Don't Miss:
20. April 2024
ABOUTADVERTISE CONTACT
   

Category: Living

Retail Asia12/12/2018
Kakao-Taxi.jpg
Living

Kakao’s carpooling app goes live in beta test

4min0
Kakao’s carpooling service was introduced Friday for beta testing and will be officially rolled out Dec. 17. The start of the service comes after months of battling fierce opposition from local taxi services. They staged a strike on Oct. 18, two days after the IT company started accepting applications from carpool drivers. With the beta […]
CONTINUE READING
Retail Asia12/12/2018
Airasia-Check.jpg
Living

AirAsia’s Vietnam venture set to fly in August

3min0
A new Vietnam-based airline set up by Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia and a local company is expected to fly by next August. Tran Trong Kien, CEO of Hanoi-based resort ooperator Thien Minh Group, AirAsia’s partner, said that applications for aviation licenses would be made next February and likely obtained in six months. Vietnam will become the […]
CONTINUE READING
Retail Asia12/12/2018
tourist.jpg
Living

Indonesia’s Traveloka Co-Founder Resigns

3min0
Indonesian unicorn startup Traveloka announced the resignation of its co-founder, Derianto Kusuma, from his position as chief technology officer on Tuesday. Derianto was one of three persons involved in the establishment in February 2012 of the online ticketing and hotel booking service, which has since become one of the leading tech companies in Southeast Asia. […]
CONTINUE READING
Retail Asia11/12/2018
amazon-go.jpg
Living

Amazon-go to open more stores in the airports

2min0
Online giant Amazon is looking to expand the reach of its automated bricks-and-mortar Amazon Go offer by opening stores in airports, according to a report by Reuters. The retailer’s Go stores utilise myriad cameras which are able to identify customers as they enter, see what they pick up and leave with, and subsequently charge the […]
CONTINUE READING
Retail Asia11/12/2018
ikea.jpg
Living

Ikea China biggest project revealed

1min0
Swedish furniture group Ikea will build a US$1.2 billion, 430,000sqm shopping complex in Shanghai, to be completed by 2022. The new Ikea China centre will house an Ikea store and an additional 120,000sqm in retail area, hosting more than 300 businesses. It will also include 60,000sqm of office space. The move represents the largest single […]
CONTINUE READING
Retail Asia11/12/2018
china-tourist-1024x683.jpg
Living

Which tourists spend the most overseas?

2min3
Overseas spending by South Korean tourists ranks among the top of advanced economies, research data showed on December 5. Figures provided by the Korea Economic Research Institute, affiliated with the Federation of Korean Industries, put the proportion for South Korea at minus 1.9 percent in 2016, ranking it the fifth highest among 32 member states of the […]
CONTINUE READING
Retail Asia11/12/2018
Emart-1-1024x683.jpg
Living

E-mart US buys supermarket operator

1min0
South Korean discount retail chain E-mart is acquiring US food retailer Good Food Holdings for US$270 million. A subsidiary of retail conglomerate Shinsegae, the E-mart US acquisition intends to stabilise and expand its operations in North America. It is the company’s first acquisition of an overseas firm. Good Food operates 24 stores across the American […]
CONTINUE READING
Retail Asia07/12/2018
BohemianRhapsodyTrailer2-1280x569.jpg
Living

Quuen movie inspires rock band instrument sales in Korea

3min0
Musical instrument sales are booming as Queen mania continues to sweep the country. Sales of instruments used by rock bands – like drums and guitars – have skyrocketed following the release of Freddie Mercury-biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” according to online shopping site Gmarket on Wednesday. The increase was most pronounced among customers in their 40s and 50s […]
CONTINUE READING
Retail Asia07/12/2018
lotte-outlets-1024x683.jpg
Living

