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Retail Asia27/09/2021

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Vietnamese carmaker VinFast could add other markets in 2023 to expand its European strategy beyond a planned debut in Germany, France and the Netherlands next year. The company, a unit of Vingroup Jsc, Vietnam’s largest conglomerate which some have called “Vietnam’s answer to Tesla,” will debut in Europe next year with two battery-electric SUVs models, […]

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Retail Asia27/09/2021

Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou has been released by Canadian courts and flew home to China last week after reaching an agreement with U.S. prosecutors to end their bank fraud case against her. Last Friday, Meng, who is also the elder daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, and the U.S. Justice Department reached a […]

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Retail Asia27/09/2021

Volvo Cars is taking an ethical stand for animal welfare in its fully electric cars. Starting with the new C40 Recharge, all-new fully electric Volvo models will be completely leather-free. In the coming years, Volvo Cars will launch a completely new family of pure electric cars. By 2030 it aims to offer only fully electric […]

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Retail Asia27/09/2021

Tesla’s Shanghai factory is expected to produce 300,000 cars in the first nine months of the year, capped by a delivery rush in the end of the July-September quarter, despite a global semiconductor shortage, two sources said. The factory makes the electric Model 3 sedans and Model Y sport-utility vehicles for domestic and international markets, […]

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Retail Asia24/09/2021

Italian coffee chain Lavazza is set to increase its store network in China to 1000 by 2025 through scaling up its existing joint venture with fast-food operator Yum China. The joint venture –in which Yum will be Lavazza’s exclusive distributor in Mainland China, will also receive an initial US$200 million funding from both companies for […]

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Retail Asia24/09/2021

Hong Kong-listed apparel brand Esprit has appointed an experienced lawyer as its new COO to help continue to drive the brand’s renaissance. After four years of rolling losses exceeding US$1 billion, Esprit issued a shock profit warning last month projecting its first half year in the black since 2017. It lost US$503 million in the […]

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Retail Asia24/09/2021

The tech-enabled coffee chain, Flash Coffee, is accelerating its Asian expansion plan, making its Hong Kong debut this month and committing to opening its first stores in Japan and South Korea later this year. Launched last year, Flash Coffee already operates more than 100 locations across Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The chain […]

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Retail Asia24/09/2021

Finnish plant-based food company Gold & Green joins the ranks of businesses offering alt-meat in Australia with the launch of Pulled Oats, an oat-based plant protein. As consumers become more aware of their food sources, the market for plant-based protein is rapidly increasing. In the past year alone, Australia’s plant-based meat sector retail sales increased […]

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Retail Asia24/09/2021

The Sherpa, a subsidiary of Masan, has announced a 70 percent acquisition of Mobicast shares with a total cash consideration of VND295.5 billion ($13 million). Investment in Mobicast is the next step taken by Masan to integrate its third piece, digital services, into its ecosystem, after the successful inclusion of grocery and financial services. This […]

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Retail Asia24/09/2021

Mars Food Australia has revealed the new brand identity for Ben’s Original ready-to-heat rice products, following the retirement of the Uncle Ben’s brand. The new packaging features the same orange background and navy-blue font. The rice products are available in 28 flavors, are ready in 90 seconds, and taste the same as the old product […]

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Retail Asia24/09/2021

The supermarket has come in second in the world for its sustainability efforts. Coles was ranked based on its governance, environment, nutrition, and social inclusion practices, beating out of 350 of the world’s ‘most influential food retailers. Furthermore, Coles has ranked tenth in the world in the food and average manufacturing and processors category. The […]

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Retail Asia24/09/2021

Bamboo Airways conducted its first direct flight from Vietnam to the U.S. Thursday night. The QH9149 flight, using the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, took off at 7:55 p.m. from Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport for San Francisco. The flight, the first of 12 direct flights between Vietnam and the U.S. that Bamboo Airways has won approval […]

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Retail Asia24/09/2021

Nike’s updates to its full-year sales outlook on Thursday will likely answer that pressing question for Wall Street as the world’s largest sportswear maker deals with unprecedented supply challenges ahead of the holiday season. Three months ago, Nike gave a rosy outlook for the rest of the year as it benefited from consumers splurging on […]

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Retail Asia24/09/2021

The digital assets derivatives exchange has moved its headquarters to Nassau, the Bahamas, citing friendlier regulation and no mandatory quarantine upon arrival in-country. The company’s chief executive officer, 29-year-old billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried told industry publication Blockworks that the proactive stance taken by The Bahamas and its regulatory bodies on cryptocurrencies» is one of the primary reasons […]

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Retail Asia24/09/2021

Surprise surprise, Apple Store employees will receive a hefty $1000 bonus this year. The good news for Apple employees was first reported by Bloomberg. Those who joined the company before March of this year will receive a $1000 bonus. Newer employees will receive $500, which is still a pretty good sum. This information comes from reliable sources […]

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Retail Asia23/09/2021

AirAsia Group Bhd is accelerating its digitalization by emphasizing new technologies and focusing on driving innovation across its entire portfolio of companies. The carrier’s engineering arm Asia Digital Engineering (ADE), ground handling division Ground Team Red (GTR) and logistics venture Teleport, are set to soar to new heights through digitization and data. “A silver lining […]

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Retail Asia23/09/2021

Infinera announced that Globe Telecom, Inc. (Globe), a major provider of telecom services in the Philippines, deployed Infinera’s Auto-Lambda solution, featuring autotuneable optics, to upgrade its existing 4G access and aggregation networks and in anticipation of providing future 5G services. By upgrading its access network with Infinera’s autotuneable optics technology, Globe can deliver more capacity on […]

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Retail Asia23/09/2021

The Singapore-based startup has secured one of the largest Series A funding rounds to date in the country, which will allow it to expand in Southeast Asia. Spenmo has announced a $34 million raise in a Series A investment round led by New York-based private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners, according to a statement […]

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Retail Asia23/09/2021

The company will be adding over 50 new hires in Singapore across engineering and product development by 2022. YouTrip has announced plans to grow its technology capabilities and product development to capture the rise of the multi-currency payments landscape. The Singapore-headquartered company will be establishing an innovation lab in the country to drive the development of a new suite of multi-currency products and […]

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Retail Asia23/09/2021

Inmarsat announced the launch of its innovative new OneFi customer experience platform (CXP) for airlines. The first-of-its-kind solution will serve as a catalyst to monetise inflight connectivity by bringing a host of onboard services together within a single portal interface, which passengers can easily access using their own personal devices. OneFi delivers a rich airline-branded […]

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