Eyeing the growing tourist market, Japanese department store Takashimaya is going duty free with an airport-style store in Tokyo. Not only sales tax, but also alcohol and tobacco duties will…
Mbiz.co.id offers an integrated and web-based e-commerce experience. It offers an electronic catalog of thousands of products in various categories, ranging from IT products, stationary and industrial tools to groceries, provided…
The shift of ecommerce sales from the desktop to mobile devices has been under way in China for a couple of years. And according to data from the end of…
Japanese snack brand Calbee has joined with Four Seas Mercantile Holdings to open its first overseas concept store “Calbee Plus” in Hong Kong, where customers can buy its famous potato…
Faced with a cloudy economic outlook, Hong Kong is casting a keen eye on action taken in Singapore, a fellow open economy buffeted by external forces – and an old…
Maldives central bank on Thursday lamented the decision by Banking giant Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) to cease retail banking in the Maldives from April. Speaking at the…
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday its latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S7 series, posted robust sales in Israel just a week after their launch. The Galaxy…
DFS Group’s Singapore Changi Airport duplex duty free liquor and tobacco store in Terminal 3 was recently voted Travel Retailer of the Year in the 2016 ‘Icons of Whisky Awards…
India is rising, not only as a new choice of relocating labour-intensive industries from China, but also as a retail market of good potential, says a research report by The…
Taipan John Gokongwei Jr., the country’s second richest man according to Forbes, has stepped down as chairman and CEO of Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. (RRHI), which is in charge of…
Hong Kong International Airport is cutting back sharply on the number of bookshops for departing passengers and replacing all Page One stores with new outlets run by a mainland-based firm.…
The latest of MasterCard’s efforts to better serve the people of Myanmar, the CB EasiTravel Prepaid MasterCard Contactless card provides consumers with a more convenient way to pay when travelling…
Profitability is at a six-year low. Retail giant Dairy Farm has been underperforming in recent years, battered by weak sales, soft consumer sentiment and smaller market share. As a result, its…
Malaysia-listed luxury fashion retailer Bonia has opened a new generation boutique in its home market. The new store is on the ground floor of the Aeon Seksyen 13 Shah Alam…
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has opened the third Manila NBA Store. “[The new branch] has the most complete assortment of [NBA] products and merchandise in the Philippines,” said NBA…
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