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First Metro Securities sees mobile technology driving up retail investing in the Philippines

Mei Ling Tan February 18, 2016

Stock broker First Metro Securities Brokerage Corp. said the number of individual investors will increase on rising income of Filipinos, growing awareness of opportunities in the stock market and the emergence of…

Grana, Online Retailer Offering Luxury Apparel at Disruptive Prices

Mei Ling Tan February 18, 2016

Grana (grana.com), an online clothing retailer creating luxury fabrics and wardrobe essentials at guilt-free prices, announced today it has secured an additional $3.5 million U.S. dollars in seed funding. The…

Rakuten Closes Marketplaces in South-East Asia

Mei Ling Tan February 18, 2016

Japanese e-commerce platform Rakuten has announced plans to close a number of global operations as part of a new strategic focus. As of March 2016, the company will shutter its…

China’s Monkey Week Boost Demand as Retail Sales Increased

Mei Ling Tan February 18, 2016

The gloomy Chinese economy has shown a sign of stabilization during “Monkey,” the lunar New Year celebrations as retail sales have surged, suggesting an improvement in domestic demand. During spring…

New EU funding to help boost Myanmar garment exports

Mei Ling Tan February 18, 2016

Myanmar’s garment sector is targeting a 300% increase in garment exports to the European Union (EU) by end of 2019 thanks to a EUR2.8m (US$3m) funding boost as the second phase…

Tesla Motors Wants Local Production in China

Mei Ling Tan February 18, 2016

It’s no secret that electric-car maker Tesla Motors is ramping up its efforts in China. Despite some initial challenges in the country when the company launched in the market in 2014,…

Korean beauty brands increasingly offering the interactive retail experience

Mei Ling Tan February 18, 2016

In a round-up of the immersive, hands-on retail offerings which beauty brands are increasingly offering in the country, the national paper highlighted the rise of smart technology and wearables as…

Nation gets first crowdfunding platform

Mei Ling Tan February 18, 2016

As of 6 p.m. on Monday, Marine Techno, a cosmetics company that specializes in products made from marine collagen, successfully gathered 76 million won ($64,000) from retail investors on the…

Goldman Sachs enters Singapore retail fund market

Mei Ling Tan February 18, 2016

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), the asset management arm of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, is making its foray into the local unit trust industry with the launch of 13 retail…

CITS forecasts Thai wholesale and retail markets to grow by one percent

Mei Ling Tan February 18, 2016

The Center for International Trade Studies (CITS) has predicted that the wholesale and retail markets in Indonesia and the Philippines will score the highest growths among the ASEAN countries in…

Ayala eyes expansion of healthcare business

Mei Ling Tan February 18, 2016

The country’s oldest conglomerate Ayala Corporation plans to expand its investments in the healthcare sector with the roll out of 100 retail clinics under the brand-name FamilyDoc over the next…

Standard Chartered names James Dolphin as its CIO for retail banking

Mei Ling Tan February 18, 2016

Standard Chartered Bank has appointed James Dolphin as its Chief Information Officer (CIO) for retail banking. From March 2016, Dolphin will report directly to the bank’s Group CIO, Dr Michael…

Asahi Glass begins shipment of PVC from Indonesian plant

Mei Ling Tan February 18, 2016

AGCAsahi Glass (AGC), a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals and high-tech materials, has begun supply of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from the Anyer plant of P T Asahimas Chemical (ASC), one…

Indonesia central bank seen cutting key rate again

Mei Ling Tan February 18, 2016

Indonesia’s central bank, which kept its benchmark reference rate unchanged for nearly all of 2015, is expected to make its second cut this year on Thursday as it tries to…

Motornation.tv launches its VOD Website & Roku Channel powered by Muvi Studio

Mei Ling Tan February 17, 2016

Muvi Studio, a popular cloud-based Video Streaming Platform by New York-based tech company Muvi LLC, announced the launch of Motornation.tv (https://www.motornation.tv), a new Multi-Screen VOD service. It is available across…

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First Metro Securities sees mobile technology driving up retail investing in the Philippines

Grana, Online Retailer Offering Luxury Apparel at Disruptive Prices

Rakuten Closes Marketplaces in South-East Asia

China’s Monkey Week Boost Demand as Retail Sales Increased

New EU funding to help boost Myanmar garment exports

Tesla Motors Wants Local Production in China

Korean beauty brands increasingly offering the interactive retail experience

Nation gets first crowdfunding platform

Goldman Sachs enters Singapore retail fund market

CITS forecasts Thai wholesale and retail markets to grow by one percent

Ayala eyes expansion of healthcare business

Standard Chartered names James Dolphin as its CIO for retail banking

Asahi Glass begins shipment of PVC from Indonesian plant

Indonesia central bank seen cutting key rate again

Motornation.tv launches its VOD Website & Roku Channel powered by Muvi Studio

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