HONG KONG — Skin-care brand Malin + Goetz has opened its first store in Hong Kong, where founders Matthew Malin and Andrew Goetz were on hand to celebrate. Launched in 2004, this is the company’s 11th store and first in Asia, joining four each in New York and Los Angeles, plus two in London. “We have a very cosmopolitan, international customer, and they’re traveling all over the world, and we see a lot of people from Hong Kong in all of our U.S. and U.K. stores, and it just made a lot of sense,” said Malin. Goetz noted that Hong Kong is a thriving beauty market. “People here take beauty very, very seriously, and they take shopping very seriously, so we would be remiss not to be here.” RELATED: Malin + Goetz Sees Opportunity to Ramp Up Store Growth >> The space, in 400 square feet at IFC mall in Central, was designed by New York-based architect Andrew Bernheimer, who also did one of the firm’s L.A. locations. None of the brand’s stores look alike. “They’re all entirely different from one another, and they’re intended to be localized businesses that feel specific and special to where they are,” Malin said. For Hong Kong, Goetz, who has
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