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[ECKO, the largest streetwear brand in the US, will enter the Chinese market] The ECKO flash shop, the largest street fashion brand in the United States, will appear at Raffles City in Shanghai. During the sale of a T-shirt at ECKO Flash Shop, 25% of the profits will be donated. Save the Rhino International Association. Subsequently, the flash shop will also begin to tour in Chengdu, Beijing and other cities. It is reported that ECKO will test the water market in China in the form of a flash store this year. The spring and summer will officially open a physical store, mainly targeting mid- to high-end consumers.

[The French luxury brand The Kooples wants to expand into the Chinese market] The foreign media reported that The Kooples is looking for an Asian partner and has already targeted Hong Kong, China, and the partnership will start from the first store launched by the brand in mainland China in 2018. . The brand plans to launch two new stores in Hong Kong's Pacific Place and Harbour City Shopping Center in November this year. Currently, The Kooples owns only one store in Galeries Lafayette in Beijing.

[Uniqlo promotes semi-customized service in Japan] Starting from September 14, Japan Uniqlo will open special merchandise floors similar to flash stores in stores in central cities such as Tokyo Ginza, Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka and Hakata. Introducing “semi-customized products” for consumers with non-standard body, that is, consumers can choose semi-finished clothing in the store, and then adjust the size, color, and some such as collar and cuff according to their own preferences. Wait for the length of the details, and finally get the clothes that best suit your body.

[American clothing brand Blauer is buying half of the shares, or will enter the Chinese market] Italy's well-known fashion designer and FGF Industry president Enzo Fusco recently acquired a 50% stake in American fashion brand Blauer, the goal is to make the Blauer brand in the United States and China's expansion. It is reported that the brand is well known for producing technical content apparel and providing uniforms for all police agencies in the United States, and the purchase price has not been disclosed.

[Seven wolves and Fosun International intend to bid for Swiss luxury brand Bally] Foreign media news, Chinese clothing manufacturers Fujian seven wolves and Fosun International are bidding for luxury brand Bally, while Bally potential buyers also include Japanese trading company Itochu Corporation. It is reported that Bally's current parent company, JAB, said in April this year that it hopes to focus on the food and beverage business, so it decided to sell its luxury brands, which have sold Jimmy Choo to Michael Kors.

[Uniqlo sister brand GU wants to expand production chain in China] Japanese clothing brand GU will put additional orders for clothing in China. At present, GU puts most of its production in emerging market countries with lower wages than China, but in the future it will increase production in China, which is closer to Japan, and build a system that can be put on the market in 30 days.

[Zara is the first fast fashion brand to launch e-commerce business in India] Inditex, a clothing retailer, announced that its fast fashion brand Zara will be the first fast fashion brand to launch e-commerce business in the Indian market. The official online time is October 4. day. It is reported that Zara entered the Indian market in 2010, and the physical business in India was operated by Inditex Trent Ltd., a joint venture with the Tata Group Group, for policy reasons.

[Europe's largest maternal and child products supplier baby-walz exclusive cooperation Netease koala] Recently, NetEase Koala Haimao and Europe's largest maternal and child products supplier baby-walz completed the signing ceremony of exclusive strategic cooperation, the two sides announced that they will be marketed, In-depth cooperation in many aspects such as self-employment and direct mining. Baby-walz is a well-known mother-infant brand in Europe. The cooperation with Netease Koala is the first time that this famous maternal and child e-commerce company has opened a cross-border overseas flagship store in Greater China.

[L'Oreal and JD.com's in-depth cooperation] Recently, JD.com and L'Oreal Group jointly announced in Beijing that based on the current good strategic cooperation, the two sides will cooperate in depth in the aspects of precision marketing, content realization, data sharing and green logistics to meet consumption. Diversified, high quality shopping needs. At the same time, the two sides jointly launched the “Jingdong? L'Oreal Inclusive Beauty Program” to help disabled people participate in society, integrate into society and achieve self.

[Hurglass, the luxury beauty brand, will be on the Tmall flagship store] Recently, the luxury beauty brand Hourglass, founded by the beauty artist Carisa Janes, will officially enter Tmall to open its flagship store, which will sell facial makeup, make-up and makeup tools. Products, and hope to use this as an opportunity to test the Chinese market. It is reported that Hourglass was acquired by Unilever in June this year and became the first makeup brand of Unilever Group.

[Forever21's beauty store will open] Fast fashion brand Forever 21 revealed that the brand will open the first beauty store named Riley Rose in California on September 30, which will be a popular destination for young girls. Contains Korean products. In order to facilitate the customer's self-timer, there will be a multi-faceted mirror in the store, and there will be an interactive touch screen that allows customers to self-shop.

