More shoppers are using smartphones and tablets to do business with Korean online retailers – both Koreans and foreigners. Chinese shoppers – particularly those who have visited Korea and fallen…
From fast-fashion chain H&M to lifestyle brand Maison Kitsune and cosmetics firm Innisfree, mass-market retailers are setting up shop in premises previously occupied by luxury brands in Hong Kong’s prime…
Japanese grocery and mall giant Aeon is expanding its Asian footprint yet further, acquiring a 14-store supermarket chain in Myanmar. The Aeon Myanmar operation will be run by a new…
Restaurant industry analysts remain sceptical about the sector’s growth prospects despite promising year-on-year figures. Census and Statistics Department figures show restaurant receipts in Hong Kong increased 3.1 per cent year…
Star power is being used to connect fast-growing athleisure brand Under Armour with Chinese consumers. NBA All-Star Stephen Curry heads back to China next month for another promotional tour for…
A member of the family which founded Singapore’s iconic Metro department stores, Ong Jenn, is facing more than half a dozen charges related to the possession, consumption and trafficking of…
Zalora has appointed a new CEO, Parker Gundersen, who joins the online fashion retailer from DFS Group, the travel retail subsidiary of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy. The new Zalora CEO…
Analysts warn of possible blow to tourism, retail industry A number of Chinese tourists are cancelling trips to South Korea in the wake of the country’s decision to deploy a…
Philippine fashion retailer Golden ABC Inc is set for Asian expansion. The company behind Penshoppe, Oxygen, Regatta, For Me, Memo, Tyler and Red Logo said it plans to increase its…
Hong Kong retail sales slumped 8.9 per cent year-on-year by value in June to HK$33.7 billion. That’s marginally higher than May’s fall of 8.3 per cent, but a slower rate…
Fashion brand Burberry China has spent £54 million (US$71.2 million) to take full control of its retail business, buying the 15 per cent interest held by Sparkle Roll Holdings. Headquartered…
Founded by Malaysian blogger and fashion entrepreneur Vivy Yusof, online fashion outlet Duck Scarves has come to ground, opening its first store, in Pavilion Kuala Lumpur. Since launching in May…
Toyota Motor Corp. and Daihatsu Motor Co. jointly launched two different cars in Indonesia on Tuesday, a day after Toyota acquired all of Daihatsu’s shares. “It is a new relationship…
The government’s efforts to promote tourism in the archipelago with its Wonderful Indonesia campaign have had a positive impact, the president director of tour and travel company Panorama Sentrawisata said…
Air passenger numbers are soaring in Indonesia, the world’s biggest archipelago nation, as a growing middle class increasingly chooses to fly but ageing infrastructure is struggling to keep up. The…
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