Tag: malaysia

Retail Asia14/02/2024
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According to Zulkifli Mustafa, a senior lecturer at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), up to 90% of honey available in Malaysia is not genuine. “The biggest challenge of the honey industry now is the presence of artificial honey, which reaches 90% in the market,” honey expert Mustafa was quoted. The fake product includes stingless bee honey. […]

Retail Asia22/12/2023
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Deputy Minister of Tourism and Sports Yerzhan Yerkinbayev held a meeting with representatives from Air Asia X, led by General Director Benjamin bin Ismail on Dec. 21, the ministry’s press service reported. The discussions centered around the collaborative efforts to develop Kazakhstan’s tourism sector, plans to amplify passenger traffic, and joint initiatives to foster tourism. […]

Retail Asia04/12/2023
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Chinese tea brand Heytea has opened its first store at Kuala Lumpur’s newly-opened shopping destination, The Exchange TRX, as part of Heytea’s ambition to have a larger footprint in the country. The new store takes over an 80sqm space of the shopping mall’s Level C. The Malaysia launch, which the company described as its “important […]

Retail Asia27/11/2023
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The airline plans to conduct regular flights four days a week—Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays—using an A-330 aircraft for the Kuala Lumpur-Almaty route. AirAsia X, established in 2006, is a segment of the AirAsia Aviation Group. It boasts a fleet exceeding 270 aircraft and operates flights across 400 routes spanning 25 countries. AirAsia X ‘s most popular […]

Retail Asia25/09/2023
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H&M has launched an online store on Shopee in Singapore and Malaysia in preparation for its Super Brand Day. H&M’s engagement with e-commerce platform Shopee is part of the company’s continued efforts to digitalize and provide customers with an optimal omnichannel experience, intending to give them a more “flexible and meaningful” shopping experience that matches their […]

Retail Asia22/08/2023
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Berjaya Corporation Bhd’s subsidiary, Inter-Pacific Securities Sdn Bhd (IPS), acquired 16.80 million ordinary shares (equivalent to 1.51% equity interest) in 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Bhd (SEM) through direct transactions, for a cash consideration of approximately RM30.77 million. This brings the combined equity interest of BCorp and its subsidiaries in SEM to about 14.37%. The acquisitions were funded […]

Retail Asia20/07/2023
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London-based EL&N has made its first foray into Asia with a store at the Pavilion shopping centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The site, which features indoor and terraced seating, is the boutique café chain’s 30th globally and its second market entry in the last two months following its Bahraini debut in Amman in June 2023. EL&N currently […]

Retail Asia18/07/2023
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Swiss watchmaker Swatch says it has begun legal proceedings against the Malaysian government for seizing LGBTQ-themed watches from its stores. The move comes after officials impounded 172 watches from its rainbow-colored Pride collection, on sale at shopping malls across Malaysia. Swatch wants damages and the return of the watches, worth $14,000 (£10,700). Homosexual activity is […]

Retail Asia05/06/2023
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The Philippines becomes OldTown White Coffee’s fourth international market, after Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong, with the coffee chain also targeting further outlet growth across Malaysia in the second half of 2023 The Ipoh-based coffee chain, which has approximately 200 outlets across Malaysia, joins The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice, Tealive and Wouldulike Specialty […]

Retail Asia15/05/2023
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In a statement shared today (May 10) by FamilyMart Malaysia, the convenience store chain announced that its FamiCafé in Menara U, Shah Alam, has obtained halal certification from Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM). This makes it the first convenience store café in Malaysia to receive this certification. Based on a check on the Halal Malaysia Official Portal, […]

Retail Asia05/04/2023
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Australians have another way to get to Asia now AirAsia X restarted its Kuala Lumpur to the Gold Coast service yesterday. The nostalgic service retraced AirAsia X’s first-ever route, launched over 25 years ago. AirAsia X started the Kuala Lumpur to Queensland’s Gold Coast in November 2007, but it has been suspended for more than […]

Retail Asia23/02/2023
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Ninja Van Malaysia, a tech-enabled logistics company, has released its first-ever white paper on Live Selling in Southeast Asia. The white paper introduces Live Selling as one of the up-and-coming Southeast Asia’s e-commerce trends and shares Live Selling insights collected from over 1,000 Ninja Van’s e-commerce sellers across Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, The Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. While […]

Retail Asia22/11/2022
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Efforts are coming in all forms to support Malaysia’s competitiveness in its transport and logistics sectors as plans to introduce a platform that will connect stakeholders of Kuala Lumpur International Airport are underway. Air cargo software provider Kale Logistics Solutions and tech company Dagang NeXchange (DNeX), through its subsidiary Dagang Net, have signed a partnership […]

Retail Asia31/10/2022
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Multinational private equity investor Carlyle Group is reportedly in talks with Caring Pharmacy to acquire a majority stake in the Malaysian drugstore chain. According to DealStreetAsia, the deal is projected to reach more than US$300 million in size. Earlier this year, Caring Pharmacy’s majority owner, 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings was said to be in talks with several […]

Retail Asia14/10/2022
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AirAsia has enhanced its facial recognition system, FACES, by integrating it with Malaysia Airports EZPaz technology at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA2), offering an end-to-end contactless journey for passengers. FACES is now available across key customer touchpoints including mobile enrolment, check-in counter, pre-security check and boarding, for select domestic travel in the start-up phase. Passengers who […]


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