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Retail Asia30/04/2020

Singapore Press Holdings has sold its wholly-owned convenience-store chain Buzz Shop to Thai-Pore Enterprise. “This divestment of a non-core business will sharpen SPH Group’s strategic focus on its main business segments of media, retail real estate, purpose-built student accommodation, and aged care,” the firm said in a statement. “SPH will continue with its disciplined approach […]

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Retail Asia30/04/2020

Singapore supermarket operator Sheng Siong boosted net profit by 49 percent in the March quarter as sales surged due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Sales were up by 30.7 percent in the quarter, or by 19.7 percent on a same-store basis, initially due to stronger Lunar New Year sales. When Singapore’s government introduced a round of […]

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Retail Asia29/04/2020

More than HK$1.5 billion (US$193.5 million) in subsidies have been approved so far for eligible retailers under the Hong Kong government’s Retail Sector Subsidy Scheme. The scheme is the first round of the administration’s Anti-epidemic Fund, involving more than 19,000 applications. Roughly 93,000 applications were received within the three-week application period, and disbursement of subsidies […]

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Retail Asia29/04/2020

Social media platform Instagram has launched new food-ordering tools to assist small-to-medium businesses facing difficulties during the coronavirus pandemic. Foodservice operators can now share food order stickers in Instagram Stories and as a button on their profiles. Consumers clicking on the Stories sticker or profile button will be taken to the business’ food-delivery platform to […]

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Retail Asia29/04/2020

Vietnam Airlines will operate two commercial flights from Hanoi to the U.S. in May, exclusively for U.S. nationals. One would leave at 9:45 a.m. on May 2 and arrive in San Francisco at 10:00 a.m. local time, and the other will depart from Hanoi at 6:20 a.m. on May 10 and land in Washington, D.C., at […]

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Retail Asia29/04/2020

Google in Singapore has launched a new menu discovery feature on its Google Pay app to make it easier for consumers to interact with local eateries and order food for delivery. Using the app, Singaporeans can browse menus, choose what they want, and contact the retailer director to order and pay. Depending on the vendor, […]

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Retail Asia28/04/2020

Low-cost air travel will remain largely unaffected if AirAsia were to cease operations because of lost revenue caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, says an aviation expert. Malaysia’s former head of civil aviation, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, said the impact on air travel and tourism would only be felt initially. Low-cost air travel would soar again after […]

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Retail Asia28/04/2020

Thanks to the COVID-19 outbreak, people are connecting with their friends and family through video chat apps such as FaceTime, Duo, Houseparty, and Zoom. When Apple released iOS 12.1 in 2018, it updated FaceTime allowing 32 participants in a video chat at one time. Duo has been hiking the number of its simultaneous users to […]

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Retail Asia28/04/2020

In May 2019, WhatsApp identified and fixed a loophole that enabled cybercriminals to install spyware on smartphones just by ringing the victim’s phone. The video calling system was exploited in particular and it did not require users to answer the calls. Around 1,400 users were affected, including journalists and human rights defendants in at least 20 countries. […]

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Retail Asia27/04/2020

Thai Vietjet is offering more than a million promotional tickets priced from only THB9 (approximately USD 28 cents) (*) for Thailand flights from August. Passengers can book the promotional tickets on Vietjet’s website from 27 April to 3 May 2020. Tickets are valid for travel between 1 August to 31 December 2020. The promotional tickets are […]

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Retail Asia27/04/2020

The demand for digital transformation is presenting Asia-Pacific IT retailers with a substantial revenue growth opportunity in the medium to long-term, according to new research. The findings, released by GlobalData, analyse the importance of digital adoption amongst enterprises against the backdrop of the continuing coronavirus outbreak. According to the firm, growth in the sector is […]

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Retail Asia27/04/2020

Google is making it easier for users to set up their personal digital assistants using Voice Match, a feature that teaches Googles Assistant to recognize a voice. With the latest update, you’ll be able to set up Voice Match to let Google Assistant prompt you to say full phrases rather than the usual hot word “Hey Google.” It […]

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Retail Asia27/04/2020

Chinese toy retailer Kidsland International is opening its fifth Hong Kong Lego store, despite the economic downturn and the continuing coronavirus pandemic. “We see resilient demand for Lego products for kids and for those who are spending more time at home,” Kidsland executive director Sherman Hung told the South China Morning Post. “We believe a […]

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Retail Asia27/04/2020

Hyundai Department Store will hold the industry’s first no-guest fashion show to help small and medium-sized fashion brands suffering from the aftermath of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The fashion show will feature 25 Korean small and mid-sized fashion brands and be broadcast live on Hyundai Department Store’s official YouTube channel for three hours from 7 […]

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Retail Asia27/04/2020

High-profile Indian retailers are lobbying mall owners to transition to a revenue-sharing rent model in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Times of India reports that the companies, including Future Group, Aditya Birla, Arvind, Raymond and Litebite Foods, believe moving to a revenue-share model from fixed or minimum guaranteed rentals is critical to the survival […]

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Retail Asia27/04/2020

So-called ‘revenge spending’ has been credited with a significant upturn in sales of high-priced retail goods in South Korea which has tentatively emerged in recent days from a lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic. Industry analysts say that the pent-up desire for consumption is leading to an increase in purchases of luxury goods to display wealth. […]

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Retail Asia24/04/2020

The Singapore retail real estate market has weakened amidst the coronavirus pandemic, according to a quarterly market report released by Edmund Tie. Transactions fell across all real estate sectors despite significant support measures passed by the government under its Unity Budget, Resilience and Solidarity Packages. In retail, an industry already battling a recession throughout last […]

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Retail Asia24/04/2020

Thai shopping center operator Central Pattana is promoting new hygiene and preventive measures to reassure customers their centers are safe during the coronavirus pandemic. Central Pattana’s ‘Central’s Hygiene and Safety’ plan is designed to reassure customers that the highest standards of hygiene and safety are being observed in shopping centers should they need to visit […]

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Retail Asia24/04/2020

Singapore supermarket chain FairPrice has launched a mobile grocery service dubbed ‘FairPrice on Wheels’, delivering essential groceries closer to customers’ homes. With FairPrice on Wheels, customers living far away from supermarkets can now buy products from FairPrice’s vans parked near their home. Essential products include rice, milk, eggs, canned products, vegetables and toiletries. FairPrice has […]

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Retail Asia23/04/2020

Chinese imaging app Meitu has offered its AR online makeup trial system to global beauty enterprises and retailers for free to help them overcome difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The firm’s Beauty Industry Support Plan was extended from limited-time free use in specific regions to apply universally. The plan was rolled out as a […]

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