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South Korean online shoppers still see brick-and-mortar as crucial

Mei Ling Tan September 4, 2019

South Korean online shoppers still see offline stores as a crucial part of shopping, a recent study has shown. Furthermore, despite the widely held belief that consumers will engage in…

Ebos confident about future growth

Mei Ling Tan September 4, 2019

Christchurch-based pharmacy and animal healthcare firm said it is confident it will see a significant increase in earnings in FY20 after reporting a less than stellar result for the year…

New stores openings deliver Lovisa good sales

Mei Ling Tan September 4, 2019

Lovisa managing director Shane Fallscheer told investors on Thursday he was pleased to deliver a “solid result” for FY19 in one of the more difficult trading environments the fashion jewelry…

Hotpot-restaurant Haidilao plans to open 130 new outlets

Mei Ling Tan September 4, 2019

sales by 59.3 percent to RMB 11.7 billion (US$1.66 billion). The staggering expansion program saw the company’s global network grow from 466 restaurants as of December 31 to 593 at…

Bath & Body Works delivers big sales numbers for L Brands

Mei Ling Tan September 4, 2019

As usual, the latest results from L Brands show a tale of two companies: Bath & Body Works put in a blistering performance of 8 per cent comparable growth, while…

KrisShop marks rebranding by taking to the ground

Mei Ling Tan September 4, 2019

Singapore Airlines’ inflight and online travel retail store KrisShop has revamped its brand and launched a new website. To mark the launch, KrisShop is curating a pop-up exhibition in downtown…

Miniso signs six new partnerships to fuel expansion

Mei Ling Tan September 4, 2019

Chinese discount merchandise chain Miniso has signed cooperation agreements with partners from six new countries and regions – the UK, France, Maldives, Reunion Island, Aruba and Curacao. Miniso now operates…

Tumi set fire to Samsonite’s Asian growth

Mei Ling Tan September 4, 2019

High-performing travel lifestyle Tumi drove Samsonite Asia sales in the first half of this year, compensating for an unusual decline in the core Samsonite brand’s business regionally. For the six…

Aland to open fashion flagship store in the US

Mei Ling Tan September 4, 2019

Mall developer Triple Five announced that Aland’s 10,000sqft outlet will “bring everything that Korean fashion stands for to American Dream; unique designer brands worn by K-Pop stars, K-Beauty and more”.…

Commune launches high-tech AR app in Singapore

Mei Ling Tan September 4, 2019

Furniture-design and lifestyle-brand Commune in Singapore has unveiled a cloud-based, omni-channel furniture retail solution and mobile augmented-reality (AR) app. Commune: In Motion is designed to transform the shopping experience and…

Apple TV+ will allow users to download content for offline viewing

Mei Ling Tan September 4, 2019

A report revealed that Apple’s video streaming service will be coming our way by November of this year, starting at $9.99 a month and likely with a trial period of some…

Google Hangouts transition for G Suite gets delayed until 2020

Mei Ling Tan September 4, 2019

Google confirmed back in December that it will replace Hangouts with Chat and Meet, and announced that the transition will start in October 2019. However, the search giant revealed that the transition for G…

Microsoft brings its SMS Organizer app to the US

Mei Ling Tan September 4, 2019

The SMS Organizer app is one of the many projects that took shape under Microsoft Garage’s umbrella, but it’s only been available in India since release. Starting this week, Microsoft…

Google thinking to remove the ability to message directly on YouTube

Mei Ling Tan September 4, 2019

Google has confirmed it will kill off another of its obsolete chat service – YouTube messages. The decision is probably related to the fact that not many people are using the…

Samsung has responses for Android users to send to green bubble haters

Mei Ling Tan September 4, 2019

Apple iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and even Mac users know that when they are using the Messages app to communicate with others using the Apple ecosystem, they are sending and…

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South Korean online shoppers still see brick-and-mortar as crucial

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Miniso signs six new partnerships to fuel expansion

Tumi set fire to Samsonite’s Asian growth

Aland to open fashion flagship store in the US

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Google Hangouts transition for G Suite gets delayed until 2020

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