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  • The British House to showcase UK in Beijing

    The British House to showcase UK in Beijing

    Opening in Beijing in December, The British House showroom will display items from 100 UK brands across fashion, homewares and lifestyle.

    Already confirmed are such brands as Aspinal of London, Johnstons of Elgin, Liberty, Rachel Riley, Sunuva and Turnbull & Asser.

    Near Tiananmen Square, the 13,000 sqft (1207 sqm) showroom covers two floors and is modelled on a London townhouse, with products on display in each room of the “home”. Shoppers will be able to scan the items they like and buy them online using tablets. The products will be shipped directly from the UK to their home within eight to 11 days.

    The “home” will also have a tearoom and offer English language lessons as well as host VIP parties.

    Former women’s fashionwear Jonathan Saunders interim MD Jamie Powell has been appointed as the UK MD for the business, and he plans to roll out the concept to other locations across Asia. The owner is Yimei McCabe, a former diplomat with China’s ministry of foreign affairs.

  • UK retailers to launch online d-store in China

    UK retailers to launch online d-store in China

    A group of former executives of high profile British retail brands are planning to launch a department store online in China, via JD.com.

    The creators of the virtual department store to be called The Jack Russell Emporium are ex Marks & Spencer, Burberry and Jonathan Saunders. The new store will go live in September.

    It will stock goods from brands such as Hackett, Reiss and Jigsaw, targeting the rising ranks of China’s middle class who aren’t yet quite cashed up enough to splurge on Louis Vuitton.

    “That emerging market has disposable income for the first time; they are cultured and may have travelled to the UK once or twice so they don’t want domestic product, but they cannot afford luxury brands like Burberry and Louis Vuitton,” co-founder Jamie Powell, told Drapers.

    The Jack Russell Emporium will launch with 10 brands initially and expand to 25 by Christmas, before adding a further 75 brands next year.

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