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Retail Asia30/01/2020

The consumer price index (CPI) in January jumped 6.43 percent year-on-year, the biggest increase seen in 7 years. It also rose 1.23 percent over last December, with the high increase this year attributed to the surge in eating out, shopping and travel demands of people during Tet or the Lunar New Year, Vietnam’s biggest national holiday. The […]

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Retail Asia29/01/2020

Hong Kong’s food delivery leader and committed corporate citizen, Deliveroo recently collaborated with the Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service to organize a blood drive on Wednesday, 22 January. Through this event, Deliveroo mobilized its huge fleet of self-employed riders and walkers as well as employees to give back to the Hong Kong community […]

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Retail Asia29/01/2020

In celebration of Lunar New Year 2020, new-age carrier Vietjetofficially commences its newest direct route linking Hanoi and Bali, Indonesia on the second day of Lunar New Year. This is Vietjet’s second service to the popular holiday destination, following the Ho Chi Minh City – Bali route that has been in operation from May 2019. It […]

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Retail Asia29/01/2020

AirAsia has extended its suspension of all flights to Wuhan, China until Feb 15. On Thursday, the low-cost airline announced the suspension of its flights to Wuhan, the epicentre of a new coronavirus outbreak, until Jan 28. AirAsia’s flights to Wuhan depart from Kota Kinabalu, Bangkok and Phuket. AirAsia Bhd, in a statement today, said […]

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Retail Asia29/01/2020

Singapore has introduced new payment legislation that offers global cryptocurrency firms a chance to expand their operations in the country. The Payment Services Act, which comes into force on Tuesday, is the first comprehensive regulation for companies handling activities ranging from digital payments to the trading of tokens such as Bitcoin and Ether. We welcome […]

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Retail Asia29/01/2020

Vietnamese airlines have offered to refund customers who want to cancel their flights to and from China amid the coronavirus outbreak. Flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and low-cost arm Jetstar Pacific stated Friday both would refund tickets and allow free schedule changes for passengers flying to and from Chinese cities starting Friday until further notice. The […]

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Retail Asia28/01/2020

AirAsia X has launched flights between Kuala Lumpur and Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan. AirAsia will operate the flights, which will fly via Taipei, four times per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Flight D7 384 is scheduled to leave KL at 07:35 and land in Taipei at 12:20. The aircraft then departs Taipei […]

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Retail Asia28/01/2020

Masan’s acquisition of a majority stake in Vingroup’s minimart chain was a “big step” to break into consumer retail, the group’s chairman says. The food conglomerate chose Vincommerce as an acquisition target because it had the largest retail platform by a number of points of sale and accounted for 25 percent of the modern retail […]

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Retail Asia28/01/2020

This story about the Vientiane 10s has been kindly provided by the Lao Rugby Federation Later this month rugby players and enthusiasts from Lao PDR, Vietnam, China, Singapore, Thailand, the United States, UK, and Australia will come together in Hanoi and Vientiane for the second consecutive DHL sponsored rugby 10s series. Formerly known as the […]

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Retail Asia27/01/2020

NokScoot, the joint venture low-cost carrier of Thailand’s Nok Air and Singapore’s Scoot, achieved its best-ever annual on-time performance (OTP) since the start of operation with an average of 86.55% in 2019. The airline’s 2019 punctuality report revealed that the airline obtained its highest OTP on record even though the flights flown increased by 30% […]

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Retail Asia27/01/2020

As per reports, Nok Air is expected to resume its operations from April 12, 2020. The airline has cited ‘operational reasons’ behind its decision to suspend the flights. Nok Air, which is a subsidiary of Thai Airways International, had operated its flights in the Guwahati-Bangkok route twice a week. It may be mentioned that Nok […]

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Retail Asia27/01/2020

With a week to go before the Lunar New Year, or Tet, supermarkets in Hanoi are thronged with shoppers.

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Retail Asia27/01/2020

Festivals are much a part of the Filipino culture as its distinct cuisines and hospitality. Filipino festivals across cities are vastly different; with different practices and tributes but still tied to an undeniable sense of Filipino community and camaraderie. For 2020, Cebu Pacific launches the Fiesta Fun Fest, a global campaign that will highlight the […]

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Retail Asia27/01/2020

Taxis are refusing to charge by the meter and ride-hailing apps have doubled ‘peak hour’ prices and added surcharges as Tet draws close. Monday evening, five days before the Lunar New Year (Tet), Hoang Viet requested a car on ride-hailing app Grab. He was surprised to find that his 14-kilometer trip from an office block in […]

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Retail Asia27/01/2020

AirAsia Group Bhd and Malindo Air have both halted all flights to and from Wuhan, China, in view of the coronavirus outbreak there. While Malindo did not specify how long the suspension will be in effect, AirAsia said the canceled flights affect all AirAsia flights bound to Wuhan from Kota Kinabalu, Bangkok and Phuket until […]

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Retail Asia24/01/2020

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As we welcome the Year of the Rat, all of us at Retailnews.asia would like to wish you and your families a happy, healthy and prosperous Lunar New Year! This Lunar New Year marks not only the beginning of a new decade but also the start of the 12-year Chinese zodiac cycle. The Year of […]

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Retail Asia24/01/2020

Azimut Yachts celebrated the group’s 50th anniversary year packed full of exciting events, sales, new launches, deliveries and awards throughout 2019. Azimut Yachts Hong Kong, with its offices and dealer partners in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, and Singapore saw a wave of confidence across the region with an impressive number of yacht sales and handovers […]

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Retail Asia24/01/2020

New research has shown that retail and restaurant businesses globally are likely to spend US$1.7 billion annually on POS software by 2024. The new data from forecasting consultancy Juniper Research projects that the growth will occur following increased availability of app integrations on e-tail platforms such as Shopify and QuickBooks, prompting retailers to partner with […]

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Retail Asia24/01/2020

Facebook has been trying to implement the long-awaited dark theme into its Android app for many months, which isn’t something unusual. We’ve been hearing reports about the company’s struggles to finalize the feature, but it looks like Facebook’s endeavor turned into a marathon rather than a sprint. Starting today, a lot more people have started […]

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Retail Asia24/01/2020

The Google Play Store now features three Google apps designed to fight back against phone addiction. One, called Envelope, was developed by the company’s Special Projects – Experiments division and currently supports the Pixel 3a only. This app first requires you to print out a real envelope and put your Pixel 3a into it. There are cutouts only for the […]

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