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Cath Kidston seeks white knight buyer as strategic review ordered

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2020

Cath Kidston has hired external advisers to complete an urgent review of strategic options for the business as it makes a last-minute appeal for a white knight rescuer. Owned by…

Yum China reopens most stores, reports recovering footfall

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2020

Yum China says it is witnessing “early signs of recovery” in Mainland China as business gradually resumes and people return to work. However, the company, which operates KFC, Pizza Hut…

JD to issue US$212 million in coupons to boost post-coronavirus economy

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2020

JD is collaborating with various brands to provide RMB1.5 billion (US$212 million) in promotional coupons to stimulate sales across Mainland China. Starting Thursday, the Chinese e-commerce company will start sending…

Cebu Pacific announces policy on rebooking

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2020

Cebu Pacific flights continue to operate as scheduled. However, they have received rebooking and cancellation requests from passengers due to concerns over COVID-19 so they changed their booking policies to…

Bangkok shopping centres, markets closed for three weeks

Mei Ling Tan March 24, 2020

Bangkok shopping centers and markets were effectively shut down yesterday as the city moved to slow the spread of coronavirus. According to a Thaiger report, the closures are in response…

South Korean malls remain calm despite panic buying worldwide

Mei Ling Tan March 24, 2020

Panic buying is spreading like wildfire among a number of countries as fear of the coronavirus deepens. But large shopping malls in South Korea, however, are as peaceful as in…

Wirecard Expands E-commerce For Chinese Shoppers

Mei Ling Tan March 24, 2020

Wirecard is expanding its e-commerce offer for Chinese online shoppers by helping European merchants integrate the popular payment method WeChat Pay into their online shop in just a few minutes.…

Apple limits online sales of iPhone as stocks go down

Mei Ling Tan March 24, 2020

Apple has placed restrictions on bulk purchases of its iPhones in some Asian territories after the coronavirus outbreak caused interruptions to supply. Customers in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and…

Barclays Announces New Heads In Asia

Mei Ling Tan March 24, 2020

Barclays on Monday appoints a new Vice Chairman of Greater China Banking and Head of Technology in Banking for the Asia Pacific. Carrie Chen has been appointed Vice Chairman of Greater…

UOB Malaysia Offers Moratorium For Loan Repayments Up To a Year

Mei Ling Tan March 24, 2020

UOB Malaysia on Friday announced immediate liquidity relief assistance for customers affected by COVID-19, as the government activated the army to enforce its restricted movement order. Two days after the…

Link secures its first sustainability-linked loan

Mei Ling Tan March 24, 2020

Hong Kong Reit Link Asset Management has signed an AU$212 million (US$123 million) five-year sustainability-linked loan with DBS Bank. The loan is deliberately structured to incentivize sustainable practices, incorporating a…

Malls in India seek government aid during shutdown

Mei Ling Tan March 24, 2020

Malls in India affected by the coronavirus outbreak are seeking a bailout from the government to compensate for losses incurred during a mandatory shut down period through to March 31.…

Hyundai Motor India Suspends Operations At Its Chennai Plant

Mei Ling Tan March 24, 2020

The life-threatening Coronavirus pandemic has put the world on stand by and the story is no different in our country. Many automakers across the globe have already stopped production and…

SM, Jollibee roll out emergency packages for employees

Mei Ling Tan March 24, 2020

As the community quarantine continues all over Luzon, Philippine conglomerate SM Group has committed to maintaining regular pay for all of its employees, without deductions from their vacation or sick…

Smartphone shipments suffer a record breaking decline

Mei Ling Tan March 24, 2020

Thanks to the coronavirus, February was the worst month in the history of the smartphone industry as global shipments plunged 38% year-over-year. Strategy Analytics says that this was the biggest year-over-year decline…

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