verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message lane crawford hk limited industry fashion retailing founded 1850 hong kong headquarters hong kong area served 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 . 1 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 . contents 1 history 2 online store 3 awards 4 gallery 5 store locations 6 references 7 external links history edit 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 . present 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 1 and services such as personal stylists and concierge . in 2004 lane crawford launched a new style of retail store at ifc mall . in 2007 the company opened a freestanding home store at pacific place mall hong kong and its first modern day store in seasons place mall beijing . lane crawford s buyers became recognised as prominent participants in european fashion shows and the company s stores were noted for presenting brands recognised as leading designers in the west but relatively unknown in china . 1 in 2011 lane crawford started an e commerce site lanecrawford.com . in 2012 its second beijing store was opened at the yintai centre . in october 2013 lane crawford opened its shanghai flagship store at shanghai times square . in march 2014 the chengdu store was opened at chengdu ifs . online store edit the online business ships globally but has been purpose built for the china market with multiple distribution points in greater china to ensure same day delivery in hong kong shanghai and beijing and next day delivery in primary cities . awards edit in 2008 lane crawford received the national retail federation s international award 2 selected by industry leaders from around the world and co ordinated by the main body in washington dc . it also won the association for retail environment s award for store of the year for lane crawford seasons place beijing 2009 ; 3 the wgsn global fashion awards for outstanding visual merchandising 2010 4 and racie s gold award for international campaign awarded by the nrf s retail advertising marketing association 2011 . 5 gallery edit lane crawford ifc mall art installation by hirotoshi sawada lane crawford pacific place men s contemporary department lane crawford pacific place home home office department lane crawford canton road men s shoes and accessories department lane crawford times square cosmetic area lane crawford seasons place beijing ladies shoes and accessories department store locations edit ifc mall central hong kong times square causeway bay hong kong canton road tsim sha tsui kowloon 6 seasons place xicheng district beijing china yintai centre chaoyang district beijing china times square shanghai chengdu ifs chengdu china pacific place home store pacific place mall admiralty hong kong one island south home store and showroom one island south wong chuk hang hong kong lanecrawford.com online store references edit a b c fenton susan 29 may 2008 . china s rich have insatiable appetite for haute couture . reuters . retrieved 7 august 2011 . national retail federation retail s most innovative leaders to be honored at nrf annual convention national retail federation . 4 january 2008 . retrieved 2013 03 03 association for retail environment s award 3 big winners for 2009 lane crawford zu elements vanoc olympic store association for retail environment . retrieved 2013 03 03 wgsn global fashion awards 2010 wgsn global fashion awards 2010 wgsn . nrf s retail advertising marketing association racie s gold award for international campaign nrf s retail advertising marketing association . li zoe asia s largest shoe department opens in hong kong cnn go . 14 october 2011 . retrieved 2012 03 03 external links edit lanecrawford.com official website lanecrawford.com.cn official chinese website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lane crawford & oldid 743070900 categories department stores of hong kongdepartment stores of chinacompanies established in 1850clothing companies of hong kongcompanies formerly listed on the hong kong stock exchangehidden categories use hong kong english from september 2013all wikipedia articles written in hong kong englishuse dmy dates from february 2012articles needing additional references from august 2011all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 16 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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