ARMANI 集团宣布与HOUSE OF THREE签署上海旗舰店之管理协议

　　二零零四年二月十七日‧中国 － Armani 集团已经与House of Three签署一项管理协议，在上海外滩一所极有历史意义之大楼内开设Armani旗舰店。Armani/Three on The Bund包括一家Giorgio Armani 专卖店和旁边之Emporio Armani专卖店，共占地一千一百平方米，预计在二零零四年四月正式开业。

　　Armani集团之主席及行政董事Giorgio Armani表示：「今天上海当然地成为世界各地谈论的焦点。我很高兴得以在如此有声望和重要的地方建立一个新据点。随着在一九九八年开业的北京Giorgio Armani 专卖店，二零零二年在香港开设的Armani/Chater House，加上将于四月在上海开幕的 Armani/Three on The Bund，Armani集团将成功地在中国三个主要城市确立一个重要的零售据点。这证明了我们对这个快速增长之市场的一个长期承诺，包括计划为集团旗下各主要品牌及产品系列发展全面的分销和零售渠道。而发展策略中之一部分，就是期望在二零零八年在全中国最主要的城市建立一个包含二十至三十家独立专卖店的零售网络。」

　　House of Three的联席主席李景汉表示：「Giorgio Armani被公认为世界上最重要的设计师之一。他的设计备受高度评价，时尚而不受时限，优雅而可穿性高，更已衍生成为一种独特而具代表性的风格。这哲学亦正好反映了外滩三号的远见。我们期待与Armani集团合作，因它即将成为当代中国之时尚及生活方式的一股重要影响力。」

　　Armani/ Three on The Bund设于外滩三号的底层，并分为两个部分，包括一家占地五百六十平方米的 Giorgio Armani 专卖店和一家占地四百二十平方米的 Emporio Armani 专卖店。同时还设有 Armani Fiori（花舍）和 Armani Dolci（巧克力和糖果）之柜台。一如香港的Armani/Chater House，Giorgio Armani 将与建筑师Claudio Silvestrin合作设计 Giorgio Armani 店；而与建筑师Massimiliano及Doriana Fuksas协作Emporio Armani 店。

　　Armani 集团实在已向着其发表的，于二零零八年在中国大陆开设二十至三十家店之发展计划逐步推进。至今在北京（半岛王府饭店）、香港（Armani/Chater House）及二零零四年四月在上海Armani/Three on the Bund设有Giorgio Armani专卖店；在香港 （Armani/Chater House）、大连（新世界百贷公司）、温州（温州华侨饭店）及计划在二零零四年在上海Armani/Three on the Bund 和恒隆广场开设Emporio Armani专卖店；在深圳（天安国际动感名城）和于二零零四年十月在上海（中信泰富广场）开设共两家Armani Collezioni专卖店；还有一家将于二零零四年夏天由铜锣湾

　　罗素街Emporio Armani现址改换而成的AJ I Armani Jeans专卖店；香港之五家A/X Armani Exchange专卖店（名店廊、广东道、又一城、太古广场、太古城中心）；以及分别在香港（Armani/Chater House）和上海（恒隆广场）之两家Armani Casa专卖店。

　　外滩三号由 House of Three持有及管理，位于外滩一座历史上着名之七层大楼内，是一个汇集了当代时装、艺术、餐饮、文化及音乐之都市生活地标。除了Giorgio Armani和Emporio Armani专卖店外，外滩三号之访客亦可同时体验Jean-Georges法国餐厅、陆唯轩和黄埔会、顶层之新视觉餐厅酒廊、三度音乐沙龙、三号品牌专卖店、伊云水疗和沪申画廊。

　　Armani 集团是全球现今主导时尚和高级消费品的集团之一，共有四千七百名直接雇员和十三家工厂。负责设计、制造、分销及零售时尚和生活用品，包括服装、配饰、 眼镜、手表、首饰、家品、香氛和化妆品；旗下的品牌分别有 Giorgio Armani、 Armani Collezioni、Mani、Emporio Armani、AJ | Armani Jeans、A/X Armani Exchange、Armani Junior与Armani Casa。目前，集团的专属零售网路包含于全球三十六国家中之五十八家Giorgio Armani 专卖店、十一家Armani Collezioni专卖店、一百二十一家Emporio Armani专卖店、七十家A/X Armani Exchange专卖店、十三家AJ | Armani Jeans专卖店、六家Armani Junior专卖店、一家Giorgio Armani Accessori专卖店和十五家Armani Casa专卖店。　

　　FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 17, 2004

　　ARMANI GROUP ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH HOUSE OF THREE FOR SHANGHAI FLAGSHIP STORE

　　February 17, 2004, CHINA – The Armani Group has signed a management agreement with House of Three for the opening of an Armani flagship store in a historic building on Shanghai’s Bund. Armani/Three on the Bund, with both a Giorgio Armani boutique and an Emporio Armani store next to each other covering a total of 1,100 square meters, is scheduled to open in April, 2004.

