Canada Goose Holdings Inc. is delaying the opening of its flagship store in Beijing, as escalating tensions between China and Canada triggered by the arrest of Huawei Technologies Co.’s finance chief threaten its ambitions in the world’s second largest economy.
The Toronto-based maker of premium parkas said on its Weibo account late Friday that it was postponing the store’s debut, scheduled for Saturday in Beijing’s trendy Sanlitun district, “due to construction reasons.” The posting came after Weibo social media users threatened to protest the opening. The company has been targeted for a boycott of its brand on media platforms since Meng Wanzhou’s arrest, given its prominence as a Canadian label.
The company didn’t give a date for when the store would open. Canada Goose representatives didn’t immediately respond to phone calls and emails seeking further comment.
中新经纬客户端12月14日电 14日，加拿大鹅官方微博回复网友问题时称，原定于周六12月15日开业的北京三里屯旗舰店会推迟开业时间。
12月7日，加拿大鹅官方微博称，北京三里屯旗舰店即将于12月15日在朝阳区三里屯路11号院7号楼一层N7-10及二层N7-20单元开幕。然而14日下午，其官方微博在回复网友问题时表示：“我们原定于周六12月15日开业的北京三里屯旗舰店，因施工的缘故会推迟开业时间，具体开业时间我们会通过官方渠道另行公布。”
截图来源：加拿大鹅官方微博
据了解，加拿大鹅是来自加拿大的羽绒服品牌，由于其产品均价高达900美元以及“从不降价”的策略，被称为“羽绒服界的爱马仕”。11月14日，加拿大鹅发布最新一季的财报显示，该季度营业额达1.74亿美元，同比增长33.7%，净收入也达3770万美元。延续了前两个季度的增长势头。
然而好景不长，加拿大鹅股价在近期经历大跌，从12月4日到13日不到半月的时间，累计下跌了21.30%。北京时间14日，截至发稿，加拿大鹅股价报53.19美元，跌幅2.74%。