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Line Thailand expansion plans include business

Mei Ling Tan May 11, 2016

Mobile platform Line Thailand has announced bold plans, targeting business uses. Part of Korea’s Naver internet service company, Line sees Thailand as its second-largest strategic market following Japan. Line Thailand…

Hong Kong mars Estee Lauder Asia result

Mei Ling Tan May 11, 2016

Beauty giant Estee Lauder says its Asian sales rose in every country except Hong Kong in the last quarter. Estee Lauder Asia achieved double-digit growth in Korea, Japan, Australia and…

BreadTalk Myanmar franchise deal sealed

Mei Ling Tan May 11, 2016

Singapore bakery giant BreadTalk is moving into Myanmar, signing a master franchise agreement with Myanmar Bakery. The first BreadTalk Myanmar outlet is expected to open in Yangon early next year…

New Road Freight Service from Singapore to Bangkok

Mei Ling Tan May 11, 2016

Bolloré Logistics recently introduced its new road service from Singapore to Bangkok, Thailand. The key objective is to offer customers the fastest door-to-door transit time for Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) cargo on…

Isobar showcases latest VR and brainwave technologies at CES Asia

Mei Ling Tan May 11, 2016

At CES Asia 2016, which opens today, Isobar will be showcasing BVRAIN and UMood, two marketing innovations from Isobar, which demonstrate the agency’s capabilities in leveraging new technologies to provide…

Online fraud forecast to reach $25bn by 2020

Mei Ling Tan May 11, 2016

Online fraud is expected to reach $25.6 billion in value by 2020, up from $107.7 billion last year, according to new research. This means that by the end of the…

Dyn Secures $50 Million in Funding to Expand Global Internet Performance

Mei Ling Tan May 11, 2016

Dyn, the worldwide leader in Internet Performance Management (IPM), announced today that it has secured $50 million in Series B equity funding from Pamplona Capital Management, a leading global private…

New finger ‘food’ from KFC Hong Kong

Mei Ling Tan May 11, 2016

Advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather (Ogilvy) has pushed the boundaries of creativity by launching two edible nail polishes for KFC Hong Kong, bringing the fast-food giant’s tagline “Finger Lickin’ Good”…

Hong Kong retail sales ‘worst in history’

Mei Ling Tan May 11, 2016

A MasterCard spending survey released ahead of the official government data this afternoon shows March Hong Kong retail sales declined at the worst rate in the history of the survey.…

ChoDienTu Vietnam beats Lazada in funding race

Mei Ling Tan May 11, 2016

Vietnam’s first eCommerce marketplace, ChoDienTu.vn, ranked second in sales revenue last year to Lazada in the local market – yet its total funding is 50 times smaller. “ChoDienTu.vn has chosen an…

Uber to Launch UberPOOL in Jakarta

Mei Ling Tan May 11, 2016

PT Uber Teknologi Indonesia will launch uberPOOL service in Jakarta this week. President Director of PT Uber Teknologi Indonesia Mike Brown said that uberPOOL is a carpooling service in urban…

Indonesian taxi firm Blue Bird joins hands with ride-hailing app Go-Jek

Mei Ling Tan May 11, 2016

Indonesia’s largest taxi operator Blue Bird Group said on Monday (May 9) that it plans to form a partnership with the country’s biggest online ride hailing app Go-Jek. The collaboration…

How big brands can make online marketplaces work

Mei Ling Tan May 11, 2016

Online marketplaces, those giant shopping sites like eBay and Amazon Marketplace, can be a mixed blessing for brands and merchants. Marketplaces offer retailers broad exposure to millions of consumers, as…

Consumer markets drive property retail growth in Philippines

Mei Ling Tan May 11, 2016

Retail opportunities are growing in Southeast Asia’s property sector due to the region’s strong consumer market, particularly in populous countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia, according to a report…

Foreign Travel Agencies Expanding into Yogyakarta

Mei Ling Tan May 11, 2016

The competition in travel agency business is getting stiffer in the wake of the free trade agreement of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The free trade agreement implementation has seen foreign…

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