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Jimmy Choo Opens Flagship in Ginza
TOKYO
-- Jimmy Choo opened its biggest store in Japan on Saturday, bringing its sexy stilettos and leather goods to this city's most exclusive and expensive shopping neighborhood.
"We've been looking for the right location in Ginza for some time now and this has always been a plan for Jimmy Choo to have a flagship presence in Tokyo," the company's chief executive Joshua Schulman said in an interview at the store's opening, extolling the neighborhood's increasingly eclectic drawing power.
Testament to the fact that Ginza isn't just luxury retail turf, Hennes & Mauritz chose the district for its first Japanese store to open this September, while Abercrombie & Fitch plans to open a flagship in the area next year. "We think that Hennes & Mauritz and Abercrombie & Fitch will add a new element to the area and the more people that come through just make it a more vibrant mix," said Schulman.
The Choo flagship, which extends over more than 1,700 square feet on two levels, is located on a small side street near Chanel's original Ginza store (not to be confused with the French brand's mega-tower), as well as outposts for Dolce & Gabbana and Ermenegildo Zegna. The new Gucci and Giorgio Armani flagships are also nearby.
The Ginza flagship is the latest product of Choo's global retail push....