H&M India says it will soon open its first flagship store in the country – its largest yet. The new shop is under construction at the DLF Mall of India,…
Embattled Tesco achieved a record market share in Thailand in the latest quarter – as Asia shined in a mixed set of financials. Analysts appeared in agreement that the UK’s…
Despite its orphan status on the asset register of Malaysian energy company Bina Puri, the Main Place mall in Selangor will not be sold any time soon. The Subang Jaya…
Alibaba plans to piggyback on the biggest celebration on the Chinese calendar – Lunar New Year – in the hopes of establishing another e-shopping tradition. Set to start in mid-January…
More consumers in The Philippines are using contactless payments, according to the Visa Consumer Payment Attitudes Study 2015. It shows that 29 per cent of Filipinos have used contactless payments…
Luxury travel goods retailer Tumi has bought out its local Tumi Japan partner to gain full control of its retail and wholesale activities in what is one of the world’s…
Starbucks Indonesia has reopened stores today after yesterday’s terror attack on one cafe in downtown Jakarta. In a statement, Starbucks head office in Seattle said it was “deeply saddened by…
Luxury goods retailer Richemont has reported its first drop in Christmas retail sales in seven years, citing a downturn in Asia and fallout from the Paris terror attacks. And worse…
Thailand’s total domestic car sales are expected at 720,000 in 2016, down 10 percent from 2015, Toyota Motor Corp’s Thai unit said on Thursday. Toyota, which commands about a third…
Lewis Road Creamery will make a final decision this year whether to export fresh organic milk into China’s Shanghai. The premium dairy brand company is also planning to release a…
French smartphone vendor, Wiko Mobile, will release its latest product in Indonesia this Friday. The product dubbed Pulp Fab is expected to enliven smartphone sales competition at the beginning of the…
Luxury retail tech start-up Mihaibao is looking to disrupt how Chinese consumers shop for luxury goods and how Western brands reach Chinese markets. And investors are certainly taking notice. Although…
Luxury goods maker Burberry says its retail revenue rose 1 percent in the last three months of 2015, as its critical market in mainland China returned to growth. Shares in…
A shop in Bedok has had its tobacco retail licence revoked after it was found to have repeatedly sold tobacco products to minors. Two other shops – a 7-Eleven outlet…
It’s a record that has held for more than 20 years but by the middle of the year, Tanjong Pagar Centre will claim the title of the tallest building in…
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