Tag: Lixil

  • Japan’s Lixil adopts DTC model in Singapore retail store launch

    Japan’s Lixil adopts DTC model in Singapore retail store launch

    LIXIL, maker of pioneering water and housing products, today announced the launch of its flagship showroom in Singapore. Located at a heritage shophouse unit at 24 Mohd Sultan Road, the 6,000 square feet store is in the heart of Singapore’s prime lifestyle district. Bringing multiple LIXIL brands under one roof, the store offers a wide range of sustainable living solutions, meaningful design, and cutting-edge hygiene technology.

    The launch of the store comes at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic and the planet’s health have put issues such as sanitation and hygiene at the forefront of consumer minds. Besides offering LIXIL’s unique hygiene technology through the store, LIXIL is also leveraging on its industry-leading experience with a direct-to-consumer business approach and unparalleled retail concept to offer a full bathroom product line-up to reach more consumer segments. The showroom will feature products from GROHE and American Standard, with plans to include INAX, the Japanese brand that manufactures innovative sanitaryware and artistic ceramic tiles.

    Satoshi Konagai, Leader, LIXIL Water Technology-Asia Pacific, said, “We are very happy to inaugurate our flagship showroom and hope to provide the best solutions for their living and working spaces. The customer and retail experience have always been very important to us at LIXIL and we are constantly looking for ways to maximize the value for our consumers.”

    He further added, “Today the world is more concerned than ever about hygiene. Singapore’s recent commitment on sustainability and its exemplary handling of the pandemic showcases a rising awareness on these global issues, and we believe there is a growing demand for solutions to address them. Homeowners expect proven solutions that offer peace of mind. Our technologies such as Touchless faucets and flushing systems, Easy to clean solutions, Double Vortex flushing system, HygieneRim technology and Aqua Ceramic can help to provide the ‘optimum hygiene’ to our discerning consumers.

    Also, in a time where people are unable to travel and spend more time at home, they want to be able to feel relaxed and enjoy a spa-like experience right in their own home. Here our solutions like GROHE F-Digital Deluxe, GROHE SmartControl, GROHE Sensia Arena shower toilet can provide a home spa experience to consumers by bringing the enjoyment of water to them.”

    Built on the brand’s core pillars of hygiene, sustainability, and innovative design, LIXIL’s flagship showroom in Singapore takes an experiential approach at showcasing its award-winning water technology and living solutions.

    Some of the key highlights that consumers can expect to see in the store:

    • Cutting-edge technologies in interior design, such as the GROHE F-Digital Deluxe Spa System which consists of a shower system with lights, steam and sound, controlled by an app; as well as GROHE Sensia Arena shower toilet, one of LIXIL’s most internationally awarded product.
    • LIXIL’s first 3D metal-printed faucet, the GROHE Allure Brilliant Icon 3D faucet retailing at S$34,234.24.
    • Kitchen solutions, such as the GROHE Zedra SmartControl which features our “push-and-turn technology”, as well as GROHE Blue, the brand’s sustainable living water filter system and faucet.
    • American Standard’s elegant hygiene products such as its Line Sensor Technology Faucet, the elegant Acacia SupaSleek Collection, and its Signature Collection — featuring its cutting-edge HygieneClean System for toilets, with its Double Vortex flushing technology, anti-stain Aqua Ceramic material, anti-bacterial ComfortClean technology and rimless Hygiene Rim design.
    • FREE 360-degree virtual bathroom design and proprietary LIXIL’s rendering service CustoMySpace, allowing visitors to shortlist their favourite products and render them in 3D in a virtual bathroom setting for them to bring their ideas to life.
  • Japan’s Lixil Group launches on JD.com

    Japan’s Lixil Group launches on JD.com

    Japanese housing equipment company Lixil Group has launched a flagship store on JD.

    The digital flagship marks the Tokyo-based company’s first foray online, where it will showcase a curated collection of 150 products from four of its brands: Grohe, American Standard, Lixil Kitchen, and Inax. The products range from ceramic bathroom items and bathroom cabinets to shower fittings and one-stop kitchen fit out solutions, all aimed at Chinese consumers.

    In a statement, JD said demand among Chinese consumers for high-quality home products had increased during the coronavirus pandemic as people spent more time at home.

    China’s home-decoration market is expected to reach RMB 3.2 trillion (US$454.3 billion) by 2023, and Chinese consumer demand for high-end home decoration products is on the rise.

    Besides showcasing products, Lixil has professional designs on call to provide shoppers with free design consultations for JD customers.

    “The cooperation with Lixil Group significantly enhances JD’s offering for mid to high-end smart kitchen and bathroom products,” said a JD spokesperson.

    “The partnership is also beneficial to JD’s home decoration supply chain, providing one-stop solutions for its customers. Lixil Group will provide an overall solution that can better meet the complex needs of high-end customers.”

    The new flagship is expected to be just the first step in a growing relationship between the two companies, which are now in the early stages of planning omnichannel solutions through offline stores and other digital initiatives.