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Penshoppe is a casual wear retail brand based in the Philippines. Established in 1986,[1] Penshoppe is the flagship brand of Golden ABC, Inc., a fashion house based in the Philippines.[2]
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 An outlet in SM City Baliuag in Bulacan | |
| Product type | Apparel |
|---|---|
| Owner | Golden ABC, Inc |
| Country | Philippines |
| Introduced | 1986 |
| Markets | Southeast Asia, United Arab Emirates |
| Website | penshoppe.com |
Brand history
editPhilippines
editEstablished in Cebu in 1986,[1] the brand initially established itself in the Visayas and Mindanao markets. Penshoppe then expanded to Metro Manila, with its first boutique opening its doors in SM City North EDSA in 1991.[1] Since then, Penshoppe's network of stores has grown to over 300 sites.
International expansion
editIn 2015, Penshoppe opened retail outlets in Bahrain, Cambodia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and UAE.[3][2]
Marketing
editEndorsements
editPenshoppe previously had Ryan Agoncillo, Nikki Gil-Albert, Heart Evangelista, Jericho Rosales, Mikael Daez, Victor Basa, Bea Soriano, and Akihiro Sato as their local celebrity endorsers.[4]
The brand's first international endorser was the Irish boy band Boyzone in 1995, followed by Mandy Moore in 2002.[5] In 2011, the brand signed Gossip Girl Ed Westwick[6] as an international celebrity endorser.[7] Thai actor Mario Maurer become an international endorser for this clothing brand.[8] In April 2012, the company announced that Zac Efron joined in as an endorser. In May 2012, American actor and model Ian Somerhalder, a.k.a. Damon Salvatore of The CW Television Network's The Vampire Diaries, announced as an endorser. In May 2012, Leighton Meester, also a Gossip Girl cast member, became an endorser for Penhshoppe's campaign called "All Stars".[9][10]
On September 6, 2014, supermodel Cara Delevingne was named as Penshoppe's newest endorser.[11]
In 2015, Sean O'Pry became a Penshoppe ambassador.[12] On May 6, 2015, Penshoppe revealed that fashion model and television personality Kendall Jenner had joined the clothing line's endorsing team.[13] On August 27, 2015, via Penshoppe announced that 2NE1's vocalist, Sandara Park, also joined as an ambassador. In early 2016, Penshoppe signed male modeling's new "It Boy", Lucky Blue Smith. In May 2016, American fashion model Gigi Hadid became the new face for Penshoppe.[14] In 2017, Nam Joo-hyuk and the daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford, Kaia Gerber, became the faces of Penshoppe. In March 2018, Penshoppe announced Zayn Malik, a former member of One Direction, returned as an endorser alongside Bella Hadid, Jordan Barrett, and Cameron Dallas for their latest campaign. In 2019, Lalisa Manoban, Thai member of girl group BLACKPINK, became Penshoppe's newest ambassador. In 2021, Astro's Cha Eun-woo joined Penshoppe as an ambassador. On May 26, 2022 Penshoppe announced NCT Dream, K-pop boy group under SM Entertainment, as an ambassador. Now EXO rapper Chanyeol as an ambassador. [15][16]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Maverick of retail". The Freeman. The Philippine Star. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Golden ABC to broaden global network". The Philippine Star. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ Dumlao, Doris C. (18 September 2012). "Penshoppe gets into Indonesia's huge market". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ Buenaventura, Marga. "EXCLUSIVE: K-actor Song Kang is Penshoppe's newest ambassador". CNN. Archived from the original on 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ Joven, Ginggay P. (14 September 2022). "Mandy Moore: A talk to remember". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ Almo, Nerisa. "Gossip Girl actor Ed Westwick will be in Manila to shoot new campaign of local clothing brand".
- ^ "FunFare with Ricardo F. Lo". philstar.com.
- ^ Almo, Nerisa. "Thai heartthrob Mario Maurer set to visit Manila for a local endorsement". Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
- ^ Ricardo F. Lo (May 25, 2012). "Gossip Girl star is also Penshoppe endorser". Philippine Star. Philstar.com.
- ^ PENSHOPPE [@PENSHOPPE] (7 October 2012). "Introducing the newest members of our TEAM - One Direction #WeAreTeamPENSHOPPE" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Supermodel Cara Delevigne is newest Penshoppe endorser - The Manila Times Online". www.manilatimes.net.
- ^ "'Blank Space' model Sean O'Pry is new Penshoppe ambassador".
- ^ "Kendall Jenner is the newest face of Penshoppe". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ^ "Penshoppe launches new campaign with fashion model Bella Hadid". GMA News Online.
- ^ "LOOK: NCT DREAM is the newest face of Penshoppe". RAPPLER. 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ^ Bernardo, Jaehwa (May 26, 2022). "NCT Dream is new face of Penshoppe". ABS-CBN News.