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Retail Asia26/08/2019

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The AirAsia Group is shelling out $350 million to acquire seven more planes for its Philippine unit, according to its chief. Talking to reporters in Bangkok late last week, AirAsia Group Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes said the move was the Malaysia-based low-cost carrier’s way of strengthening its presence in the country, as this would […]

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Retail Asia26/08/2019

Cebu Pacific, the country’s biggest budget airline, widened its presence at the Clark International Airport in Pampanga province with the opening on Friday of three new routes, including flights to Tokyo, Japan. The move opens up tourism and business opportunities for the central Luzon gateway while helping Cebu Pacific ramp up operations as it pursues […]

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Retail Asia26/08/2019

Korean discount chain operator E-Mart has posted its first-ever net loss, amid growing competition from online shopping rivals and e-commerce giants. The company’s quarterly results showed a net loss of KRW26.6 billion (US$24.7 million) between April and June, its first negative result since it was spun off from Shinsegae Group in 2011. The loss stands […]

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Retail Asia26/08/2019

Google announced that starting with the Pixel handsets, you can verify your identity with some Google services on the web by using your fingerprints or a screen lock instead of a password. While the Pixels will get this new feature today, over the next few days it will be pushed out to Android devices running Android 7 Nougat […]

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Retail Asia26/08/2019

Chinese brand ambassadors of fashion labels from Coach to Givenchy have severed ties with the companies over products which they said violated China’s sovereignty by identifying Hong Kong and Taiwan as countries. The brands are the latest to get into hot water over political issues in China, which has been more assertive in its territorial […]

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Retail Asia23/08/2019

The Telegram messaging app, with its end-to-end encryption and the ability to host group chats of any size, is more popular overseas. According to Staista, at the end of March, it was the 11th most popular messaging app in the states with 2.67 million unique users each month. As of last month, it was the […]

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Retail Asia23/08/2019

A giant HMV liquidation sale kicks off on Thursday in Wan Chai as the failed retailer’s liquidator tries to recover some cash to return to creditors. Wong Sun-keung of Vision AS, who is overseeing HMV’s liquidation, had originally planned to sell several containers-full of stock recovered from shuttered stores by way of a tender. However […]

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Retail Asia22/08/2019

Budget carrier Cebu Pacific on Monday announced a P99 seat sale for domestic flights one-way from Clark International Airport. In an advisory, the airline said the sale started Monday, August 19, and will end on Wednesday, August 21. The travel period is from October 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020. The P99 one-way flights are […]

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Retail Asia22/08/2019

Singapore retail sales – excluding motor vehicles – decreased by 2.7 percent in June, according to Statistics Singapore. The headline figure, which includes motor vehicles, was down 8.9 percent, reflecting the high volume of cars sold in June last year and a lower COE quota for May to July this year. Month-on-month, Singapore retail sales […]

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Retail Asia22/08/2019

In addition, Google is now forcing all reminders to go through Google Assistant. Android users were once able to add a reminder or edit one through the Google app if Assistant was disabled. Now, if you try to do this, a prompt appears telling you to turn on Google Assistant since the virtual digital assistant “is […]

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Retail Asia22/08/2019

Google Maps Live View—a new AR navigation mode that uses imagery from your phone’s camera—will be rolling out in beta on Android and iOS in the coming weeks. Live View takes advantage of your phone’s camera and Google Maps’ vast database to deliver a unique AR (augmented reality) navigation experience that layers the Maps interface […]

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Retail Asia22/08/2019

A new, “interaction-less” bug in iMessage was recently discovered that could allow hackers to gain access to your iPhone. The exploit being interaction-less means that you don’t need to do anything—download any files or click any suspicious links—to get your device compromised. What’s even worse, you don’t even need to open the iMessage app for […]

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Retail Asia22/08/2019

Coles is suing a former employee for allegedly stealing more than $1.9 million from the company. The supermarket claims that Aaron Baslangic, former head of strategic initiatives and B2B for Coles Online, submitted phoney invoices requesting payment to third parties, and in some cases faked the approval of his supervisor for payments that were above […]

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Retail Asia22/08/2019

The Search app is getting even more changes, Google announced earlier. This time all the changes are aimed at those who are often looking for podcasts to listen to via Search. Currently, there are more than two million podcasts on the web, which makes it harder to find the one you want. Luckily, the latest update […]

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Retail Asia21/08/2019

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Retail sales in Indonesia declined 1.8 percent in June, compared with an annual growth rate of 7.7 percent a month earlier, a central bank survey showed on Thursday. The last decline from a year earlier was in January last year when retail sales also dropped 1.8 percent. The survey predicted retail sales would rise 2.3 […]

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Retail Asia21/08/2019

Budget Carrier Cebu Pacific is ready to assess the viability of flights to Mati City, the capital of Davao Oriental province, as soon as the development of the airport for commercial operations starts. Cebu Pacific Director for Corporate Communications Charo Logarta-Lagamon said in an interview last week that they have always been open to that opportunity. […]

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Retail Asia21/08/2019

Cebu Pacific early Thursday announced a seat sale promo for all domestic and international flights. Passengers can avail of the P88 one-way base fare for local flights while one-way base fare for international flights starts at P888. Booking period is only available from Aug. 8 to Aug. 9, the airline said. Travel period for promo flights are […]

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Retail Asia21/08/2019

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low-cost carrier AirAsia could still face fines for charging passengers additional processing fee for card and online banking transactions. This comes right after AirAsia Group CEO, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes had announced that the airline will scrap the processing fee beginning October 2019. The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) had made it compulsory for all airlines in Malaysia to […]

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Retail Asia21/08/2019

Reiterating what the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai had said, “AI may become more profound than fire or electricity.” Artificial Intelligence, in all probabilities, is becoming an economic arsenal for most countries around the world today, including the West Asian country that sits on the Arabian Peninsula. Yes, we’re talking about Qatar, the country with […]

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Retail Asia20/08/2019

Consumers now want to talk to businesses and find resolutions the way they talk to their friends and family, and this is pushing a big transition towards messaging channels, according to Adam Geneave, chief customer happiness officer for the low-cost Asian airline. The carrier added support for Tencent’s WeChat in China earlier this year and […]

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