Worldwide Disney Store Updates: US, Asia, Middle East, Australia, Mexico
Japan goes all in on Star Wars Day
Live in Tokyo, and looking to show off with your Star Wars trivia knowledge? Starting tomorrow, April 27, there’s opportunity to register in-person for a trivia competition on May 4. While you’re there, check out the second floor, which has received a sleak transformation into a Star Wars section, including with products based on Mandalorian and Grogu.
Middle East store-in-stores close
In the Middle East, Disney Store remains at two stores (Grand Plaza – The Avenues, Al Rai, Kuwait and Doha Festival City, Umm Salal Muhammed, Qatar), but appears to have closed its more than two dozen shop-in-shop locations inside locations of Mothercare and Debenhams.
Singapore: pop-up at Great World Atrium
Since April 22, a DisneyStore.sg Pop-Up Experience has been open at Great World Atrium, level 1. It stays open until May 17. A line of special Star Wars merchandise, including items from Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, will arrive on May 4.
From May 1 to 4, you can “trace, bake, watch it shrink” as you make Star Wars-themed keychains from noon to 4 pm.
United States: no news about pop-ups
Two weeks ago, it was revealed that the United States will get two pop-up locations, under the name Disney Store: Limited Time.
For more, read “USA Gets Disney Store Pop-Ups, First in May.”
Since that article, DisKingdom has reached out to both Go! Retail Group, which will operate the stores, and first location Ross Park Mall for more information, with no luck. We’re eager to find out whether the Limited Time locations will be in mall units or a kiosk in the mall corridor, as pop-up location formats range greatly around the world.
Elsewhere
Perth, Australia‘s pop-up at Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City continues until May 31. For more, read “Australia: Disney Store Pop-Up Announced.”
Japan‘s second largest train hub, Kyōto Station, features a 220-store shopping centre. Home to the newest location of Disney Store, plush and keychains on opening day will feature delightfully specific designs from a millennia ago. It opens Tuesday. For more, read “Two Days Until New Disney Store Opens in Kyoto.”
Another new location is opening at Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan on May 27. For more, read “Tokyo’s Setagaya Receives New Disney Store, May 27.”
Korea‘s Disney Store by the Hyundai has finally launched an Instagram account to share new products and promotions. Its first post was March 16.
A new standalone location of Disney Store opened in recent weeks in Mexico‘s Querétaro area. It’s the third in the country, and features a section themed to Disney Villains. For more, read “Disney Villains Featured at Newest Disney Store Location, in Querétaro, Mexico.”
The pop-up location at SM Lanang Premier in Davao City, The Philippines, has been extended to April 26. It originally was to close April 22.
Wednesday is the last day at SM Mall of Asia in Pasay, The Philippines, to enter to win entry into the Star Wars Night Run Philippines. The run lasts from May 2 to 3.