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         L CATTERTON PARTNERS WITH GANNI TO CONTINUE BUILDING BRAND ON GLOBAL SCALE
                L Catterton, the   in Ganni, one of Scandinavia’s  established an international   at the right time for Ganni
                largest and most   most successful advanced   presence through its owned   and will drive us forward in
                global consumer-   contemporary fashion     stores and more than 400   the next few years as we’ll get
         focused private equity fi rm   brands.             premium retailers in 20   access to the knowledge and
         in the world, has announced    Ganni is one of the fastest   countries. Th   e brand has   network of both L Catterton
         a defi nitive agreement to   growing brands in the global   signifi cant digital exposure   and LVMH. Ganni attracted
         make a strategic investment   apparel space and has   and a unique style endorsed   a lot of interest from various
                                                            by key fashion opinion    investment fi  rms, but we
                                                            leaders and embraced by a   chose L Catterton as we felt
                                                            quickly growing base of loyal   we share the same vision
                                                            customers.                for the brand. We fi  rmly
                                                              Nicolaj Reff  strup, Ganni’s   believe that L Catterton will
                                                            CEO, said, “Partnering    strengthen our business with
                                                            with L Catterton is a hugely   their unparalleled expertise
                                                            exciting opportunity for us   in brand building and their
                                                            to further build on the solid   deep understanding of
                                                            foundations that were laid   how a global fashion brand
                                                            since 2009. Th  is comes exactly  operates.”

         LONDON’S HAMLEYS OPENS STORE IN BEIJING
                On December 23, 257-year-old British toy             boasts a range of entertainment facilities as well.
                retailer Hamleys, opened its largest store             Guided by Hamleys principal slogan ‘Bring Toys
                worldwide in Beijing, the third one so far               to Life’, Hamleys Beijing is poised to go beyond
         in China. An exclusive Hamleys Toy Parade was                    the concept of a traditional Toy Store,
         also held to celebrate the opening, timed to                      establishing itself as a Lifestyle Centre Store.
         coincide with the start of Christmas festivities.                 Th   e grand opening was witnessed by the
         Located in Beijing’s Wangfujing area that                          British ambassador – Barbara Woodward,
         contains the most famous shopping streets                          Chairman of Sanpower Group – Yafei
         in China, where is similar to Oxford Street                       Yuan, Chairman of C.Banner International
         in London. Th  e 10,700 sq.m. store covers fi ve                  Holdings Limited–Yixi Chen and Chairman
         fl oors with thousands of items on display. From                of Wangfujing – Yi Liu, along with hundreds of
         traditional toys to high-tech entertainment and   Faiz Zaki / Shutterstock.com  Hamleys fans gathering together from all parts
         educational games for children of all ages, the store        of Beijing and even China.


         ASICS OPENS FIRST FLAGSHIP RETAIL STORE AT NYC
                ASICS America Corporation,   brands, we are off  ering consumers a   President and CEO, ASICS America
                the true sport performance   wide range of quality performance and   Corporation.
                brand, has opened the doors to   lifestyle shoes and apparel for an array   “Every design and material detail has
         its fi rst US fl agship store featuring two   of needs – directly addressing the shift   been elevated and considered against
         brands in the ASICS family – ASICS and   in the way people are working out and   ASICS’ heritage and local context,
         ASICSTigerTM. Th   e new store on the   moving today,” said Gene McCarthy,   bringing a distinct New York attitude to
         famed Fifth Avenue in New York                                         the space,” said Sam Derrick, Director
         City is designed to represent its                                      at Brinkworth. ASICS’ new global
         storied heritage and its mantra and                                    campaign ‘I Move Me’ will be brought
         trademark, ‘Sound Mind, Sound                                          to life via a sensory experience
         Body’ , as well as unveil a new                                        exhibited by sight, sound and motion.
         platform for the brand to reach a                                       In-store elements include an
         wider variety of consumers.                                            infi nity mirror, LED light columns
           “ASICS is proud of its unique                                        and I Move Me visuals, which will be
         approach to the retail experience                                      strategically placed throughout the
         and our product development that                                       space and prominently displayed
         focuses on maintaining a healthy                                       in the large fl  oor to ceiling windows
         lifestyle as a whole. By combining                                     for maximum exposure both on the
         two of our uniquely diff erent                                         interior and exterior.
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