[Pizza sells durian flavor perfume, the global limited edition of 2000 bottles] Pizza Hut on the line and smell library cooperation Durian pizza perfume, 15ml price of 119 yuan, the first wave of products was robbed 9 minutes after going online. It is reported that this global limited edition of 2000 bottles of perfume is specially created for Pizza Hut's new "Cat Mountain King Durian Pizza".

[Nestlé also wants to be a smart speaker] Nestlé announced a cross-border cooperation with JD.com, based on the speaker, and launched a family nutrition intelligent assistant based on speech recognition. The artificial intelligence product called "Nestlé Small AI" is Nestlé's first generation of voice interactive terminal equipment. It is reported that the smart device features include weather forecast, shopping, health knowledge interpretation, parenting knowledge, dietary advice and so on. Nestlé believes that the current Internet search and Q&A website can provide very rich answers, but the knowledge provided by this product is more serious and accurate.

[Philippine fast food group Jollibee wants to buy British light food brand Pret A Manager] Jollibee Foods, a restaurant company famous in the Philippines for pasta and fried chicken, plans to acquire Pret A Manager, a British premium light chain brand. It is reported that Jollibee is negotiating with a consulting firm for the acquisition of Pret A Manager, which has a valuation of over $1 billion due to its core profit of £93 million in 2016.

If the transaction is completed, it will be Jollibee's largest overseas transaction to date and one of the largest overseas acquisitions in the Philippines. Currently, Pret A Manager has more than 400 chain stores in the UK, USA, France and China.

[90-year-old pull back out of the country, will launch an overseas limited series] The 90-year-old national brand has decided to launch the international market, and will launch the overseas limited series "Warrior Ordinary Streetwear" and shoot in Chinatown. Some analysts pointed out that following the popularity of the Hollywood star effect in 2008, Huihui aims to accelerate its goal of becoming a global 100-year national brand by entering the overseas market.

[Cardian parent company Richemont will acquire Italian leather goods brand Serapian] Industry insiders, the world's second largest luxury goods group Richemont has successfully acquired the Italian leather goods brand Serapian, the specific amount has not been disclosed. It is reported that Serapian was founded by the Italian Stefano Serapian in the 20th century. Currently, there are five flagship stores in the world, mainly in Europe, the United States and the Middle East. There are also more than 30 independent boutiques and six stores in the Asia Pacific region. One is in Australia and three are in Japan.

[De Beers wants to develop diamond origins as a destination to attract Chinese consumers] Bruce Cleaver, CEO of De Beers, the world's largest diamond producer, said that Chinese consumers' spending on luxury travel has become the most sold in China's diamond industry. Major competitors. In order to win more diamond sales, De Beers decided to actively participate in the tourism market, hoping to get a piece of it, De Beers is looking for the possibility of linking luxury tourism and diamond origin to Africa.

[Korean Monster, the Korean eyewear brand, will enter Guangzhou Taikoo Hui at the end of the year] According to insiders, the Korean eyewear brand Gentle Monster will open in Guangzhou Taikoo Hui in December, and the store will also become the brand's first store in Guangzhou.

[IKEA launches augmented reality application IKEA Place at the end of September] The new AR application IKEA Place of Swedish furniture retailer IKEA (IKEA) will be available at the Apple Store at the end of September this year. It is reported that IKEA Place adopts 3D and Apple ARKit technology, which can automatically adjust product specifications according to the user's living space, with an accuracy of 98%. At the same time, it can also restore the size, detail design and even the fabric texture of all products. Both brightness and shadow can be rendered. In addition, AR images of more than 2,000 products will be launched on the same day, mainly focusing on sofas, armchairs, coffee tables and other large-sized furniture.

[Huawei applied for a patent in the US, Huawei Pay or landed in the US] Foreign media reported that Huawei submitted a patent application for Huawei Pay to the US Patent and Trademark Office on the 13th of this month. Huawei Pay is about to land in Europe and may enter the United States at the end of this year. It is understood that since the birth of Huawei Pay, Huawei has only provided mobile payment services to the Chinese market.

[Hongdou Group launched the first unmanned clothing retail store in China] Recently, Red Bean Group's retail new unattended clothing retail store debuted at the World Internet of Things Expo. It is understood that the red bean unmanned clothing retail store is the industry's first clothing-based unmanned store based on RFID technology.

[Rosen plans to open 50 convenience stores in Beijing in 2018] In 2018, Rosen plans to open 50 convenience stores in Beijing. Luo Wen (Beijing) Co., Ltd. deputy general manager Che Wenhuan said that in 2016 Rosen increased the number of stores in China by 307, and is expected to add more than 500 stores in 2017. It is reported that in 2017, Fangshan, Daxing, Tongzhou and other regions will be expanded, and Fangshan District will be expanded by joining. If the Beijing store opening plan is completed, Rosen will have hundreds of stores in Beijing in 2018.

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