Product PR experience

Retail showcases & offline promotion

Real products, shown to Japanese consumers in person: in our own pop-up stores, experience stores and electronics stores. Historical examples; our current service is Japan Product PR.

MODERN g pop-up store, Yurakucho MARUI, 2023

Featured experiences

RENPHO smart bike on display at b8ta Shinjuku Marui

In-store showcase · 2021–2022

Gloture × b8ta Japan — in-store product showcases

Gloture products on b8ta’s experience-store floors in Shinjuku Marui, Yurakucho and Shibuya, where shoppers could try them, rotating over two years.

Details

b8ta’s experience stores let visitors try new products on the shop floor. From 2021 to 2022 Gloture placed products from its catalogue there, changing the selection over time across the Shinjuku Marui, Yurakucho and, later, Shibuya stores.

b8ta Tokyo: Shinjuku Marui, Yurakucho and Shibuya · 2021–2022 · Confirmed by Gloture at the time

Products shown: RENPHO AI Smart Bike, TAYLOR, Aquibear, GeePro, GeeBona X1, G-Release

Products shown at b8ta

RENPHO AI Smart BikeAug–Oct 2021
TAYLOR smartwatchSep 2021
AquibearMay–Jul 2022
GeeProFrom Jun 2022
GeeBona X1From Oct 2022
G-ReleaseFrom Nov 2022

The MODERN g pop-up storefront at Shinjuku MARUI MEN with the scorpion gaming chair

Own pop-up store · 2023

MODERN g pop-up at Shinjuku MARUI MEN

Gloture’s first MODERN g pop-up store, with overseas gadgets on the ground floor. An independent gadget site visited and tried the products.

Read the on-site report (gadgetouch)

Details

Gloture’s first pop-up store, under its MODERN g gadget brand: overseas gadgets across PCs and gaming, outdoor, wellness and smart devices, on the ground floor of Shinjuku MARUI MEN. An independent gadget site visited and tried products in the store.

Shinjuku MARUI MEN, 1F event space · Announced for 1 February–30 April 2023 · Independent on-site report

Products shown: GeeScorpion, GeeUFO, GeeSonic, G-Release, Moon G, Planet G

Own pop-up store · 2023

MODERN g pop-up at Yurakucho MARUI

A second MODERN g pop-up, “Smarter by Design”, with a bookable INSTA NAIL self-nail experience. Mynavi News visited in May 2023.

Read the visit report (Mynavi News)

Details

A second MODERN g pop-up, themed “Smarter by Design”, with around 70 products announced. Visitors could book a free INSTA NAIL session on the self-nail machine in the store. A Mynavi News writer visited in May 2023 and described the products on show.

Yurakucho MARUI, 6F event space · Opened 1 March 2023; announced until 31 May 2023 · Independent on-site report

Products shown: INSTA NAIL, G-Release, GeeVolcano, GeeBona, Moon G

More offline experiences

The Gloture corner at Bic Camera Yurakucho, set up for opening

Pop-up corner · 2023

Gloture pop-up at Bic Camera Yurakucho

A limited-time Gloture corner on the ground floor, where visitors could pick up and try wearable cooling, charging and camera gadgets.

Details

A limited-time Gloture corner on the ground floor of one of Tokyo’s busiest electronics stores, where visitors could pick up and try wearable cooling, charging and camera gadgets. Gloture’s photos show the corner set up for opening. Later, Gloture products were also sold in the same store: a typewriter-style numeric keypad from December 2025 and the ThinKlick AI mouse from January 2026.

Bic Camera Yurakucho, 1F · Pop-up announced from 28 August to end of September 2023 · Announced; set-up photographed

Products shown: WearCool, GeeVolt, GeeMet, G-Release Ultra, ThinKlick, Typewriter-style numeric keypad

Products at Bic Camera Yurakucho (product images)

WearCoolAug–Sep 2023
GeeVoltAug–Sep 2023
GeeMetAug–Sep 2023
G-Release UltraAug–Sep 2023
Typewriter-style numeric keypadFrom Dec 2025
ThinKlickFrom Jan 2026

Moon G floating above its base on display

In-store showcase · 2021

Moon G product showcase at Tsutaya Electrics

A sample of the levitating Moon G light on display during its crowdfunding campaign, so visitors could see it floating.

