Livia Wang, dubbed the retail or daigou queen, founded the Access Corporate Group in 2017. An Auckland outpost opened last year and the rapidly-expanding company also has offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Hangzhou in China.
Wang received maximum publicity in 2019, when she and business partner, Henry Lee, acquired the storied Napoleon Perdis makeup brand through Kuba Investments.
Access has built a formidable reputation as a company that develops, incubates and brings premium brands to market and expands them to international markets, notably China. Today, the company services more than 10 million customers worldwide.
A few months ago, Access launched the VTN app, an acronym derived from the Latin words – Veritas, Tempus, Naturae ( truth, time, nature). The company has followed up with an e-commerce website – www.vtnstore.com – in Australia and New Zealand.
More than 100 SKUs from 11 premium beauty, wellness and lifestyle brands are available, including Napoleon Perdis, Vida Glow, Minenssey, Invisible Zinc, Lovekins, Bean Body, Bee+, Capilano Beeotic, eimele and Amilera.
During Alibaba’s 2020 Singles’ Day shopping festival, Access sold a total GMV of AUD$210 million through the VTN app alone.
The ANZ launch of the VTN website is part of a global expansion program and dedicated websites in the US and Europe are set to debut in the near future.
We are so thrilled to launch VTN’s website in the ANZ region, said Livia Wang, Chief Brand Officer of Access Corporate Group. “With a physical Sydney CBD store to come, we will continue to strengthen VTN’s presence both online and offline. In 2021, expansion to the North America and Europe markets is set to capture a wider audience globally, while also adding to an already impressive catalogue of brands to our ever-growing portfolio.”