British Fashion Retailer Topshop Eyes China Expansion

Shoppers look through clothes on sale on the opening day of New Zealand's first Topshop and Topman store on March 12, 2015, in Auckland, New Zealand. A British high-end brand beloved by celebrities, Topshop opened its first official physical store in Beijing on Aug. 28, 2015, at the Galeries Lafayette mall. Photo: Visual China

(Beijing) — British fast-fashion retailer Topshop said it plans to set up the first set of flagship stores on the Chinese mainland in 2018, despite receding in-store sales amid a boom in e-commerce.

The high-street fashion label said it will launch an inaugural store on the mainland in spring or summer 2018. There are currently three Topshop-branded stores in Hong Kong.