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Pomelo Fashion boosts revenue by 5x with in-house tech stack forstreamlining vertical supply chain

Mei Ling Tan May 31, 2019

Omnichannel fast fashion company Pomelo builds a proprietary in-house technology stack to enable the seamless management of a complex vertical supply chain across its multiple locations and labels. This technology…

Volvo Cars Could Cut Several Hundred Jobs

Mei Ling Tan May 31, 2019

Swedish carmaker Volvo, which is owned by China’s Geely, is cutting several hundred jobs, Swedish radio reported on Friday citing sources.The carmaker, whose number of employees has more than doubled over…

Android Q may have a life-saving feature exclusive to Pixel phones

Mei Ling Tan May 31, 2019

At Google I/O this year, the company behind Android revealed many new and exciting things coming to the next iteration of the world’s most popular mobile OS. These include native…

Deutsche Bank Hires Asia Fixed Income Head

Mei Ling Tan May 31, 2019

The German lender’s latest recruit from J. Safra Sarasin is the latest in a series of hires as it looks to grow in the region. Deutsche Bank has hired Eric Leung to…

Eraman and AirAsia’s Ourshop.com announce partnership to transform travel retailing in Malaysia

Mei Ling Tan May 31, 2019

Duty-free operator Eraman Malaysia and AirAsia-controlled online retailer Ourshop have entered into a major new partnership. It allows travelers to collect products pre-booked on Ourshop.com at a dedicated pick-up point,…

Vietnam cashless transactions among lowest in ASEAN

Mei Ling Tan May 31, 2019

Cash transactions remain highly popular in Vietnam compared to other ASEAN countries as it has low banking penetration. A new Standard Chartered report says Vietnam has the lowest bank account…

Maruti Suzuki Opens 300th Commercial Vehicle Outlet

Mei Ling Tan May 31, 2019

Maruti Suzuki India has inaugurated its 300th commercial vehicle showroom in India. The 300th outlet comes in less than three years, and with it Maruti Suzuki’s Commercial retail outlet network…

Hero Pleasure Plus 110 Launched In India

Mei Ling Tan May 31, 2019

Hero MotoCorp’s second launch for the day is the all-new Pleasure Plus scooter. The new Hero Pleasure 110 is priced at ₹ 47,300going up to ₹ 49,300 and gets comprehensive…

New outlets boost Koufu Sales

Mei Ling Tan May 30, 2019

Singaporean food court and coffee shop management firm Koufu has reported 12.3 percent net profit growth for this year’s first quarter to S$7 million (US$5.13 million) on higher contributions across…

Spectrum cash grabs could hinder 5G’s potential

Mei Ling Tan May 30, 2019

Poorly designed 5G spectrum auctions could seriously hamper the potential of the 5G era before it even begins in earnest, the GSMA has warned. A new Auction Best Practice by…

PTA lays out mobile license renewal terms

Mei Ling Tan May 30, 2019

The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority has laid out the terms of the renewal of the mobile licenses of mobile operators Jazz, Telenor Pakistan and China Mobile Pakistan. Under the terms set by the…

Going into 5G, don’t forget security

Mei Ling Tan May 30, 2019

For years telco revenues as measured in Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) have been on a decline. As consumers and business acquire a taste for broadband and mobile broadband connectivity,…

Airtel to merge VSAT business with Hughes India

Mei Ling Tan May 30, 2019

India’s Bharti Airtel has agreed to merge its domestic satellite operations with Hughes Network Systems’ Indian subsidiary Hughes Communications India. The companies will combine their very small aperture terminal (VSAT)…

McLaren GT Teased Ahead Of Its Debut On May 15

Mei Ling Tan May 30, 2019

We have seen the McLaren GT before in its prototype version and McLaren has finally teased the production spec model. The new McLaren is a Gran Tourer and the brand…

China Mobile USA’s license application denied

Mei Ling Tan May 30, 2019

As expected, the US Federal Communications Commission today voted to deny China Mobile’s application to provide telecom services between the US and foreign destinations. The vote was unanimous. China Mobile…

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