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108 Matcha Saro opens first store in Singapore

Mei Ling Tan August 9, 2019

Japanese cafe chain 108 Matcha Saro is opening its first Southeast Asian store, at Singapore’s Suntec City shopping center. Set to open tomorrow (July 26), the take-away concept store will…

Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support arrives for LG

Mei Ling Tan August 9, 2019

Two months after Samsung announced that many of its smart TVs are getting AirPlay 2 support, LG made the same move. If you own one of the newest LG smart TVs, you’ll…

Thai AirAsia ready for travel growth

Mei Ling Tan August 9, 2019

Thai AirAsia and Thai AirAsia X’s businesses are expected to grow as projected this year, with passengers surpassing 23 million. Santisuk Klongchaiya, chief executive of Thai AirAsia, said passengers in…

Piaggio India To Deliver 30 Hopper Vehicles To Jodhpur Nagar Nigam

Mei Ling Tan August 9, 2019

Piaggio India has announced that it will be delivering 30 hopper vehicles to Jodhpur Nagar Nigam for waste collection. The small commercial vehicles manufacturer has said that it will deliver…

Thailand’s Dohome launches compact ToGo Store chain

Mei Ling Tan August 9, 2019

Thai construction materials and home renovation equipment retailer Dohome is set to expand within the territory by an additional 90 branches by the end of next year. The move, partially…

Singtel Makes Foray Into Insurance Market

Mei Ling Tan August 9, 2019

Singtel announced its first foray into the insurance market on Thursday, introducing Singapore’s first prepaid data plan and Dash mobile remittance service that comes with personal insurance cover. Singapore’s dominant…

Philipp Plein opens second Bangkok Store

Mei Ling Tan August 9, 2019

Fashion label Philipp Plein has launched its second location in Thailand. The new Bangkok store at IconSiam Mall follows the brand’s first outlet in Phuket, which opened in 2016. The…

Nissan’s Q1 Profit Drops By 98.5%

Mei Ling Tan August 9, 2019

Nissan Motor Co unveiled its biggest restructuring plan in a decade, axing nearly a tenth of its workforce and flagging possible plant closures to rein in costs that ballooned when…

Singapore Investors Upbeat About Local Economy

Mei Ling Tan August 9, 2019

Asian investors (60 percent) are among the world’s most optimistic about the economic outlook, ranking behind only Latin America (77 percent). Despite ongoing concerns about a global trade war, six in 10…

The Nokia 8.2 could land later this year with a pop-out camera system

Mei Ling Tan August 9, 2019

It’s been almost eight months since HMD Global first introduced the Nokia 8.1 to the world and that means a successor shouldn’t be too far away. According to MySmartPrice, the company is…

Apple spends $1 billion to buy most of Intel’s smartphone modem chip business

Mei Ling Tan August 9, 2019

Apple announced that it has agreed to purchase the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem chip business in a transaction that is being valued at $1 billion. Besides the patents, equipment,…

AirAsia enters logistics JV for Thailand

Mei Ling Tan August 8, 2019

Airasia indirect wholly-owned subsidiary Teleport Everywhere Pte Ltd has proposed a joint venture with Triple i Logistics Public Company Ltd to provide logistics services to Thai AirAsia Co Ltd (TAA)…

Asendia selects Tigers for B2C fulfilment in Australia to support newOceania product

Mei Ling Tan August 8, 2019

Tigers has been selected as the local logistics partner to support the launch of Asendia Oceania and provide a regional footprint for B2C and omnichannel fulfilment solutions in Australia. Hong…

Alceon rolling out Lego stores across Australia

Mei Ling Tan August 8, 2019

Alceon Group on Wednesday revealed plans to significantly expand the footprint of Lego stores in Australia. New stores are set to open in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland over…

Batman pop-up store at The One marks 80th anniversary

Mei Ling Tan August 8, 2019

Comics label DC and Warner Bros Consumer Products are marking the 80th anniversary of Batman with an interactive exhibit at The One shopping complex in Tsim Sha Tsui. The Batman…

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108 Matcha Saro opens first store in Singapore

Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support arrives for LG

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Piaggio India To Deliver 30 Hopper Vehicles To Jodhpur Nagar Nigam

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Singtel Makes Foray Into Insurance Market

Philipp Plein opens second Bangkok Store

Nissan’s Q1 Profit Drops By 98.5%

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Apple spends $1 billion to buy most of Intel’s smartphone modem chip business

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