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There’s no stopping the e-commerce boom in Singapore

Mei Ling Tan January 11, 2016

Sales will top $1.4 billion this year. Singapore’s e-commerce sector will continue to expand at a breakneck pace in coming years, according to a report by CBRE. Sales have grown at…

Understanding CapitaLand Limited From An Investor’s Perspective

Mei Ling Tan January 11, 2016

CapitaLand Limited (SGX: C31) is one of Asia’s largest real estate companies with a presence in Singapore, China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. It is listed on the Singapore Exchange with…

Apple Crash? iPhone Parts Orders Slashed 30%

Mei Ling Tan January 11, 2016

Apple’s bet that Chinese consumers would rush to buy massive numbers of iPhones appears to have imploded as the tech leader has cut supplier parts orders by 30 percent. Apple’ss…

GM posts sales high of 3.61M vehicles in China in 2015

Mei Ling Tan January 11, 2016

General Motors Co. and its joint ventures set a record for retail sales to consumers in China last year, delivering 3.61 million vehicles and the company expects further growth in…

China’s Li Ning on track to end bad run

Mei Ling Tan January 11, 2016

Li Ning, the struggling Chinese sportswear company that is one of the mainland’s best known brands, says it will break even for 2015, leaving behind three years of annual losses.…

European Stocks Fall on North Korea Bomb Test

Mei Ling Tan January 11, 2016

European shares fell on Wednesday as a self-professed bout of nuclear testing by North Korea and a falling renminbi rattled investors. By late morning in London, the FTSE 100 was…

WeChat use by retail investors poses headache for regulators

Mei Ling Tan January 11, 2016

The growing popularity of messaging and social media app WeChat among China’s stock market investors is posing a problem to regulators, who now find it harder to monitor trades and…

What to expect in 2016 as Singapore economy hits slowest growth since 2009

Mei Ling Tan January 10, 2016

GDP is seen to likely remain stuck in the 2-3% yoy range. The 4Q15 GDP growth flash estimate was a breathtaking +2.0% yoy (+5.7% qoq saar), which beat market consensus…

Aeon plans B6bn Bangkok complex

Mei Ling Tan January 10, 2016

Aeon expects its planned Bangkok mega shopping complex will compete with Siam Paragon, CentralWorld and The Emporium, says managing director Masamitsu Ikuta. Aeon (Thailand) is set to compete head on…

Specsavers tops in Asia-Pacific region

Mei Ling Tan January 10, 2016

The staff at Specsavers Gisborne have been named the best customer service team in the whole Asia-Pacific region. Just four months after the Gladstone Road store was named as Retail…

Giant to open six new stores and relaunch 28 existing stores nationwide

Mei Ling Tan January 10, 2016

Giant plans to open six new stores and relaunch 28 existing stores nationwide to provide a renewed shopping experience for customers next year. Among the six new stores to be…

Suzhou selected to host China Retail Trade Fair

Mei Ling Tan January 10, 2016

The China Retail Trade Fair, more commonly known as CHINASHOP, the benchmark and barometer of China’s retail industry, announced that following voting by exhibitors and followers, Suzhou International Expo Center,…

Korean tobacco group fights ‘duty free threat’

Mei Ling Tan January 10, 2016

Several media organisations in South Korea and beyond have reported criticism from the 100,000-strong ‘I Love Smoking’ online pro-smoking group towards ‘alleged’ plans by the South Korean government to halt…

Alibaba is preparing to do battle with rural China’s terrible roads

Mei Ling Tan January 10, 2016

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, is hungry to expand its reach into less developed parts of northern China, and it’s prepared to do it even though it’s going to have a…

Samsung Pay is coming to Singapore

Mei Ling Tan January 10, 2016

South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics is expanding its mobile payments service to three additional countries, including Singapore. The Korean company made the announcement during its press conference at the…

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