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Chinese Online Shoppers to ‘Walk Into Australia and New Zealand’ with Azoya

Mei Ling Tan August 19, 2016

A select group of influential online celebrities from China will arrive in Australia next week for the ‘Walk Into Australia and New Zealand’ campaign, organised by leading turnkey e-commerce solutions provider Azoya and…

Modern Trade back for Growth for 2nd quarter of 2016

Mei Ling Tan August 19, 2016

Kantar Worldpanel, the global market leader in consumer panels, reports the spending in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) in 2nd quarter of 2016 grew by 4.6% year on year, faster…

Acquisitions boost Robinsons Retail sales

Mei Ling Tan August 18, 2016

Newly acquired stores Savers Appliances and The Generics Pharmacy have given Robinsons Retail sales and profits a boost. Sales increased by 18.5 per cent from Php21.6 billion to Php25.6 billion…

Sales ease for Big C Thailand

Mei Ling Tan August 18, 2016

A strong profit margin has helped Big C Supercenter weather a slight decline in sales for its second quarter. The Big C Thailand operator says “lukewarm economic conditions” continued, with…

New post at Luxasia Group for SingPost’s ex-boss

Mei Ling Tan August 18, 2016

Beauty retailer The Luxasia Group has appointed former SingPost CEO Dr Wolfgang Baier as group CEO, while founder/owner Patrick Chong has become chairman. “Luxasia is now at an important crossroads,”…

Yamada Denki profits from strategy change

Mei Ling Tan August 18, 2016

Japanese electronics retailer Yamada Denki saw its operating profit surged to 2.5 times the year-earlier level in its latest quarter. The company says this reflects a strategic pivot to highly…

Faster roll-out for Mister Minit Asia

Mei Ling Tan August 18, 2016

Australasian services retailer Mister Minit is to expand its retail presence in SE Asia after stellar growth in Malaysia and Singapore. The company says it is experiencing an increasing appetite…

Watsons stores lead 1000 openings for Hutchison

Mei Ling Tan August 18, 2016

Watsons stores account for the bulk of more than 1000 new stores to be opened by parent CK Hutchison this year. Hutchison said in its six month results released Friday…

Baidu adopts Qlik Sense for self-service analytics

Mei Ling Tan August 18, 2016

Baidu is Qlik Sense to improve its cloud services platform and provide an enhanced data analytics experience to its customers. Qlik Sense will be integrated into Baidu Palo to enable…

Cisco to cut up to 5,500 jobs

Mei Ling Tan August 18, 2016

Cisco has revealed plans to cut up to 5,500 jobs after reporting flat revenue for its full financial year a 2% decline in revenue for the fourth quarter. The networking…

AsiaSat reports flat profit and revenue for 1H16

Mei Ling Tan August 18, 2016

Hong Kong based AsiaSat has reported largely flat profit and revenue for the first six months of 2016 amid challenging market conditions. The satellite operator reported revenue for the half-year…

China Mobile awards contracts for 100G OTN

Mei Ling Tan August 18, 2016

China Mobile has issued contracts to build a 100G optical backbone network to support the rollout of 4G services and help meet its Broadband China strategy ambitions. Nokia revealed it…

Naughty Cat Vietnam makes Saigon debut

Mei Ling Tan August 18, 2016

Leading Korean accessories chain Naughty Cat has opened its first Vietnam store on Nguyen Hue St in the city centre. Naughty Cat Vietnam is located at 47 Nguyen Hue street,…

Chopard Singapore fails to notice missing millions

Mei Ling Tan August 18, 2016

Geneva-based luxury goods company Chopard Singapore failed to notice it was missing S$11.2 million until a government investigator started looking into the embezzlement after a tip-off. Now the former accounting…

Retail sales up 0.9% on-year in June, boosted by vehicle sales

Mei Ling Tan August 17, 2016

Retail sales in Singapore rose 0.9 per cent in June compared with the previous year, mainly due to a jump in sales of motor vehicles, the Department of Statistics (SingStat)…

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