Lotte opens premium outlet in Giheung

3min0
South Korean retail giant Lotte opened this week a new premium outlet in Giheung, Gyeonggi Province – the second-largest among its branches nationwide and the latest addition to large-scale malls launched by retailers here in hopes of raising offline sales. Lotte is pinning hopes on the latest outlet’s location, citing three highways and five major roads passing through […]
CONTINUE READING
Retail Asia07/12/2018
poltrona_frau_ningbo_1.jpg
Living

Poltrona Frau has opened a new retail space in China

1min0
Italian furniture maker Poltrona Frau has opened a new retail space in Ningbo, China. The new 340sqm, single-floor shop presents a range of living spaces that alternate between living area and bedroom, dining room and home office according to the Poltrona Frau philosophy. The retail concept is designed to convey the atmosphere of a real […]
CONTINUE READING
Retail Asia07/12/2018
jeju-air-1280x1136.jpg
Living

Jeju Air co-CEO plans to depart

1min0
Jeju Air said on Wednesday that co-CEO Ahn Yong-chan has expressed his intent to step down from his post, leaving the company to operate under the sole leadership of current co-CEO Lee Seok-ju. Ahn leaves Jeju Air after working under the company’s parent Aekyung Group since 1987. The co-CEO served in numerous positions at Jeju Air’s […]
CONTINUE READING
Retail Asia06/12/2018
Thai-Airways-1024x685.jpg
Living

Thai Airways taps Worldpay for payments innovation

5min0
Thai Airways International (THAI), the flagship carrier airline of Thailand, has selected Worldpay, Inc. (NYSE: WP; LSE: WPY) as its international payments partner, as it targets overseas growth. To support its sustainable growth strategy, THAI needed an experienced partner to help it manage the complexities of cross-border payments and optimise the online booking journey across […]
CONTINUE READING
Retail Asia06/12/2018
dfs-changi-1024x666.jpg
Living

Singapore Changi Airport extends key DFS

2min0
Key Changi Airport duty-free liquor and beauty concessions held by DFS and Shilla Travel have been extended for two years. The extensions will start from 2020 after the expiration of their current six-year concessions. Over the past four years, the airport’s two core-category concessions have involved pioneering retail concepts including unique duplex stores and the […]
CONTINUE READING
Retail Asia06/12/2018
samsung-facility.jpg
Living

Samsung to support the Olympics through 2028

3min0
Samsung Electronics announced on Tuesday it will extend its partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) through 2028, from the original 2020 end date of the collaboration. The two parties signed an agreement at a ceremony at the Hotel Shilla in central Seoul in the presence of IOC President Thomas Bach and Samsung Electronics Vice […]
CONTINUE READING
Retail Asia06/12/2018
running-shoes-sport-1024x678.jpg
Living

Demand of women’s athleisure wear growing at a rapid pace globally : Lotto

7min0
Lotto Sport Italia S.P.A, a major name in international sports industry, is nothing less than a household name in India. The brand is manufactured, retailed and licensed by Sports Station Pvt Ltd (SSIPL) in India. The organization has been instrumental in the brilliant re-launch of the brand Lotto Sports in India, making it available across nation. According to Shivam […]
CONTINUE READING
Retail Asia06/12/2018
vietnam-airlines-1280x852.jpg
Living

Vietnam Airlines eyes stock market listing in 2019

5min0
Vietnam Airlines plans to list its shares on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange next year amidst rising competition of low-cost carriers. “Vietnam Airlines will go public in the first quarter of next year,” its chief executive, Duong Tri Thanh said. “We are making our target the first quarter of next year, and I think […]
CONTINUE READING

Newer Posts

Older Posts

About Retail News Asia

Retail News Asia is committed to providing local and global retailers with the latest news from the Asian retail market on a daily basis.

We have resources for everyone from independently owned business owners to online-only retailers and major chains expanding their reach throughout the Asian market. Retail News is “the news source” with over 50 weekly posts and 13,6 million readers.

CONTACT US
CALL US ANYTIME
Most read
Retail updates

Stay up to date of the lates updates and retail news from Asia.






X