BHG Also Closing Clementi Outlet & Raffles City Department Store One Assembly

Come January 3, 2022, BHG will also shut One Assembly, its collaborative store with Raffles City Shopping Centre (which is owned by CapitaLand). The store had taken over Robinsons’ defunct space in January 2021, with a similar department store concept offering goods ranging from clothing to beauty products and homeware. It is currently holding a 90 per cent off moving out sale. BHG’s press release adds that it will “continue [its] relationship across other malls” with CapitaLand.

Last month, BHG Bugis teamed up with homegrown bistro chain Marmalade Pantry to open Marmalade Pantry Petite within the store. The small cafe serves light bites like house-made cakes and waffles, as well as beverages like coffee.

The store also revamped its beauty hall by adding spa cabins to its beauty counters and digital make-up swatching (since you can’t remove your mask to try on cosmetics in stores these days). Interestingly, it also introduced ‘roving cashiers’, where roaming BHG staff armed with iPads can check out customers’ purchases on the spot without having to crowd at cashier counters. The new normal of shopping, we suppose.

Photos: Yip Jieying/ One Assembly/ Marmalade Pantry’s Facebook