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Weather dampens Mothercare sales

Mei Ling Tan July 18, 2016

Baby care specialist retailer Mothercare has reported a reasonable set of results for its Q1 trading, with UK sales declining by 2.1 per cent, reflecting an unsuccessful battle against unseasonable…

First Superdry China stores set to open

Mei Ling Tan July 18, 2016

The first Superdry China stores are set to open in what a commentator describes as a core future market for parent SuperGroup. Nivindya Sharma, a senior analyst at Verdict Retail,…

Bidding disappoints McDonald’s Corporation

Mei Ling Tan July 18, 2016

McDonald’s Corporation says it is struggling to attract the calibre of bidders it envisioned when it put its China and Hong Kong franchise up for tender. The restaurant group is…

Alibaba Group opening VR shop

Mei Ling Tan July 18, 2016

Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba Group Holding plans to open a virtual-reality technology (VR) demonstration shop this month, with the technology to roll out by the end of the year. Its…

KDDI taps Gemalto for connected cars and IoT

Mei Ling Tan July 17, 2016

Japan’s KDDI has selected Gemalto to provide the platform to enable secure connectivity for connected cars and IoT applications worldwide. Gemalto will provide its LinqUs On-Demand Connectivity (ODC) subscription management…

NEC sets up open-source software center

Mei Ling Tan July 17, 2016

NEC in Japan and NEC Technologies India have established the “OSS Technology Center,” an organization specializing in technical support related to the use of open source software (OSS). The new…

Citilink to Open New Hong Kong-Manado Route

Mei Ling Tan July 17, 2016

Citilink, the low-cost arm of national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, is set to open a new route from Hong Kong to Manado in North Sulawesi in a bid to lure…

MoneyGram Inks Deal with Arsema, Expands to Indonesia

Mei Ling Tan July 17, 2016

MoneyGram recently announced that its Indonesian subsidiary PT MoneyGram Payments System has inked a long-term deal with Indonesian remittance company Arsema. Per the agreement, Arsema would channel MoneyGram’s money transfer…

Batam to continue cooperation with Yokohama

Mei Ling Tan July 17, 2016

The Batam city government said it will continue cooperation, which began last year, with the Japanese city of Yokohama. Batam city mayor Muhammad Rudi said the cooperation would be continued…

Over six million tourists visit Indonesia

Mei Ling Tan July 17, 2016

Some six million foreign tourists visited Indonesia since the issuance of presidential regulation number 21 of 2016 concerning visa-free facilities for foreign citizens from 169 countries, an official said. While…

Sriwijaya Air to open Manado-China flight route

Mei Ling Tan July 17, 2016

Sriwijaya Air is planning to open the Manado-China direct flight route at the end of this year to cater to the increasing number of Chinese tourists traveling to North Sulawesi.…

Embassy promotes trade expo Indonesia in Senegal

Mei Ling Tan July 17, 2016

The Indonesian Embassy in Dakar, Senegal, has held a business meeting with Senegalese businessmen to promote various mainstay products and the 31st Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) to be held in…

Finance ministry believes 2017 growth will be better

Mei Ling Tan July 17, 2016

The Indonesian economy will grow at a faster pace in 2017 than it did in 2016, the Ministry of Finance believes. “I believe the economic growth next year will be…

Hyderabad Duty Free keeps on running various promotional campaigns at Hyderabad Airport

Mei Ling Tan July 17, 2016

Hyderabad Duty Free (HDF), a 100% subsidiary of GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. (GHIAL), in collaboration with DIAGEO group gave away the bumper prize of a Mahindra TUV 300 to…

Entrant results are in for the Golden Pin Concept Design Award 2016

Mei Ling Tan July 17, 2016

Taiwan’s international Golden Pin Concept Design Award wrapped up its call for entries for 2016 on 15 June, and the award has once again broken the record for the number…

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