　　Giorgio Armani, President and Chief Executive of the Armani Group, said: “Today Shanghai certainly qualifies as the world’s most talked about city. I am therefore delighted that we have secured such a prestigious and significant location for a flagship presence there. With the opening of the Beijing Giorgio Armani boutique in 1998, Hong Kong’s Armani/Chater House in 2002 and now Shanghai’s Armani/Three on the Bund this April, the Armani Group will have successfully established a signature retail presence in China’s three principal cities. This demonstrates our long term commitment to this fast-growing market, in which we plan to develop comprehensive distribution and retail channels for each of the Group’s main brands and product lines. As part of this expansion strategy, we would expect to have a network of between 20 and 30 freestanding stores throughout China’s most important cities by 2008.”

　　Handel Lee, Co-Chairman of House of Three, said: “Giorgio Armani is recognized as one of the world’s most important designers. He is rightly credited with creating an iconic style that is modern yet timeless, elegant yet accessible. This philosophy exactly mirrors the vision for Three on the Bund. We look forward to working with the Armani Group as it becomes a major influence in fashion and lifestyle of contemporary China.”

　　Armani/Three on the Bund will be divided between a Giorgio Armani boutique covering 560 square meters and an Emporio Armani store covering 420 square meters on the ground floor of Three on the Bund. There will also be Armani Fiori (florist) and Armani Dolci (chocolates and confectionery) counters within the development. As in the case of Hong Kong’s Armani/Chater House, Giorgio Armani will collaborate with the architect Claudio Silvestrin on the Giorgio Armani boutique and the architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas on the Emporio Armani store.

　　The Armani Group is already well advanced with its stated plan to open between 20 and 30 stores in mainland China by 2008. Today there are Giorgio Armani boutiques in Beijing (The Peninsula Palace Hotel), Hong Kong (Armani/Chater House) with the Shanghai boutique opening at Armani/Three on the Bund in April, 2004; Emporio Armani stores in Hong Kong (Armani/Chater House), Dalian (New World Department Store), Wenzhou (Huaqiao Hotel) with two Shanghai stores planned for 2004 at Armani/Three on the Bund and Plaza 66; one Armani Collezioni store in Shenzen (Tian An International Plaza) with a Shanghai store opening in October, 2004 at Citic Square; an AJ | Armani Jeans store in Hong Kong opening in Summer 2004 to replace the existing Emporio Armani on Causeway Bay’s Russell Street; five A/X Armani Exchange stores in

　　Hong Kong (Fashion Island, Canton Road, Festival Walk, Pacific Place, City Plaza); and, two Armani Casa stores in Hong Kong (Armani/Chater House) and Shanghai (Plaza 66).

　　Three on the Bund, which is owned and operated by House of Three, is a lifestyle destination converging contemporary fashion, art, dining, culture and music in its historic seven-floor building on the Bund. Along with Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani, visitors to Three on the Bund will be able to experience Jean-Georges, David Laris and Whampoa Club restaurants, New Heights rooftop lounge café, Third Degree music room, the Three fashion store, Evian Spa, and the Shanghai Gallery of Art.

　　The Armani Group is one of the leading fashion and luxury goods groups in the world today with 4,700 direct employees and 13 factories. It designs, manufactures, distributes and retails fashion and lifestyle products including apparel, accessories, eyewear, watches, jewellery, home interiors, fragrances and cosmetics under a range of brand names: Giorgio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Mani, Emporio Armani, AJ | Armani Jeans, A/X Armani Exchange, Armani Junior and Armani Casa. The Group’s exclusive retail network currently comprises: 58 Giorgio Armani boutiques, 11 Armani Collezioni stores, 121 Emporio Armani stores, 70 A/X Armani Exchange stores, 13 AJ | Armani Jeans stores, 6 Armani Junior stores, 1 Giorgio Armani Accessori store and 15 Armani Casa stores in 36 countries.