Cigars have been enjoying a revival in recent years, boosted by younger smokers and emerging cigar markets such as China. We spoke with Martin Kaufmann, Oettinger Davidoff’s Senior Vice president of E…
VIDEO: Davidoff’s Martin Kaufmann on the new cigar consumer
Cigars have been enjoying a revival in recent years, boosted by younger smokers and emerging cigar markets such as China. We spoke with Martin Kaufmann, Oettinger Davidoff’s Senior Vice president of E…
VIDEO: Loic Bizel, founder of Le-Biz Tokyo Fashion Consulting on trends in Japan
Le-Biz Consulting is a Japanese company founded in 2001 in Tokyo by Loic Bizel. As a fashion consulting enterprise based in Asia, it mainly identifies and reports Japanese trends for international bra…
Kapok founder Arnault Castel on how it all started
From gigs as a DJ to launching Lomography and distributing Moleskine products in Asia, discover Arnault Castel’s personal journey to starting Kapok.…
VIDEO: Costco SVP still believes in bricks-and-mortar
Speaking at Retail Congress Asia Pacific 2016, Richard Chang, senior vice president of Costco Asia, made the case for why brick-and-mortar will always have its place, and how e-commerce is just ‘…
VIDEO: Tito Costa, MD of Zalora, on targeting millennials
Tito Costa, managing director of Zalora Group, talks about engaging with millennial customers through two channels at the Retail Congress Asia Pacific 2016.…
Q&A: Sylvia Yin of Shoppr on making shopping fun
On location at Retail Congress Asia Pacific 2016, Sylvia Yin tells us more about the personalised shopping experience through the Shoppr app and one of her proudest moments as the COO and co-founder.…
Retail legends: Tadashi Yanai of Uniqlo
Japan’s richest man Tadashi Yanai shows no signs of slowing as he talks about his plans for global domination.…
5 tips on surviving Hong Kong’s luxury retail market crisis
Francis Gouten of Gouten Consulting shares five tips on how to survive Hong Kong’s current retail market crisis.…