These new stores expand the lifestyle, beauty and food & beverage offerings of the mall to offer shoppers with specially curated merchandise and unique shopping experiences.
Raffles City Singapore's reconfiguration of about 111,000 sq ft of the retail space across Levels 1 to 3 is slated to complete by Q4 2022. The opening of the various international brands are part of the mall's ï»żrejuvenation to refresh and elevate its positioning with a diverse mix of trade categories.
Shoppers can expect a specially curated mix of over 50 new well-established, premium brands, across fashion, beauty and lifestyle categories, with new retail formats and elevated shopping experiences.
Together with its established hospitality assets that include two five-star hotels â Fairmont Singapore and SwissĂŽtel The Stamford, as well as a myriad of stellar dining options, the rejuvenated Raffles City will be uniquely placed as a revitalised, upscale integrated retail and lifestyle hub in the Civic District area.
Here's a list of stores that will be opening their doors at Raffles City this June and July:
F&B Brands
CS FRESHÂ
Location: #B1-01 to 02
Opening Date: early Jul 2022
Upscale supermarket expert, CS Fresh, will open its refreshed concept store in early July 2022 with new and unique offerings exclusive to Raffles City. Foodies can look forward to the first-ever âFresh from the Seaâ in-store dining experience, where one can choose fresh seafood from the seafood ice bay; have it cooked to oneâs preference and dine in the store.
Other new exciting additions include The Cheese Shop that will offer the largest cheese offerings in a supermarket with charcuterie; Ready-To-Heat (RTH) range offering exclusive Waitrose elevated RTH meal range and Yolo Foods everyday RTH meals; Saybons Cheese Wheel Pasta offering delectable cheese wheel pastas at affordable prices, and a âSoul Smoothie Barâ by Acai Affair.
MARKS & SPENCER (M&S)Â
Location:Â #B1-44E
Leading British Retailer, M&S makes a return to the rejuvenated Raffles City with more than 14,000 square feet of space. After 36 years since M&S first set foot in Raffles City, the new store features the second-largest M&S food hall in Singapore, at close to 7,000 square feet, to offer the best of M&Sâs food range, with a plethora of British made and international cheeses, wines and ice cream and the addition of the new frozen range of desserts.
The food hall also includes the signature in-store bakery that serves customers a selection of pastries, shortbreads, scones, pies and cookies that are baked fresh daily.
Known for its trusted quality, value and confident styles, the new M&S store also offers womenswear, menswear, lingerie and beauty items. Customers can choose a range of timeless wardrobe staples from the M&S Collection that are easy to wear and combines classic and contemporary styles for an effortless look.
The storeâs clothing collection also feature a host of sustainable product innovations including a commitment to 100% of cotton used across the ranges coming from more sustainable sources that are better for people and the planet, including the Better Cotton Initiative, Fairtrade, organic and recycled.
L'OCCITANEÂ
Location:Â #01-43A
LâOCCITANE Singapore has opened its first-of-its-kind and only eco-concept boutique, with more than 80% recycled materials used to furnish and design the store, as part of the brandâs commitment to reducing waste and being eco-friendly.
The new âTrue Storiesâ concept, which promises a bright and welcoming space, is a hub for LâOCCITANEâs waste-reduction initiatives â the Big Little Things recycling program for beauty empties, Eco-Refills, and Refill Fountain, LâOCCITANEâs zero-plastic product refill service.
There is also be a special area dedicated to advocating an eco-friendlier lifestyle, with a rotating calendar of events, such as collaborations with local artists, lifestyle eco-friendly brands, and petite exhibitions, exclusive to Raffles City.
LULULEMONÂ
Location:Â #01-11/12
lululemon, the Canadian technical athletic-apparel company, has opened its latest store at Raffles City, that represents a new and exciting home for lululemon to connect with the diverse Singapore community at the heart of the city.
The store offers an extensive range of products across the Womenâs, Menâs and Accessory categories. These include lululemonâs core On The Move, Yoga, Running and Train ranges as well as the new âPlayâ category, which currently includes products for Golf and Tennis.
PARIS BAGUETTE X TEATRAÂ
Location:Â #01-46/47/48 & #01-46A
Located at Raffles Cityâs main entrance connected to the City Hall MRT, Paris Baguette has opened its new flagship store that incorporates its first-ever, exclusive teatra cafĂ©-retail concept.
Designed with a garden-like, European alfresco look, the new café-retail concept includes an instore tea brewing bar that offers comprehensive teatra gift sets packaged in fresh floral tins and boxes that are perfect for tea parties or occasiongifting.
In addition, among its new menu offerings are handcrafted fruity vin-chaud (also known as mulled wine) and tea infused mocktails that are great beverages for a respite in between shopping.
There is also a host of special promotions and exclusive treats during the opening celebration month for customers to enjoy.
