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Retail Asia21/11/2018

Korea’s duty-free sales are likely to set a new annual record this year despite Chinese group tour traffic not having fully recovered. According to the Korea Duty Free Shops Association, duty-free store operators made $1.44 billion in October, a 28.6 percent increase year on year. This takes Korea’s total duty-free revenue between January and October […]

Retail Asia20/06/2018

One in five Aussie shoppers are opposed to retail giants Woolworths and Coles introducing bans on single-use plastic bags. While the bans have been welcomed by green groups and many shoppers, research by Canstar Blue shows 20 per cent don’t agree. Woolies introduces its ban on Wednesday, when the retail giant’s supermarkets, BWS, Metro and petrol outlets will stop […]

Retail Asia11/05/2018

ZTE has been forced to cease its global operations as a result of the crippling sanctions imposed on the company by the US government. In an announcement to shareholders, ZTE said [PDF] that the major operating activities of the company have ceased due to the activation of the denial order from the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of […]

Retail Asia31/01/2017

At the end of last year, China announced a complete ban on its ivory trade and processing activities by the end of 2017. The news, a late Christmas gift to many conservationists, was greeted as a “game changer” by groups including the World Wildlife Fund, which says around 20,000 African elephants are being killed every […]

Retail Asia22/01/2017

China has banned imports of South Korean air purifiers, industry sources said Friday, amid growing concerns Beijing is retaliating against Seoul’s move to install an advanced U.S. missile defense system. Air purifiers made by LG Electronics Inc., Shinil Co. and two other South Korean firms were listed as disqualified by Chinese authorities on Dec. 20, […]

Retail Asia08/11/2016

New Zealand’s mobile operators have hammered a nail into the coffin of Samsung’s discontinued Galaxy Note7 smartphones, arranging to blacklist use of the device across all of their mobile networks. Industry body the New Zealand Telecommunications Forum (TCF) is working with Samsung to cut off access to Note7 owners from November 18. After this date, […]

Retail Asia19/10/2016

Garuda Indonesia has issued a ban on the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 for all its flights starting from Monday due to safety issues. This move ensues the recent ban by US Department of Transportation on the device, including its recalled and replaced units, after reports of the smartphone catching fire. Garuda Indonesia VP corporate communications Benny […]

Retail Asia11/10/2016

Marine Affairs and Fishery Ministry will extend the ban on shark fin exports, said the ministry’s directorate general secretary of marine space management Agus Dermawan. “It may be extended, but I don’t know when,” he said Saturday. Shark fin export has officially been suspended after Marine Affairs and Fishery Minister Susi Pudjiastuti issued on December 10, […]

Retail Asia12/09/2016

Multiple airlines have banned the use of Samsung’s Galaxy Note7 smartphones while onboard after the company issued a global recall of the devices due to reports of exploding batteries. Thai Airways is among the latest airline to ban the use of the smartphone online, as well as storing the device in checked baggage. Other major […]

Retail Asia09/08/2016

Thailand’s Culture Minister has warned people against playing Pokemon Go, especially in religious and historic sites while the Tourism and Sports ministry is seeking to use the game to promote the very same. Culture Minister Veera Rojpojanarat said Pokemon Go had many potential dangers and players should not spend too much time on it, spend […]

Retail Asia13/04/2016

Seems doors of Indonesia have been closed for Leonardo DiCaprio permenantly.This came after the 41-year-old Oscar winning actor and environmental activist’s visit to the Indonesian island of Sumatra last month where he posted to Instagram that the palm oil industry was threatening such wildlife in the Leuser Ecosystem as Sumatran elephants, tigers and orangutans, reports […]

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Duty-free sales may hit all-time record this year

One in five Australian Shoppers opposed to Plastic Bag ban

ZTE on life support after US export ban

Why China’s ivory ban is a mammoth step towards saving the elephant

China bans imports of South Korean air purifiers

New Zealand cellcos to blacklist Note7’s next week

Garuda Indonesia Bans Samsung Galaxy 7 Note From All Flights

Indonesia to Extend Ban on Shark Fin Exports

Airlines ban in-flight Note7 use after global recall

Pokemon no-go in Thailand

Ban on Leonardo DiCaprio’s Indonesia visit after Rain Forests comment?