Category: Living

Retail Asia11/09/2018
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Indonesian ride-hailing and online payment company Go-Jek said on Tuesday (04/09) that it will partner with three peer-to-peer lending firms as the startup looks to expand its financial technology services in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. Go-Jek, whose backers include Google and China’s Tencent Holdings, has grown rapidly since launching eight years ago in Indonesia, a country with […]

Retail Asia08/09/2018
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Kumho Asiana Group announced a personnel shift on Friday, with Han Chang-soo, head of Asiana IDT, an information and communication technology unit of the airliner group, being appointed as the new president of Asiana Airlines. Park Se-chang, a third-generation member of the Kumho Asiana founding family, succeeded Han as head of Asiana IDT. Park is […]

Retail Asia08/09/2018
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Upscale Vietnam hotels are struggling to hire and retain skilled staff, as even those with hospitality training switch careers. Nguyen Huu Tho, chairman of Vietnam Tourism Association, estimated a 40 percent staff shortage in the hospitality industry. The hospitality industry is booming as tourist arrivals increase year after year and hotels spring up all over […]

Retail Asia07/09/2018
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Swedish fashion label H&M is launching an outlet at the Homeplus Bucheon hypermarket in South Korea. The brand’s 29th Korean store, located to the West of Seoul, will open on September 20 and is its first hypermarket venture in the territory. The company’s first store inside a hypermarket marks a significant strategic step away from […]

Retail Asia07/09/2018
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The 26km Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link is set to debut on September 23, forecasting 80,100 passengers daily. The cross-border service will link the city to 44 destinations on mainland China. Last weekend, 20,000 people who obtained tickets last week were poised to catch a first glimpse of the station. […]

Retail Asia07/09/2018
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Tesco Extra has resurfaced a store car park using the equivalent weight of 225,000 plastic carry bags, saving 900kg of plastics going to landfill. The partnership with plastic road company MacRebur, is part of a broader Tesco initiative to improve its sustainability record, including looking for ways to reuse waste plastic, reduce carbon and promote […]

Retail Asia06/09/2018
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Java Mountain Coffee, a Jakarta-based social enterprise advocating for sustainable coffee farming, has called on the hospitality industry in Bali to avoid using plastic and aluminum coffee capsules in a bid to reduce pollution. Coffee capsule usage has grown five times faster than growth in coffee consumption globally between 2011 and 2016, Java Mountain Coffee said, […]

Retail Asia06/09/2018
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Italian leather and fabric upholstery brand Nicoletti Home has partnered with Chinese manufacturer/retailer Manwah to establish a retail network of 50 stores throughout the mainland. Nicoletti Home already has a strong Asian presence in Hong Kong, Indonesia and Korea. Manwah will be directly responsible for managing the stores under a franchise agreement, targeting upscale customers. […]

Retail Asia06/09/2018
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When it comes to toys, Walmart is not playing around. Walmart has unboxed its plans for America’s Best Toy Shop: its destination for kids’ favorite products – toys! – in its stores and on Walmart.com. Walmart’s toy aisles are set to offer the best toys at the best prices along with more fun for everyone than ever before. Starting Thursday, […]

Retail Asia04/09/2018
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Ikea Norway says it will close its experimental inner-city stores after an unsuccessful trial seen as a bellwether for international markets. The Swedish furniture and homewares retailer opened small-format shops in downtown Oslo, Tromso and Alesund in 2015 and 2016 to test the profitability of – and customer demand for – the concept. With smaller […]

Retail Asia04/09/2018
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Vietnam won’t increase its fuel tax before 2020, Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung has directed. Dung has ordered a proposal to increase environmental tax on petrol and diesel to be removed from next year’s plan. Earlier this year, the ministry had proposed that the environmental tax on petrol and diesel be increased by 33 percent, […]

Retail Asia31/08/2018
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Group Bhd wants CAE to train about 400 cadet pilots to support its growth in the various markets it operates over the next five years. The first batch of cadet pilots will begin training in the second half of the year for a 18-month competency-based Multi-Crew Pilot Licence (MPL) programme. The airline signed a new […]

Retail Asia30/08/2018
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Aeon Co (M) Bhd’s net profit plunged 64.5% to RM9.79 million for the second quarter ended June 30 compared with RM27.55 million in the previous corresponding period, due to the recognition of impairment loss on investment in its associate company Index Living Mall Malaysia Sdn Bhd (ILMM). Its revenue however, rose 5.4% to RM1.06 billion […]


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