Beauty Brands
The rejuvenated Raffles City will bring extra joy to beauty aficionados as an assembly of luxury beauty, skincare and fragrance brands open their new stores in the upcoming months. Here are some of these brands that will excite any bona fide beauty insider:
AESOPÂ
Renowned for their skin, hair and body care products of the finest quality, Australian brand, Aesop, will introduce a fresh concept with an upscaled, multi-sensorial experience to customers at its expanded new store at Raffles City.
CHANELÂ
CHANELâs newly renovated boutique, designed with two entrances, reinterprets the aesthetics and codes of the House via the signature tones of black and white, with a touch of gold. Clean, understated lines subtly define several distinct worlds of makeup, fragrance, skincare, and in-boutique exclusives, including a wall dedicated to CHANEL sunglasses.
The new boutique features a skincare wall, including the SUBLIMAGE area which houses the brandâs most premium skincare collection, as well as a fragrance bar to facilitate free exploration of CHANELâs range of fragrances.
Shoppers are also able to discover the full range of CHANEL makeup through an experiential journey with interactive screens that house online makeup tutorials and the opportunity for digital makeovers via the CHANEL Try-On feature or even enjoy personalized consultations and get make-up tips from the Houseâs beauty consultants and make-up artist.
CREEDÂ
Legendary English French hand-crafted premium perfume brand with over 250 years of royal service history, Creed will open its first standalone flagship boutique in Singapore at Raffles City. The boutique will also be the first in Southeast Asia to feature a brand-new design and will include services such as product personalization and tailored fragrance profiling.
The Les Royales Premium Range, the most luxurious collection handcrafted with the noblest essences and rarest infusion techniques by Oliver Creed, will be exclusively available in Singapore at the Raffles City boutique. It includes six exquisite fragrances that have a different classification from soft amber to dry, citrus and fruity fresh.
GIVENCHYÂ
French luxury perfume house, Givenchy Parfums, will open its first and only standalone flagship boutique in Singapore at Raffles City. Inspired by its heritage, Givenchy Parfums expresses a free and modern vision of elegance, both sophisticated and radically daring in its fragrances, makeup and skincare products. From LâInterdit and Irresistible to Givenchy Gentleman and De Givenchy, Givenchy Parfums embody the brandâs defining values of sophistication and boldness, fusing genres and revealing unexpected twists.
Givenchy at Raffles City will carry exclusive products and service offerings that are only available in the Raffles City Boutique. This includes the full range of the Houseâs premium skincare range, Le Soin Noir, De Givenchy collection as well as engraving and personalisation services.
Givenchyâs team of professional and friendly Beauty Consultants, who are trained to perform personalised diagnosis, will also be at hand to recommend the best products that suit customersâ needs.
GUERLAINÂ
Luxury French perfume, cosmetics and skincare house, Guerlain, will open its first-ever flagship boutique in Singapore at Raffles City in September. It will also be the first and only store in Singapore to feature a skincare cabin, where visitors will be able to enjoy a tailor-made, sensory skincare experience developed through Guerlainâs spa expertise.
The full collection of Guerlain LâArt & La Matiere, an impassioned celebration of fragrance-made art with 18 exclusive juices and customisable bottle; LâArt de Vivre, a range of candles and home diffusers; as well as Les MatiĂšres Confidentielles, which offers refined fragrances to spray on the skin or oneâs beloved materials, will be exclusively available at the new boutique.
Forever timeless, the Bee Bottle represents for Guerlain a precious as well as an important piece of heritage anchored in history and continually reinterpreted to combine tradition with modernity. Available only in Guerlain Boutiques around the world, the Raffles City boutique will be the first and only boutique in Singapore, where consumers can purchase the Bee Bottle, choosing from a selection of fragrances.
From highly contemporary, refined aesthetics to a visitor experience enriched with extraordinary enchantments and attentive tailored touches, the new boutique becomes an exceptional destination, offering a truly beautiful journey from skincare to fragrance and makeup. A place for celebration and interaction, the Guerlain Boutique declares itself a boundless playground of luxury.
More information on the new and exciting brands opening at the rejuvenated Raffles City, including Diptyque and Gucci Beauty, will be shared in the following months.
Raffles Prestige â A By-Invite Only Membership
Photo Credits: Raffles City Singapore
Raffles City Singapore is also elevating its premium shoppersâ experience in the mall by engaging them with regular special events.Â
With Raffles Cityâs rejuvenation and entry of upscale brands and stores, Raffles Prestige members can look forward to even more exciting, differentiated, and bespoke VIP experiences, including exclusive invitations to events and previews, priority concierge services and personalised gifts, to name a few.
For more information on the latest shopping, dining and hotel promotions for shoppers and tourists, please visit the Raffles City website.