Tong Van

Cafuné has grown from a Hong Kong start-up into a brand with presence in Japan and Taiwan, known for its structured silhouettes and understated approach to empowerment.

The relentless return of long queues has turned VIP lounges into public melees, eroding the luxury experience that VICs once took for granted.

Baroma is effectively carving out a new premium segment: culturally specific, craft-forward Asian perfumery with export-ready packaging and narrative depth.

US fashion label Guess, which planted its flag in China with a debut store in Shanghai back in 2007, is shuttering its physical and online stores in the country by the end of March.

Parisian ready-to-wear label Gérard Darel has recently expanded in China, opening stores in Shanghai and Hangzhou with more cities in its sights.

A decade ago, West Bund, a stretch of Shanghai’s Xuhui waterfront, was still recovering from an industrial past defined by cranes, warehouses and residue. Today, the same riverside corridor has become one of the most closely watched retail districts in Asia.

The deal brings Flower Knows fully onto Proya’s balance sheet and makes it the group’s second-largest cosmetics brand by revenue.

South Korean beauty giant Amorepacific is testing whether beauty retail has a viable future that is not a scaled-down version of online commerce but its own distinct proposition with the newly opened Amore Yongsan flagship.

Yum Brands is selling Pizza Hut to private equity firm LongRange Capital for roughly US$1.5 billion, with the option to earn an additional US$75 million in an earn-out by 2030 if the business meets certain targets.

The four Jewellery Maisons, which consist of Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Buccellati and Vhernier, grew 24 per cent at constant rates to 4.73 billion euros, a seventh consecutive quarter of double-digit growth.