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26/04/2024 Changi Airport Group awards OUE tender for lease and development of new hotel at Changi Airport Terminal 2 ( General )
26/04/2024 Korean Air to launch new route to Macau ( General )
26/04/2024 WhatsApp is working on an option to stop notifications when someone reacts to your status updates ( General )
24/04/2024 Puma to launch compostable shoes after a two-year pilot project ( Fashion )
24/04/2024 7-Eleven eyes 100,000 stores globally by 2030 ( General )
24/04/2024 Vietnam tops Southeast Asia in number of Apple suppliers ( Electronics )
24/04/2024 FPT and Nvidia to build $200M AI factory in Vietnam ( Electronics )
23/04/2024 Google Meet now lets users make annotations during presentations ( General )
22/04/2024 WhatsApp testing scheduling feature for easier event management in Communities ( General )
22/04/2024 EU set to approve Apple’s plan to open its NFC technology for rivals ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is considering a manufacturing facility in Indonesia ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Google Maps to show alternate transit and walking directions along with driving routes ( General )
17/04/2024 Apple releases iOS 17.5 beta 2 giving EU iPhone users more unique capabilities ( E-Tailing )
17/04/2024 WhatsApp rolls out new chat filters to help you locate unread and group conversations ( General )

Retail Asia21/09/2021

The Cadillac Lyriq has been the long-talked-about electric SUV that the luxury brand by GM has been working on and already it has been sold out in 90 minutes. The car which is also due to come in 2022 and now Cadillac has announced the “Debut Edition” has been reserved. So far Cadillac has only […]

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Retail Asia21/09/2021

US burger sensation Five Guys opens its first Australian restaurant, for takeaway only, on 20 September in Sydney’s Penrith. Master franchisee Seagrass Hospitality is opening the long-awaited fast-food brand at the Penrith Panthers Leagues Club on the busy Mulgoa Road. Robby Andronikos, brand manager of Five Guys Australia, said “It’s been an incredibly fun journey to […]

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Retail Asia21/09/2021

DoorDash will offer beer, wine, and spirits through the DoorDash Marketplace in 20 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., as well as Canada and Australia, the company announced on Monday. Customers will be able to order alcohol offerings from grocery stores, restaurants and other local merchants through a new “Alcohol” tab in the DoorDash app. Alcohol […]

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Retail Asia21/09/2021

UBS’s $10 billion China Opportunity fund caught in the downdraft of the country’s harsh tech crackdown. It was only last April that Bin Shi gave a fireside chat on a UBS asset management hosted website. The bank’s head of China equities appeared optimistic about the outlook for Chinese equities, saying it was likely the tech sector had seen the […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2021

With the expansion of the ‘quick commerce market’, which offers guaranteed delivery within an hour, South Korean firms are employing gas stations as warehouses and logistics hubs. It has become a new alignment of interest between the quick commerce industry that needs logistics hubs in the heart of the city, and gas stations in search […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2021

Dash, the UK drink brand, is making a foray into the Australian soft-drink market with the launch of its renowned ‘wonky fruit’ infused sparkling water. Featuring just three ingredients – water, bubbles and wonky fruit – the drinks are sugar-free, zero-calorie and no sweetening is added. As part of the plan to reduce food waste, […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2021

Singapore fashion label Yacht 21 has been renamed Y21, changing its logo and purpose in response to the change in fashion after the pandemic. Founded in 2009, Yacht 21 was known for its travel-friendly and resort collection inspired by Scandinavian designs. As international travel has been put on hold and will not be possible for […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2021

The Shanghai government will support companies applying for approval to sell duty-free goods, and encourage duty-free shops to be set up at airports, hotels, malls and other commercial venues, municipal authorities said. The development of a “duty-free economy”, which will encourage spending on imported products, including heavily-taxed luxury goods, was outlined in a 2021-2025 consumption […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2021

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JD has introduced its first overseas E-space store through JD.ID – its e-commerce joint venture in Indonesia. Dudded JD.ID Electronic Store, the E-space store features an omnichannel model which offers technology and home appliance products from a list of electronics brands, including Huawei, Vivo and Oppo. Situated in Aeon Mall Sentul City, West Java, the […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2021

Ever wonder why your estimated time of arrival (ETA) at a destination that you used Google Maps or Apple Maps to navigate to never matches up with the initial ETA estimate? For example, let’s say that you are traveling from Ludlow, Vermont to Moreau, New York. After tapping the destination into Google Maps, it shows that the […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2021

India’s diesel consumption slowed in the first half of September from the previous month, staying below pre-COVID levels as a pick-up in monsoon rains hit mobility and demand for fuel from the agriculture sector, preliminary sales data showed. Diesel sales by the country’s state fuel retailers came in at 2.1 million tonnes during Sept. 1-15, […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2021

Honda Motor Co’s U.S. unit said on Monday it is targeting initial annual sales of 70,000 for its planned electric Prologue sport utility vehicle when it goes to market in 2024. Honda plans to add additional electric vehicle models as it aims to have sold a total of 500,000 electric vehicles in the United States […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2021

China’s industry ministry published a notice on Thursday telling companies to step up cyber and data security oversight over connected vehicles, saying that security risks in the industry had become increasingly prominent. All relevant companies should establish data security management systems and regularly assess risks from network attacks, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2021

Carmaker Stellantis plans to launch a new model in India and Latin America next year under its Citroen brand, the group said on Thursday, as it aims to push out of its European turf and branch further into emerging markets where it has less exposure. The plan marks Citroen’s return to India, a market it […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2021

The decline this year in shrimp and fish farming in the Mekong Delta threatens to cause a serious shortage of raw materials for processors in the coming months. “We have increased shrimp prices, but many farmers are still worried that Covid outbreaks will affect prices later, and so have reduced their production,” Le Van Quang, […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2021

Steel exports increased by 43.4 percent year-on-year in the first eight months to 8.54 million tons, and were worth US$7.1 billion, a 127 percent rise. In August, for a second month in a row, the billion-dollar mark was breached, with the value of shipments increasing 2.5-fold to nearly $1.5 billion. The main export markets were […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2021

DBS continues to add tech talent with plans to hire around 150 related positions via a virtual hackathon. DBS will hire for around 150 technology positions through a virtual hackathon, Hack2Hire, an annual program in its fourth edition, according to a statement. The positions will be for 14 developer and engineering roles across artificial intelligence […]

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Retail Asia19/09/2021

Introduced in 2014 as a direct replacement for the International Accounting Standards Board’s IAS 39, IFRS 9 is the International Financial Reporting Standards’ most updated set of guidelines on classifying and measuring financial assets and liabilities. IFRS 9 offers exhaustive requirements for financial institutions like banks with regard to the following: How to categorize financial […]

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Retail Asia17/09/2021

AirAsia’s inaugural service from Kuala Lumpur to Langkawi on Thursday (Sept 16) morning under the travel bubble recorded a 100% flight load, the carrier says, signifying a strong rebound for domestic air travel. The low-cost carrier said the maiden flight, the first of nine scheduled daily flights from Kuala Lumpur, left KLIA2 at 9.50am utilising […]

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Retail Asia17/09/2021

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Bacardi has launched a new RTD, Bacardi Mojito, which comes in a 250ml can with an ABV of 4.8 percent and 114 calories per serve. The RTD is made using Bacardi Carta Blanca Superior White Rum along with all-natural flavors and real ingredients and the calories are kept down thanks to the use of natural […]

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