Women’s shoe retailer Manolo Blahnik Malaysia has launched its first store, in Pavilion KL. The 95 sqm store is part of an Asia expansion plan that includes the refurbishment of…
Hong Kong-headquartered fashion retailer Veeko – the Wanko and Colourmix parent – has found Singapore more challenging than its home market. For the six months to September 30, Veeko International…
Ground has been broken for the second phase of the Mitsui Outlet Park KLIA Sepang, claimed to be the largest factory-outlet shopping mall in Southeast Asia. On a 27,500 sqm…
A 23.5 per cent drop in revenue to HK$21.526 billion (US$2.775 billion) was recorded by Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group for its latest six months. Its interim results for the…
Cashless payments are growing rapidly in Asia-Pacific and so is cybercrime, costing the region an estimated $US 81 billion. With new combinations of malware customised for local markets, phishing and…
Like many college students in China, Song Yang buys most of the things she needs for daily life by shopping on the internet. But while her peers have to satisfy…
South Korean cosmetics developer/manufacturer Cosmax Inc is to run an online flagship store on China’s Tmall.com. It has signed an agreement with online retail giant Alibaba Group Holding to establish…
In this year of the 400th anniversary of the passing of William Shakespeare, we’ll borrow some inspiration from the great bard and say: The store is dead – long live…
Chinese online discount business Vipshop reports rising revenues but narrower margins during the third quarter. The New York-listed eCommerce player says its total net revenue increased by 38.4 per cent…
PCCW’s HKT has revealed plans to build what it is calling a “fiber super highway” connecting the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate (TKOIE) with the Chai Wan area. The Ultra…
Singapore telco StarHub has launched a 24-hour Chinese language shopping channel called Go Shop in a deal with Malaysian pay-TV giant Astro. Singapore, 24 November 2016 – This festive season,…
Some 25,000 retail locations in Singapore are expected to accept a new mobile payment service within the next 12 months. Liquid Pay enables consumers to make payments by scanning a…
The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced Wednesday the fourth NBA Store in the Philippines will open Nov. 24 at the Ayala Center in Cebu City. NBA Legend and Hall of…
Maybank, South East Asia’s fourth largest bank, and Powerman Philippines, the Philippine affiliate of the International Powerman Association (IPA), are hosting two duathlon race events in the Philippines this year.…
Outside of traditional holidays like Christmas, Valentine’s and Mother’s Day, perhaps the most awaited day of the year in the United States, especially for shoppers and bargain hunters, is Black Friday,…
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