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Pos Indonesia to expand storage facilities

Mei Ling Tan May 16, 2016

State postal service firm PT Pos Indonesia plans to expand its warehouse facilities from 3 hectares to 3 hectares to improve its logistics services. The land acquisition and development is…

Indonesian Culinary Fair 2016 to be held in Japan

Mei Ling Tan May 16, 2016

The Indonesian Culinary Fair 2016, dubbed “The Taste of Indonesia,” will be organized at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel, Tokyo, from May 16 to June 16. The organization of the culinary…

UberJEK Launched in Jakarta

Mei Ling Tan May 16, 2016

UberJek, an app-based transport service, has officially started operation on Sunday, May 15. Aris Wahyudi, UberJEK’s co-founder, claims cheaper tariffs compared to its competitors. “Our tariff is different from those…

Johnnie Walker House Singapore a first for SE Asia

Mei Ling Tan May 16, 2016

Johnnie Walker House Singapore joins the international network of by-invitation-only whisky lounges, the first in Southeast Asia. It will offer connoisseurs the Diageo-owned brand’s range of rare and collectable Scotch…

Nepal Telecom lays fiber to Nepal-China border

Mei Ling Tan May 16, 2016

Nepal Telecom has revealed it has completed a project to lay fiber at the Nepal-China border, paving the way for an interconnection with China Telecom. The company has deployed fiber…

AIS abandons plan to rent TrueMove’s 2G network

Mei Ling Tan May 16, 2016

Thailand’s AIS and TrueMove have abandoned plans to enter a mobile network rental agreement after being unable to accept mutually agreed upon terms. AIS no longer intends to rent TrueMove’s…

Exchange rate turn may aid Hong Kong retailers

Mei Ling Tan May 16, 2016

Hong Kong’s retail sales decline may have bottomed out. And a leading factor in the downturn – the value of the Hong Kong dollar – may now bring a much-needed…

Food drives Korean department stores

Mei Ling Tan May 16, 2016

Cooking is big in Korea. There are currently more than a dozen cooking shows on Korean television, featuring variety of cuisines, restaurants, and famous chefs, and Korean department stores are…

Vingroup more than triples revenue to $98m

Mei Ling Tan May 16, 2016

Retail has proved the shining segment for Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, with revenue jumping 363 per cent year-on-year to VND2.19 trillion (US$98.3 million) for the first quarter. Vingroup has been investing…

Thailand retail growth trails other destinations

Mei Ling Tan May 16, 2016

While Thailand retail industry growth is up slightly and there have been more international tourists, more Thais are shopping abroad, and tourists are spending more in other regional destinations. Thailand’s…

Zara Vietnam to launch in July

Mei Ling Tan May 16, 2016

Zara Vietnam says it will open its first store in July, just as Euromonitor International reveals the Vietnamese branded goods market may reach $2.7 billion in value by next year.…

International supermarket chains might soon start operating in the Philippines

Mei Ling Tan May 15, 2016

With the Philippine economy expected to continue along its growth path, it might not take long before international supermarket chains start operating in the country. This developed as the British Chamber…

Further Slowdown for Hong Kong’s Economy in Q1

Mei Ling Tan May 15, 2016

New figures released by Hong Kong’s government suggest the city’s economy has seen a further slowdown through the first quarter. New stats show Hong Kong’s GDP grew by 0.8-percent year-on-year through…

Metro Retail earnings jump 69% in Q1

Mei Ling Tan May 15, 2016

Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. of the Gaisano family saw its net income surge by more than two-thirds in the first three months of the year on strong consumer spending. Net…

AWS to be anchor customer for Hawaiki cable

Mei Ling Tan May 15, 2016

In March, the Hawaiki cable project announced its contract with TE Subcom had come into force. They had raised the necessary funds to kick off the construction phase, and yesterday…

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