Bottega Veneta and Balenciaga Open in Shanghai

Gucci Group is busy in Shanghai these days.The luxury goods group has within a matter of weeks opened stores for its brands Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga and Gucci — the latter two opening last week. Bottega Veneta opened its seventh store in China at Shanghai’s Golden Eagle Shopping Plaza last month, the same mall where the Gucci brand last week opened a 17,000-square-foot flagship. Covering 4,406 square feet, the Bottega Veneta store, designed by creative director Tomas Maier, carries all the brand’s collections including women’s and men’s wear, leather goods, footwear and accessories. Maier said he was “very pleased” with the company’s “continuous developments in this important market. This is a significant step towards our objective of offering the entire range of Bottega Veneta products and exquisite shopping experience to more customers in Mainland China.”



To mark the opening, Maier created a limited edition bag named the Shanghai Duette in copper ostrich (pic below)

Balenciaga’s 1,600-square-foot women’s and men’s boutique at Plaza 66, plus a 970-square-foot accessories-only unit in the Hangzhou Tower in Hangzhou, mark the brand’s first stores in Mainland China.

Balenciaga now operates 26 directly owned stores and 17 franchises, in addition to its wholesale distribution.