See the Moon G project

Details

During its crowdfunding campaign, a sample of the levitating Moon G light went on display, so visitors could see the floating moon before backing it.

Futako-Tamagawa Tsutaya Electrics · 2–19 November 2021 · Confirmed by Gloture at the time

Products shown: Moon G

Gloture’s shelves at the 111 pop-up space

Pop-up shop · 2021

Gloture product pop-up at Tokyu Plaza Shibuya

A two-week Gloture shop in a monthly-changing pop-up space, with keyboards, a speaker, a massage gun and smart jump ropes.

Details

A two-week shop in “111”, a pop-up space whose shops change each month, with keyboards, a speaker, a massage gun, smart jump ropes and other gadgets.

Tokyu Plaza Shibuya, 3F “111” · 1–14 October 2021 · Confirmed by Gloture at the time

Products shown: G-Release, SmartRope LED, Rymek, AULA, Cat Warmer

AQUIBEAR units and signs set up for the experience session

Product experience event · 2022

AQUIBEAR — media & expert product experience

A first hands-on session for AQUIBEAR, the countertop mineral-water maker: media and cooking and tea professionals were invited to try the water it makes.

Details

On 26 September 2022 a product presentation and the first hands-on experience session for AQUIBEAR were held, with media and cooking and tea professionals invited to try it. Gloture, AQUIBEAR’s sales agent in Japan at the time, reported the session in October 2022. Attendance alone is not media coverage, and none is claimed here.

Product experience session for media and experts · 26 September 2022 · Confirmed by Gloture at the time

Products shown: AQUIBEAR

Hands-on display · 2019

MOVE IT — product showcase at docomo Smartphone Lounge Nagoya

The app-connected MOVE IT smart dumbbell in the lounge’s IoT corner, where visitors could try it.

Details

The app-connected MOVE IT smart dumbbell was shown in the lounge’s IoT product corner, where visitors could try it.

docomo Smartphone Lounge Nagoya, Sakaechika underground mall, Sakae · From 12 August 2019 · Confirmed by Gloture at the time

Products shown: MOVE IT

Shops and cafés · 2023

ShowCase × Gloture — product experiences beyond traditional retail

With ShowCase, Moon G and the GeeFire fireplace were shown in a Nagoya shop and an Obu café, in everyday settings.

Details

Working with ShowCase, which places new products in real shops and cafés, Gloture showed two products where people could see them in everyday use, at two venues in Aichi.

Aichi: Nagoya and Obu, with ShowCase · April 2023 · Confirmed by Gloture at the time

Products shown: Moon G, GeeFire

market soko, NagoyaUntil 15 April 2023
Cafe MORRIS, ObuUntil 8 April 2023

Additional retail experience — Yodobashi Camera

Regular in-store sales, not organised events. Products on sale at Yodobashi Camera (product images)

retroCUBE17 Multimedia stores · From Jun 2025
Typewriter-style numeric keypad19 Multimedia stores · From Jul 2025
ThinKlick AI mouse10 Multimedia stores · From Jul 2025
yoose MINIQUBEAkiba and Umeda · From Jun 2025
GeeMagic GAIAAkiba and Umeda · From Jun 2025
HuLife ProYodobashi Camera · From Jun 2025
NanoFlashShinjuku West Exit · From Dec 2025

Venues

Historical examples. Gloture is a Japan Product PR agency and does not offer retail placement, store operation or venue partnerships as a service. Venue names identify where products were shown; they don’t imply endorsement. Logos identify media outlets, brands and venues associated with the historical examples shown. Their inclusion does not imply endorsement.

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