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Yamaha Dealerships Restart Operations In Select States Of India

Mei Ling Tan May 19, 2020

Like other two-wheeler manufacturers, Yamaha Motor India is slowly making its way towards the ‘new normal’ with its dealerships restarting operations in certain states of India. The company has a list…

Steelcase launches its first online store in Hong Kong and Singapore

Mei Ling Tan May 19, 2020

US office furniture company Steelcase has launched online stores in Hong Kong and Singapore. The Steelcase online stores offer a wide range of office chairs, desks and accessories to help…

Puma explores sustainable technologies with Central St Martins students

Mei Ling Tan May 19, 2020

Puma has partnered with London design school Central St Martins to launch a new collection using sustainable technologies. The Puma x CSM Collection uses new dyeing technologies including “Dope Dye”,…

DFS Group starts winding down Changi Airport liquor business

Mei Ling Tan May 19, 2020

DFS Group will close all of its stores at Changi Airport on June 8 as its 35-year tenure as wine and spirits concessionaire comes to an end. With two of…

Lego boosts its China cred with first locally inspired theme Monkie Kid

Mei Ling Tan May 19, 2020

Danish toy brand Lego has launched Lego Monkie Kid, its first Chinese-inspired theme to boost its engagement with Asian customers. Inspired by the famous Monkey King from the 500-year-old Chinese…

JC Penney collapses into Chapter 11

Mei Ling Tan May 19, 2020

US department-store giant JC Penney filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday night. But while the company may have cited Covid-19 pandemic as the main reason, the company has…

Japanese clothing firm Renown collapses

Mei Ling Tan May 19, 2020

Heritage Japanese clothing firm Renown has filed for bankruptcy. The company is best known for its D’Urban and Arnold Palmer brands, although business has been in decline since its heyday…

Don Don Donki accelerates Hong Kong expansion

Mei Ling Tan May 19, 2020

Japanese discount retailer Don Don Donki is to open up to three more stores in Hong Kong imminently, including a flagship in Causeway Bay. Don Don Donki will take over…

Nissan India Introduces New Finance Schemes And Pick-Up & Drop Service

Mei Ling Tan May 18, 2020

Nissan India has introduced a new car finance schemes and pick-up & drop service to ensure customers don’t need to come to visit dealerships and workshops and avoid physical contact.…

AirAsia studying possibility of increasing airfares

Mei Ling Tan May 18, 2020

Low-cost airline AirAsia Bhd is studying the possibility of increasing its airfares in the future, following the implementation of the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO). Executive chairman Datuk Kamarudin Meranun said…

YouTube was briefly down across the globe

Mei Ling Tan May 18, 2020

Millions of users felt their hearts skipping a beat yesterday as YouTube experienced a major blackout. A glance at downdetector.com shows the problem was global and lasted for about an hour for…

Global apparel spending to slump by $300 billion in 2020

Mei Ling Tan May 18, 2020

Global apparel spending is predicted to decline by 15.2 percent this year – equivalent to US$297 billion – as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic. According to research by…

Spar China expands footprint during Covid-19 virus outbreak

Mei Ling Tan May 18, 2020

Dutch multinational retail-grocery franchise system Spar has launched six new locations in China in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown. The firm benefitted from the scale and duration of China’s…

Indonesia’s Bank Rakyat Receives Bids for Life Insurance Unit

Mei Ling Tan May 18, 2020

Talk are ongoing and an agreement could be made in the next few weeks. The insurance arm of the French bank BNP Paribas and Hong Kong insurance group FWD are…

Comprehensive new report highlights the pretty terrible state of US 5G networks

Mei Ling Tan May 18, 2020

We were warned well in advance of the world’s first 5G rollouts not to expect the game-changing wireless technology to, well, instantly change the game in terms of widespread download…

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