India is on track to manufacture $80 billion worth of mobile phone components over the next five years, new research suggests. This will help India become a global manufacturing hub,…
The US Southeast continues to expand in both population and manufacturing infrastructure, and the Port of Charleston serves as the international ocean gateway to support this region. Planned port expansions…
‘Boycott China’ messages may have become routine on WhatsApp in India. But in the startup world, India and China are drawing closer. Chinese firms and funds have become big investors…
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd, has acquired GG-Square, a Seoul-based retail complex, for $136 million. The complex was completed in 2014 and is spread over an…
India’s palm oil imports are expected to slip next month by up to a fifth, including from the top two producers Indonesia and Malaysia, as New Delhi’s removal of high-value…
US fashion chain Abercrombie & Fitch will close its four-storey flagship store in Central as early as next year amid the economic downturn and a slump in shoppers from the…
Xiaomi Mi Mix now available via Lazada in Singapore Xiaomi fans in Singapore are in for a treat as the Mi Mix concept phone is now available for purchase via…
Global Brands Group sales rose 15 per cent in the second half year. That’s a figure CEO Bruce Rockowitz believes puts the Hong Kong brand licensee and manager second only…
Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba Group Holding plans to invest 2.1 billion yuan (US$305 million) in supermarket chain Sanjiang Shopping Club. Sanjiang’s share were suspended by the Shanghai stock exchange on…
South Korean LPG providers sold 6.4 million mt LPG in the domestic market over January-September, up 17.4% year on year, amid lower retail prices and stronger demand for petrochemical production,…
Samsung Malaysia Electronics (SME) Sdn Bhd today established a partnership with online shopping mall Lazada Malaysia to offer its first portal-in-portal site in South-east Asia. Head of Consumer Electronics Business…
Xiaomi Malaysia has launched an official store on Lazada. A sale will kick off the brand’s arrival featuring the Mi Band 2, Mi Capsule Earphones and 10,000mAh Mi Power Bank…
Kim Bum Ho, Deputy Executive Director of IIAC’s Commercial Marketing Group, said this morning that although Incheon Airport has planned to issue its T2 tender on schedule [in the first week…
iQor, a global provider of business process outsourcing and product support services, today announced that it has expanded its service operations in the Philippines with the opening of contact centers…
The chain’s remaining outlets at Festival Walk in Kowloon Tong and Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui were closed for business with notices on the doors stating that stocktaking was under…
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