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asia news inbrief

FUNAN MALL OFFICIALLY REOPENS AFTER NEW MOMA DESIGN STORE
THREE YEAR REDEVELOPMENT OPENS AT LOFT IN JAPAN PRADA OPENS UP ON JD.COM
Luxury brand Prada has opened a flagship
store on JD.com as it looks to extend its online
The new Funan mall goes beyond selling IT products MoMA’s eighth Design Store has now presence in China. The store offers Prada’s
as it did prior to its rebuilding, to incorporate a opened in Tokyo’s popular Ginza shopping forthcoming autumn/winter collection. Prada
technology experience throughout. district with design by London-based retail has also opened stores for its Miu Mium and
Using one of the about 40 smart directories in specialist Lumsden Design. Car Shoe brands on JD.com and coincided with
Funan, shoppers can browse and search for trending This opening is the latest project in JD’s annual anniversary shopping festival.
merchandise before mapping the shortest route Lumsden’s longstanding relationship with
possible to reach a store with the wayfinding system. MoMA, which has seen the creation of
Enabled by sensors, these smart directories can three stores in New York, and standalone HUNKEMÖLLER ENTERS CHINA
also make product recommendations based on the stores in Kyoto and Tokyo. The LOFT Lingerie brand Hunkemöller has opened its
shopper’s demographic profile. concession comes ahead of New York’s first store in China in Shanghai. The goal for
By year-end, shoppers can expect a robot-enabled MoMA reopening in mid-October this the company is to open 46 in China by 2023.
handsfree shopping and 24-seven click-and-collect year, following an extensive overhaul of the The company started in 1886 in Amsterdam.
drive-through service. Of Funan mall’s 400-odd international attraction. The brand now has 930 stores worldwide and
carpark spaces, 36 are set aside for reservation via The new Ginza concession occupies wants to increase that number to 1,600.
the CapitaStar app. Upon arrival, drivers will be guided 596sq ft at the base of the third-floor
to their allocated lots by the video-based smart car- escalators within the LOFT department
parking facility. store, ideally positioned near the central APPLE SET TO OPEN AT JEWEL
customer pathway. Apple Singapore is set to open its second
store - Jewel Chango on 13 July. The company
PALM LAGOON OPENS AT & OTHER STORIES IS has revealed that visitors can expect some
TRANS STUDIO MALL HEADING TO CHINA LIONSGATE ENTERTAINMENT brand new programming developed exclusively
WORLD IS SET TO LAUNCH for the Jewel store, including a Magic of Jewel
Changi Airport Photo Walk.
Indonesian brand Palm Lagoon, which specialises in resort wear, The ready-to-wear label, which is owned by the H&M Group,
has opened at Bali’s Trans Studio mall. The 207sq m boutique offers has announced plans to debut on Alibaba’s Tmall, an online B2C The eagerly-awaited ‘world’s first’ Several partners are working together to
a curated selection of apparel, footwear, bikinis, swimwear, bags, marketplace, this fall. Lionsgate Entertainment World, is set to bring the Lionsgate Entertainment World POMELO OPENS IN SINGAPORE
sunglasses, watches and jewellery. The target customers of Palm The move will mark the first time the brand’s clothes, shoes, open this summer at Novotown Hengqin. project to life. These include key partner Thai fashion brand Pomelo has opened its
Lagoon is both women and men. bags, jewellery and accessories, all of which are designed in Asia’s first movie-themed vertical indoor Thinkwell Group and operators Village first overseas store in Singapore. It’s location
Brands sold include Rik and Reg, Saturdays eyewear, Pierre Lannier, ateliers in Paris, Stockholm and Los Angeles, have been made experience centre will feature some of the Roadshow Theme Parks. Other notable in Singapore is the first one outside Thailand:
Ellyse, Karmen and Marius, Little Savvy, Antyik Butik, Lima Watch, available in China, reaching an audience of 700 million across the world’s most popular film franchises. These companies from around the globe are the Bangkok has seven branches. The company also
Hopy bags, RDNB bracelets and SNJA tote bags. Fashion advisors Tmall platforms. include The Hunger Games, The Twilight Australian construction services company plans to open a flagship store in Phuket in the
will be in store to provide styling advice. The move is the latest big milestone for & Other Stories, Saga, The Divergent Series, and Now You Cockram, international show contractor third quarter of this year.
Launched in 2013, Palm Lagoon now has seven flagship stores in which launched in 2013 and has since expanded into 70 stores See Me, Gods of Egypt and Escape Plan. Scenario, world-famous ride and attraction
Indonesia, including one at Ngurah Rai International Airport, and 51 worldwide. Recently, the brand teamed up with jewellery The project has been in construction manufacturer CAVU and Oscar-winning
points of sales in major cities. Its products are also available online at designer Mia Larsson on a sustainable collection, made in part for almost three years. Now, many of the visual media producer Framestore. There NEW SLIDE TO BEAT RECORDS
Zalora, Zillingo, Shopee Indonesia, and Amazon Australia. from oyster shells. closely-guarded secrets around the park are are many other names involved in the The world’s longest water slide is expected to
being released. The project is to be situated project too, including Mack, ETF Rides, be introduced in a theme park in Penang next
in the Novotown precinct, already home to DreamCraft Attractions and Walltopia. month. It is expected that the slide will have a
an eclectic mix of cultural, entertainment The attractions industry is booming in height of 70m and length of 1,140m and it is
and retail offerings. Phase II of the project China, so to stand out from the crowd the still under coonstruction at the Escape Theme
will include Real Madrid World, a Ducati park decided to choose Thinkwell Group Park in Teluk Bahang. Guinness World Records
themed motorcycle experience centre and to ensure the project was a well-rounded, officials will test the slide before confirming.
Harrow International China. showstopping scheme.

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