’s largest free-form monocoque roof at more than 36,000sqm. Shaped like a pair of phoenix wings to symbolise Suzhou’s growth taking flight, the multi-coloured roof comprises 6947 pieces of uniquely shaped glass.

    Suzhou Center Mall also boasts 60,000sqm of greenery across terraces, rooftops and the landscaped cantilever bridges that extend from two ends of the mall to the lakefront. A 45m-wide, 25m-high water curtain is a feature of the mall’s facade facing Jinji Lake.

    The mall opened with more than 90 per cent lease commitment for its net lettable area of about 152,000sqm. Anchor tenants include more than 600 brands including Suzhou’s first CGV cinemas, its first Fanpekka children’s theme park, first indoor simulated gaming centre, an Olympic-size ice rink, a gourmet supermarket and a food court.
    Nearly a third of the mall’s offerings are new to Suzhou, including Forever 21 and Victoria’s Secret. H&M and Zara will run triplex stores in the mall, their biggest outlets in the city.

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    CapitaLand says that with the opening of Suzhou Center Mall, 61 of its total portfolio of 69 owned and managed malls in China are up and running.

    CapitaLand CEO Lim Ming Yan says the mall’s opening caps a record year for the company. “Nearly 1 million square metres of retail GFA across eight developments came on line this year, marking our largest-ever retail offering in a single year.”

    CapitaLand Mall Asia CEO Jason Leow says that about 85 per cent of the group’s total assets contribute to recurring income, of which shopping malls and integrated developments form the bulk. “As we increase CapitaLand’s recurring income base with mall openings, we will also continue to enhance our retail scale and network through acquisitions and management contracts, as well as reconstitute our portfolio to achieve an optimal asset mix.”

  • Maria Grazia Chiuri collection for Dior pop-up

    Maria Grazia Chiuri collection for Dior pop-up

    Singapore is among seven international cities where Dior is launching pop-up stores to unveil its spring/summer ready-to-wear collection, the first designed by its new creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri.

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    The pop-ups revisit the Dior heritage in a contemporary spirit with a message, says the French luxury group.
    Los Angeles and Paris are first with the stores, with the roll-out continuing in Japan, Dubai, Seoul, Beijing and Shanghai.

    Singapore’s Dior pop-up opens at Ion Orchard on Thursday and will be open until March 22.

  • Retailers snag prime spots for flagships amid lower rentals

    Retailers snag prime spots for flagships amid lower rentals

    Rising vacancies and plunging rentals in shopping malls may be a headache for landlords, but it is not all bad news for retailers who have taken advantage of lower rentals to snag prime locations for their flagship stores.

    More than 10 flagship stores were set up islandwide last year, noted property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield’s research director Christine Li. This is the highest number since the global financial crisis in 2009, she said.

    The last wave of flagship stores were set up between 2007 and 2009, when Orchard Road was undergoing a makeover.

    Last year, cosmetics label MAC and Sephora opened flagships at Ion Orchard, while Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo unveiled a three-storey store in Orchard Central. Other new flagships include those of watch brand Rolex at Marina Square and German leather goods brand Braun Buffel at Marina Bay Sands.

    Ms Li said: “In the lower rent environment, 2016 saw a ‘flight to quality’ as retail brands that are still optimistic on expansion took this opportunity to upgrade to larger prime retail spaces vacated by previous tenants.”

    • 10 At least this number of flagship stores were set up islandwide last year. This is the highest number since the global financial crisis in 2009.

    She said flagships are strategic, as they reinforce and enhance a brand’s presence and status.

    Uniqlo’s founder Tadashi Yanai said the firm decided to open a flagship in Orchard Road as it sees Singapore as a gateway to not only the markets in South-east Asia but also in the Middle East and Africa.

    “Despite the faltering retail climate in Singapore, Uniqlo’s belief in the potential of this region is what has driven (our) decision to launch the three-storey Global Flagship store here,” he said.

    The islandwide vacancy rate for retail space was 7.5 per cent at the end of last year, up from 4.5 per cent at the end of 2013, Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) data showed.

    The climbing vacancy rate has, in turn, reduced rental rates. The median rental rate for retail space in the third quarter of last year was the lowest on record, falling to $9.82 per sq ft per month for the Orchard Road area – the first time it fell below $10, URA data showed.

    Riding on the wave of soft rents, French sporting goods retailer Decathlon even secured a 15-year lease for a 35,000 sq ft outlet in Viva Business Park in Chai Chee, which opened in January last year.

     

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  • T2 Singapore launches with kaya toast brew

    T2 Singapore launches with kaya toast brew

    For its first outlet in Asia, Australian tea chain T2 Singapore has launched with a new brew that pays homage to local breakfast staple kaya toast.

    Its Singapore Breakfast tea is a blend of pu’er (Chinese fermented tea), green tea, coconut flakes and roasted rice. It is among more than 150 types of teas at the new store, in the 313@Somerset mall.

    T2 CEO Nicky Sparshott says Singapore was picked for the company’s Asian debut because of its “strong tea-drinking culture with multicultural influences, from black tea dating back to the colonial period to Asian tea beverages such as teh tarik – Malay for pulled tea – and green tea”.

    Covering 550 sqft (51 sqm), the store offers myriad teas, from black, green and white to rooibos, and herbal and fruit-based tisanes.

    Bestsellers for the company include French Earl Grey, which has bergamot-infused black tea perfumed with rose and sunflower petals and hibiscus; Green Rose, green tea paired with mango, papaya and rose petals; and Fruitalicious tisane, a blend of cranberries, blueberries, dragon fruit and goji berries.

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    Singapore has been among T2’s top five markets in online sales over the past two years, and Sparshott hopes the country’s reputation as a tourism hub can expose the tea company to visitors in Asia.

    “Infinite possibilities”

    “Tea has moved from being a beverage for old people to having infinite possibilities … there is an appetite for new invention in teas,” she says.

    Like its more than 75 outlets in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US, the T2 shop in Singapore has black floor-to-ceiling shelves lined with brightly coloured tea boxes, tea pots, cups and accessories. Taking centre stage is an island brew bar with tea-making apparatus, where six types of hot and iced tea beverages are brewed daily for customers to sample.

    Sparshott says customers can also attend regular tea masterclasses and tea-blending sessions through the tea community group T2 Society, which is free to join.

    She says T2 intends to open another three or four outlets in Singapore in the coming year.

    Started in Melbourne in 1996, T2 was acquired by Unilever in 2013, which owns such tea brands as Lipton.

    Other tea boutiques in Singapore include the TWG Tea chain and The 1872 Clipper Tea Company, which opened a tea retail shop-cum-bar in Ion Orchard last April.

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