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  • Mother Pearl Diversifies with Debut Food and Cocktail Bar at Lan Kwai Fong Flagship

    Mother Pearl Diversifies with Debut Food and Cocktail Bar at Lan Kwai Fong Flagship

    Mother Pearl, a wellness beverage company, has broadened its horizon with the opening of its two-story flagship store in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong. This expansion sees the brand venture into new frontiers, launching its debut cocktail bar and adopting an all-day food and beverage model.

    A Comprehensive Retail Strategy

    The new store, located in Central, perfectly embodies the brand’s wider retail strategy. It aims to cater to customers throughout the day, blending its signature functional drinks with a wide array of grab-and-go meals, specialty coffee, and sugar-free vegan gelato. The ground floor maintains the brand’s focus on wellness-oriented beverages, providing a variety of functional drinks and coffee infused with unique ingredients like lion’s mane mushroom, berries, and botanicals.

    A Great Leap into Mixology

    The entrance into mixology is marked by the Crafted Bar housed on the upper floor. The cocktail menu masterfully pairs superior spirits with traditional ingredients like pearl powder and aged chen pi. In a bid to cater to a wider clientele, all signature cocktails are offered in non-alcoholic versions as well.

    According to Po Chen, the founder of Mother Pearl, the new flagship store is a place where “people can be inspired to stay curious, keep asking questions about what nourishes them, and feel empowered to embrace a mindful lifestyle.”

    The Lan Kwai Fong flagship signifies a significant evolution for the Mother Pearl brand. It extends beyond its foundational wellness beverage offerings, aiming to combine functional beverages, dining, and social experiences all under one roof. This positions the brand firmly within Hong Kong’s wider lifestyle and hospitality market.

    Questions & Answers

    What is the concept behind the new flagship store of Mother Pearl?
    The new flagship store represents an evolution of the brand beyond its original wellness beverage offerings. It combines functional beverages, dining, and social experiences all under one roof.

    What is the Crafted Bar?
    The Crafted Bar is the first cocktail bar launched by Mother Pearl. It’s located on the upper floor of their flagship store in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong.

    What’s unique about the new cocktail menu at the Crafted Bar?
    The cocktail menu features a blend of top-shelf spirits with traditional ingredients, including pearl powder and aged chen pi. All signature cocktails are also available in non-alcoholic versions.

  • Mothercare Malaysia retailer seeks IPO

    Mothercare Malaysia retailer seeks IPO

    Kim Hin Joo, operator of ELC and Mothercare Malaysia, is preparing for an IPO on Bursa Malaysia’s ACE Market. The move, expected to generate funding for the group’s further expansion and expenditure, will see a public issue of 76 million new shares (20 per cent of its enlarged share capital) and an offer of 57 million existing shares (15 per cent of its enlarged capital). Of those shares, 47 million will be reserved for selected investors. Pricing has yet to be decided.

    The firm’s non-executive chairman Pang Kim Hin will see his personal stake reduced to 62.3 per cent after the IPO from his current 90.3 per cent.

    Kim Hin Joo has 16 Mothercare locations and 11 ELC SIS in several major Malaysian centers, with 599 distribution points nationwide and 10 overseas. It plans to open four to five new Mothercare stores within the next three years in Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, and outside the Klang Valley area.

    “We are in the midst of finalising a development agreement with toy retailer The Entertainer UK which will grant us the exclusive rights to open and operate The Entertainer toy outlets, and sell a broad range of toys,” the company said in a statement.

    “We target to conclude the discussions and sign the development agreement by the first half of 2019.”

    The group is also planning to concurrently revamp and upgrade its e-commerce platform by replacing its back-end IT infrastructure system and to expand its distribution portfolio.