MANILA, Philippines - Top Italian shoe brand Santoni has entered the local market, marked by the opening of its first boutique at the EDSA Shangri-La Mall in Mandaluyong City. The brand will be exclusively distributed by Lucerne Group, the premiere purveyor of over 30 luxury timepieces and other high-end products in the country. Lucerne has been in the luxury business for more than three decades. From a single store at Ali Mall in 1982, the company has grown to become the top distributor of the world’s finest watches. It now has showrooms at the posh Glorietta 4, Shangri-La Plaza Mall and Ayala Center Cebu. It also has eight exclusive brand boutiques at Greenbelt 5 mall for IWC, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Chopard, Breitling, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai, and Omega and a Rolex boutique at Trinoma Mall. In recent years, Lucerne has branched out to represent other exclusive brands including Pandora jewelry, Vertu mobile phones and premium brand cookware at its Kitchenworks store. The company will also bring in the esteemed Steinway & Sons pianos and Leica cameras soon. Despite its expansion, one word remains to describe Lucerne’s products: luxury.To check out the Santoni collections, visit its boutique at the second floor of EDSA Shangri-La Plaza Mall. The products are also available in select boutiques worldwide and in flagship stores in Milan, Rome, Cagliari, Lugano, Cannes, Baku, Beijing, Cannes, Doha, Dong Guan, Guangzhou, Moscow, Shanghai, ShenYang, Singapore, St. Moritz and Tokyo. For more information, visit http://santonishoes.com.