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30/04/2024 TikTok, Facebook, and other foreign service providers pay $575M in taxes ( General )
29/04/2024 Sacombank assures no loss on $141M loan to Bamboo Airways ( General )
29/04/2024 Skype rolls out update with new features for both Android and iOS ( General )
26/04/2024 Changi Airport Group awards OUE tender for lease and development of new hotel at Changi Airport Terminal 2 ( General )
26/04/2024 Korean Air to launch new route to Macau ( General )
26/04/2024 WhatsApp is working on an option to stop notifications when someone reacts to your status updates ( General )
24/04/2024 Puma to launch compostable shoes after a two-year pilot project ( Fashion )
24/04/2024 7-Eleven eyes 100,000 stores globally by 2030 ( General )
24/04/2024 Vietnam tops Southeast Asia in number of Apple suppliers ( Electronics )
24/04/2024 FPT and Nvidia to build $200M AI factory in Vietnam ( Electronics )
23/04/2024 Google Meet now lets users make annotations during presentations ( General )
22/04/2024 WhatsApp testing scheduling feature for easier event management in Communities ( General )
22/04/2024 EU set to approve Apple’s plan to open its NFC technology for rivals ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is considering a manufacturing facility in Indonesia ( Electronics )

Retail Asia12/07/2023

Spotify aims to connect with their Gen Z Filipino and Indonesian listeners through their new “Music That Finds You” campaign that illustrates the streaming platform’s personalized music discovery services. The campaign, which stars Pinoy hip-hop artists Nik Makino and Flow G and Indonesian rock band NOAH, will span across film, television, OOH, and digital assets. […]

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Retail Asia12/07/2023

Except for E5 RON 92, gasoline and diesel prices have risen by VND70-660 per liter starting 3 p.m. Tuesday. The price of the widely used RON95 went up 0.33% to VND21,490 (91 cents) per liter. Biofuel E5 RON92 decreased by VND60 (0.29%) to VND20,410. Diesel had a VND450 (2.48%) rise to VND18,610. Oil prices edged […]

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Retail Asia11/07/2023

The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) has called on the government to focus on long-term plans to mitigate power shortages, which it fears are cyclical. Power shortages were among the concerns raised by EuroCham in its second quarter Business Confidence Index report. A survey of its member companies found the recent power shortage significantly affected […]

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Retail Asia04/07/2023

Gasoline and diesel prices declined in Vietnam Monday afternoon, following a similar trend globally. The popular RON95 gasoline dropped 2.68% to VND21,420 ($0.91) per litter after staying unchanged in the last two revisions by authorities. Biofuel E5 RON92 fell 1.91% to VND20,470 per liter. Diesel, after rising two times in a row, was 0.06% lower […]

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Retail Asia03/07/2023

Spotify is working on a new feature that will allow users of its music streaming services to watch and listen to full-length music videos in its app. While the company hasn’t confirmed the information, it’s common for Spotify to thoroughly test new features before making them official. According to a new report by Bloomberg, Spotify is considering adding […]

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Retail Asia28/06/2023

TikTok is bringing one of the features that’s been available since last year, content filtering, to Family Pairing. Ever since the feature was released back in July 2022, the content filtering tool that allows TikTok users to filter out videos with words or hashtags was among the most popular features among the app’s users. Today, […]

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Retail Asia26/06/2023

YouTube is testing a product for playing online video games. YouTube’s plan to stretch beyond hosting video content and into sharing video games was the subject of an email sent to Google employees. The product already has a name, Playables, which will allow users to access games on mobile devices or desktop computers. The email […]

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Retail Asia22/06/2023

Australian Kmart-owned homewares brand Anko has teamed up with e-commerce giant Flipkart to expand its footprint in India. Indian shoppers can now peruse about 400 Anko products across multiple categories on Flipkart, and the company says it plans to increase its range in the near future. The Australian retailer announced its debut in India earlier […]

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Retail Asia22/06/2023

YouTube will launch its official shopping channel in South Korea for live commerce later this month for the first time in the world, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The new channel, set to open June 30, will provide a live commerce platform to companies and plans to livestream shopping content with about 30 […]

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Retail Asia22/06/2023

Vietnam on Wednesday adjusted diesel price up while keeping gasoline prices unchanged for the second time in a row. Diesel went up 0.83% to VND18,170 ($0.77) per liter. Gasoline prices were kept stable at VND22,010 for RON95 and 20,870 for E5 RON92. Global prices in the last 10 days increased slight due to a reduced […]

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Retail Asia22/06/2023

Instagram introduced Reels in 2020, and since then, this feature’s popularity has grown, reaching over 2.35 billion monthly active users. Now, Instagram is rolling out a new feature for its users in the US. Adam Mosseri, CEO of Instagram, announced on his broadcast channel that the company will allow users to download Reels to their […]

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Retail Asia16/06/2023

Spotify is one of the top-choice apps when it comes to music streaming. The company has had a ton of experience and it has just begun to expand its feature-set. Podcasts and ebook support are just two of the new reasons the platform gives you to install it on some of the best phones out there. But […]

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Retail Asia14/06/2023

Portable power stations have become sought-after items in northern Vietnam as unpredictable power cuts urged residents to store electricity in advance. Quang Minh in Hai Phong has been looking to buy a portable power station for his household, which has been experiencing load shedding of up to several hours at a time in recent weeks. […]

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Retail Asia08/06/2023

ByteDance-owned TikTok hopes to more than quadruple the size of its worldwide e-commerce operations to as much as $20 billion in merchandise sales this year, relying on growth in Southeast Asia, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The increase compares to last year’s $4.4 billion in gross merchandise value, representing […]

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Retail Asia07/06/2023

YouTube TV is rolling out a few updates to address some recent issues that were present with the streaming service throughout the month of May. These were announced today via the YouTube Reddit community and follow the updates that were announced back in April for Apple TV, although this new round is for all the different platforms where […]

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Retail Asia02/06/2023

Gasoline prices rose by around 2.4% while diesel prices dropped marginally on Thursday afternoon. The popular gasoline RON95 went up 2.42% to VND22,010 ($0.94) per liter. Biofuel RON92 gained 1.90% to VND20,870 per liter. Diesel dropped 0.06% to VND17,940 per liter. The government said that fuel prices have been fluctuating globally due to OPEC+’s production […]

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Retail Asia02/06/2023

Cooking gas prices have decreased on June 1 following the falling prices in world market. The retail prices of Petrolimex gas (including VAT) in June in Hanoi is VND371,600 ($15.82) per 12 kg cylinder; down VND33,640. Nghiem Xuan Cuong, head of the Commercial and Civil Gas Sales Department under Petrolimex Gas JSC said that the […]

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Retail Asia02/06/2023

The mass layoffs that began last year amid a market decline continue in the struggling property sector, with major developers and brokerages downsizing their sales teams to survive. Property developer Dat Xanh Group laid off 1,384 people in the first quarter after letting go 3,191 in the previous one. Its brokerage subsidiary, Dat Xanh Services, […]

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Retail Asia01/06/2023

TIDAL, one of the major music streaming services in the US, has just announced a new feature dedicated to artists. Artist Home is a new hub for TIDAL that’s meant to help make it easier for artists to focus on their content. Artists can manage how fans see their TIDAL profile and get early access to […]

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Retail Asia26/05/2023

Crowd-sourced navigation app Waze has been asked by authorities in Southern Shores, North Carolina to stop sending traffic through residential streets which it does to help users avoid bumper-to-bumper traffic on the main roads. The problem with doing this is that it leaves the local, residential roads overcrowded. In these quiet neighborhoods, the additional traffic […]

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