Convenience store owner Lawson Japan is seeking to buy chains in the US with the aim of boosting its number of overseas outlets by about a quarter within a year.…
Rare and seasonal editions stored in a snow cave for a year are being offered by a new online sake service in Singapore. Introduced by Sisi Limited, the Sakemaru service…
Malaysian health and fitness company KFit Holdings is about to enter the Indonesian market after signing a deal to acquire eCommerce company Groupon Indonesia. For an undisclosed amount, the acquisition…
Jollibee Foods Corp has opened two more outlets in Singapore, driven by Filipinos’ demand for the popular Philippine fast food chain. The new stores of Jollibee Singapore are located at…
The fast-growing population of smartphones and tablets are driving an Asian mPOS boom. Mobile point-of sale (POS) terminals will take on a significant role in businesses, handling 40 per cent…
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is set to showcase Filipino retail brands at the “Lifestyle Philippines” event on June 10, 2016 at Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia. In a…
BMW has transformed its “i” division into a development center for self-driving cars, a board member told Reuters, a major strategic shift for the unit previously focused on making a…
Michelin said ahead of an investor day on Monday that it aims to increase tyre sales by 20 percent by 2020, pledging to outpace the growth of the market. The…
TomTom, the Dutch navigation company, said on Wednesday it had won a contract to provide Volvo Cars with real-time maps and traffic data for its vehicles. Terms were not disclosed,…
Thailand’s Dtac has announced a major prepaid brand revamp and introduced new promotional tariff plans as part of efforts to attract at least 1 million digital consumers to its prepaid…
Ford Motor said it would recall about 1.9 million vehicles fitted with defective airbag inflators made by Japan’s Takata, in North America. Ford said on Wednesday that the affected vehicles…
Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group, the world’s largest listed jewelry chain, will be more “selective” in expanding in mainland China, after it posted on Tuesday the steepest decline in full-year…
Starbucks has more than 2,000 cafes in China alone and is opening about 500 new stores a year in the country. John Culver, president of Starbucks’/ Lees ook: Vietnamese airlines…
French skincare brand L’Occitane has revealed its plans to expand into China’s lower-tier cities through e-commerce, in particular Tmall, an online platform for branded goods operated by Alibaba Group Holding.…
POP-UP restaurants are a growing trend in Bangkok shopping malls and in suburban main streets. These are temporary restaurants that can operate from any location where there are customers and…
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