Lane Crawford
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| Industry | Fashion retailing |
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| Founded | 1850, Hong Kong |
| Headquarters | Hong Kong |
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Hong Kong and China |
| Website | LaneCrawford.com |
Lane Crawford is a retail company with specialty stores selling designer label luxury goods in Hong Kong and Greater China.
Founded in Hong Kong in 1850, Lane Crawford has nine points of sale with more than 585,000 square feet of total retail space, including three multi-brand luxury department stores in Hong Kong, two in Beijing, one in Shanghai, one in Chengdu, two Lane Crawford Home stores in Hong Kong specialising in designer furniture and lifestyle accessories, and an online store.
Lane Crawford is a part of The Lane Crawford Joyce Group, a fashion retail and brand management group in Asia, which also includes fashion store Joyce Boutique, fashion footwear, handbags and accessories specialist Pedder Group and retail, brand management and distribution company ImagineX.
Early History
In August 1850, two Scots, Thomas Ash Lane and Ninian Crawford, opened a shop in a makeshift bamboo structure on the waterfront of what is now Des Voeux Road. Since that time, Lane Crawford has occupied a number of prime retail sites along Des Voeux Road and Queen's Road Central; in the early 1900s it also had stores in Guangzhou and Shanghai in China, and Kobe and Tokyo in Japan. It has been a tailor, and outfitter, a draper, a provisions dealer, a wine and spirits merchant, an auctioneer of antiques, a baker, a restaurant and a bar.
The company slogan evolved from "The Place to Buy Anything from a Pin to an Anchor" (1899) to "Get It at Lane Crawford's" (1926).
After the war, Lane Crawford was forced to rebuild from scratch, and so it began to expand its import export division from foodstuffs to include luxury items such as cosmetics and pearls. By 1978, jewellery accounted for 60 percent of sales.
Today, the focus has shifted from department store to specialty store offering exclusive brands. Its stores in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai sell womenswear, menswear, shoes & accessories, lingerie, jewellery, cosmetics, and home & lifestyle goods from around the world. It seeks to stand out as a brand by emphasising its distinctive product selection, retail environments with displays of modern art, and services such as Personal Stylists and Concierge.
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