AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoStore Expansion: Watsons Malaysia opened Watsons Plus, its 888th branch and largest store, spanning 18,000 square feet at Isetan Lot 10 in Kuala Lumpur. It stocks more than 17,000 health, beauty and lifestyle products and offers services including pharmacy consultations and skin scans. Retail Performance: Shoppers Stop returned to profit in Q2 FY27, with revenue up 7% year on year to Rs 1,618 crore and beauty sales rising 18% to Rs 367 crore. New Retailers: Canadian designer Tanya Taylor opened her first Toronto store, a 750-square-foot boutique in Rosedale, while Miniso Bangladesh launched an Uttara outlet featuring Naruto, F1 and One Piece merchandise. Retail Startups: Selangor’s 2026 accelerator named Recharge Xolutions its Retail-X champion; four winners will travel to Shanghai for training that includes a TikTok Shop session at ByteDance. Counterfeit Crackdown: Authorities seized more than 62,000 counterfeit fashion, beauty and accessories items worth over R160 million in a Johannesburg CBD operation.
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