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BI to Introduce Coin Deposit Machine

Mei Ling Tan October 6, 2016

Deputy Director of the BI Financial Management Department Asral Mashuri in Jakarta, Tuesday 4, 2016, said that Bank Indonesia (BI) is planning on implementing a coin deposit machine to ease people in…

Price of New iPhone 7 in Indonesia Will Be Among Highest Worldwide

Mei Ling Tan October 6, 2016

Indonesia is predicted to be the country in Southeast Asia with the second-highest price for Apple’s new iPhone 7, according to a recent price study by iPrice Indonesia, local arm…

Indonesia to reach self sufficiency in salt supply

Mei Ling Tan October 6, 2016

The government is optimistic the country would be self sufficient in salt supply in 2017, an official said here on Wednesday. Agung Kuswandono, the Deputy II in Coordination of Natural…

Mid-priced brands cash in on falling Hong Kong rents at expense of luxury retailers

Mei Ling Tan October 6, 2016

Hong Kong may no longer be the darling of European luxury brands after the combined effect of a slower local economy and fewer mainland shoppers as a result of Beijing’s…

Henrik Fisker launches new electric car company

Mei Ling Tan October 6, 2016

Henrik Fisker, whose previous automotive venture collapsed in 2013 owing U.S. taxpayers $139 million, said on Tuesday he plans to launch a new electric car company next year to compete…

Japan’s Murata aims to boost automotive revenue with Sony battery buy

Mei Ling Tan October 6, 2016

Japanese electronics components supplier Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd wants its enlarged battery business to help double automotive-related revenue when the years of rapid expansion in the smartphone market have passed,…

DHL eCommerce Singapore has launched a hybrid shipping product to help e-tailers

Mei Ling Tan October 6, 2016

DHL eCommerce Singapore has launched a hybrid shipping product to help e-tailers in Singapore tap into the cross-border e-commerce market in Australia. According to DHL, the new product, called Parcel…

Telstra to launch mobile broadband capability for ESOs

Mei Ling Tan October 6, 2016

Telstra plans to introduce a national public safety mobile broadband capability for emergency services organizations (ESOs) this summer. Alex Stefan, Telstra’s national general manager public safety and security, said the…

Crown launches MPC 3000 series lift truck in Southeast Asia

Mei Ling Tan October 6, 2016

Crown Equipment has released a new series of state-of-the-art lift trucks combining the benefits of an order picker with the advantages of a counterbalance forklift. The new Crown MPC 3000…

Malang Opens Courses for Domestic Workers

Mei Ling Tan October 6, 2016

Dozens of domestic workers attended a course at Sanggar Kegiatan Belajar in Malang City on Tuesday. The course for domestic workers was held by the Institute for Community Research and Development (LPKP) Malang chapter…

Aeon brings Japanese sensibilities to Myanmar food shopping

Mei Ling Tan October 5, 2016

Japanese supermarket giant Aeon has become the first foreign retailer to enter Myanmar since the 2011 transition to civilian rule, a development that could herald change in a retail industry…

Business giants eye Singapore as springboard into South-east Asian e-commerce market

Mei Ling Tan October 5, 2016

With South-east Asia’s Internet economy set to rocket to hundreds of billions of dollars by 2025, international business giants are eyeing Singapore’s strategic location to gain access into the region’s…

C.Banner Announces Hamleys First Flagship Store Open in Nanjing

Mei Ling Tan October 5, 2016

C.banner International Holdings Limited (“C.banner” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”, HK:1028), a leading international integrated retailer and second largest retailer of mid-to-premium women’s formal and leisure…

Cath Kidston’s new owners are taking on Asia

Mei Ling Tan October 5, 2016

Cath Kidston Group has been acquired by Asian private equity company Baring Asia and its chairman is to step down. The lifestyle brand has attained new ownership after its previous majority…

China cuts cosmetics consumption tax

Mei Ling Tan October 5, 2016

China will reduce or remove consumption tax on all cosmetic products, the finance ministry said on Friday, as the country looks to stimulate domestic spending to help prop up slowing…

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BI to Introduce Coin Deposit Machine

Price of New iPhone 7 in Indonesia Will Be Among Highest Worldwide

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Mid-priced brands cash in on falling Hong Kong rents at expense of luxury retailers

Henrik Fisker launches new electric car company

Japan’s Murata aims to boost automotive revenue with Sony battery buy

DHL eCommerce Singapore has launched a hybrid shipping product to help e-tailers

Telstra to launch mobile broadband capability for ESOs

Crown launches MPC 3000 series lift truck in Southeast Asia

Malang Opens Courses for Domestic Workers

Aeon brings Japanese sensibilities to Myanmar food shopping

Business giants eye Singapore as springboard into South-east Asian e-commerce market

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Cath Kidston’s new owners are taking on Asia

China cuts cosmetics consumption tax

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