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15/05/2024 Facebook and Instagram experiencing outages along the East and West Coasts of the U.S. ( General )
14/05/2024 Qantas to launch new route from Manila to Brisbane ( General )
13/05/2024 Meta expands paid verification service for businesses ( General )
10/05/2024 For complex iPhone AI tasks, Apple will use cloud-based servers running M-series chips ( Electronics )
10/05/2024 Samsung plans to add $1B to Vietnam investment annually ( Electronics )
08/05/2024 Digital content exporters open foreign offices to avoid tax ( General )
06/05/2024 WhatsApp’s new status update tray with previews is rolling out more widely in beta ( General )
02/05/2024 A Deep Dive into Grade A Buildings in Hong Kong ( General )
02/05/2024 Shopee races past other e-commerce rivals ( E-Tailing )
30/04/2024 TikTok, Facebook, and other foreign service providers pay $575M in taxes ( General )
29/04/2024 Sacombank assures no loss on $141M loan to Bamboo Airways ( General )
29/04/2024 Skype rolls out update with new features for both Android and iOS ( General )

Retail Asia10/06/2021

GIF database and search engine Giphy announced today that its “Clips” content (short GIFs with sound) will be supported by Apple’s iMessage and in the Android Keyboard. In a press release disseminated today by Giphy, the company said, “You know that moment when someone sends you the perfect GIF and you can practically hear it. […]

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Retail Asia10/06/2021

Aldi has been deemed 2020’s supermarket of the year in Roy Morgan’s latest customer satisfaction awards. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine said supermarkets become some of the most trusted brands in the country last year due to the integral role they played during the first national lockdown, keeping Australia’s communities safe and fed. “Many businesses, […]

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Retail Asia10/06/2021

Pixel owners are another step closer to receiving Android 12 as said today that Google has started to push out Android 12 beta 2 to Pixel users. The update includes several of the new privacy features being added to the operating system with the new build including a 24-hour timeline showing which apps have accessed your phone’s […]

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Retail Asia10/06/2021

Microsoft rolled out important new features to Office Mobile in the last month. After getting full-fledged dark mode support back in May, the Android version of Office Mobile is now gaining yet another new feature: the ability to capture voice recordings. As the name suggests, the new feature lets Android users go beyond simple voice memos, with […]

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Retail Asia10/06/2021

By using Flypay, Coles customers will no longer need to enter their payment and delivery information separately when shopping at Coles group retailers online. Once customers set up their Flypay account, all they do is select ‘Flypay’ when completing the transaction. This new way to pay also includes the Flybuys reward card, so customers can […]

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Retail Asia09/06/2021

The Guardian pharmacy chain said that it is reducing prices on more than 500 health and beauty products for the rest of the year, given that customers are “more value-conscious in the face of increasing financial challenges” of the Covid-19 pandemic. Guardian said that the initiative, involving reductions of up to 25 percent, would cost […]

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Retail Asia09/06/2021

Facebook continues to take aim at Apple for the latter’s introduction of the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature in iOS 14.5. With the majority of iPhone users in the U.S. (94%) and globally (84%) opting out of being tracked, Facebook says that damage is being done to small businesses who depended on the tracking to promote […]

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Retail Asia07/06/2021

Google has been testing a revision to the comments section for the Android version of YouTube. With the test, Google will allow YouTube users to view and scroll comments on Android even when in full-screen mode. Previously, in full-screen mode users would not be able to read comments because of the lack of room. With the […]

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Retail Asia07/06/2021

Earlier this year we told you that instead of giving you the fastest route between two points by default, Google Maps will suggest a route that is more environmentally friendly and uses less energy. Now, looking to prevent accidents, the Google Maps app will route users away from roads where drivers are known for braking hard which […]

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Retail Asia07/06/2021

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Budget airline Vietjet has raised VND1 trillion ($43.61 million) from a domestic company to expand operations amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The bonds are without collateral with a maturity of five years starting from May 24. Revenues in the first quarter fell 56 percent year-on-year to VND4.05 trillion. In the same period, the company reaped post-tax […]

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Retail Asia07/06/2021

Private budget carrier Bamboo Airways plans to open flight routes to the U.S. with transit in Taiwan or Japan starting Q3. The airline has proposed to the U.S. Department of Transportation that is allowed to operate regular connecting flights – four to seven a week – carrying passengers and goods between Hanoi and HCMC to […]

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Retail Asia07/06/2021

This week Coles Group is looking to trial a bring-your-own container scheme at its supermarket in Fitzroy, Melbourne, which will allow customers to fill up on shampoo, coffee, and soaps in a more environmentally sound way. The announcement, which will see customers able to use their own containers for select ‘scoop and weigh’ products, came […]

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Retail Asia04/06/2021

CP All Plc, the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores, plans to spend 11.5-12 billion baht this year to expand its business. Kriengchai Boonboapichart, the company’s chief financial officer, said 4-4.1 billion baht of total spending is for investment in new projects, subsidiaries and distribution centres, 3.8-4 billion is slated for store expansion, 2.4-2.5 billion is […]

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Retail Asia04/06/2021

Miniso, a leading lifestyle product retailer, has opened 364 brick-and-mortar stores globally in the last 12 months, an average pace of one per day – bucking pandemic retail trends. The latest was the mid-May new store opening in the cultural hub and university city of Lille, France. It is the country’s third MINISO location, and the […]

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Retail Asia04/06/2021

Cybersecurity firm Bitdefender points out that one of the things that separate the Google Play Store from the App Store is also a problem for Android users. While both Apple and Google collect as much as a 30% cut of in-app revenue that is run through their respective in-app payment platforms, iOS users are forced to make their in-app purchases […]

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Retail Asia03/06/2021

British cosmetics retailer The Body Shop recently announced that it will solely manufacture and sell vegan products by the year 2023. The beauty company has championed its vegetarian and cruelty-free range of products for years, but finally, the brand decided to go 100 percent vegan. It revealed that its company line will be certified by The Vegan Society, […]

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Retail Asia03/06/2021

Dubbed the most intriguing airline startup in 2020 by Forbes, Bamboo Airways is now among three leading carriers in Vietnam, proving an ideal option for a 5-star oriented flight experience. Inspired by its founder’s dream of exploring the sky at the age of 19, Bamboo Airways was established as the torchbearer leading Vietnamese airline service […]

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Retail Asia03/06/2021

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has said it will auction 11 Airbus A321 CEO aircraft manufactured in 2004, 2007 and 2008. The sale, which is set to take place this year, is part of its program to replace old-generation aircrafts that have been used for over 12 years. It also aims to increase its cash […]

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Retail Asia03/06/2021

Based on an independent study of the App Store, the iOS app storefront generated $643 billion in sales and billings last year (which includes Apple’s cut of in-app purchases and ad sales), up 24% from the $519 billion that the App Store brought in during 2019. The study, titled “A Global Perspective on the Apple […]

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Retail Asia02/06/2021

Woolworths is launching its own stand-alone payments platform, Wpay, which will power payments inside and outside its group of businesses, and further extends the group into the retail ecosystem in Australia. Wpay will provide an end-to-end payment solution, and will draw on Woolies’ national scale and capabilities to offer Australian merchants an integrated in-store and […]

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