Banana

Retail Asia15/04/2024

Japanese retailer AEON has replaced Philippine and Taiwanese bananas with Vietnamese imports at its Hong Kong outlets. AEON started selling Vietnamese bananas at its 91 outlets in Hong Kong last year because they are of high quality and grown using a process that does not result in waste, Yuichiro Shiotani, CEO of AEON Topvalu Vietnam, […]

Retail Asia08/05/2023

The export of bananas, durians, and jackfruit from Vietnam to China and Laos surged in the year’s first four months. The export value of vegetables and fruits reached $1.39 billion, up 19.4% over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. China led the consumption of Vietnamese fruits and […]

Retail Asia13/06/2022

Banana exports to China increased by 10 percent in the first five months though total vegetable and fruit exports to that country were down 28 percent. Vietnam was China’s largest supplier of bananas at 742,000 tons or 43 percent of its total imports, according to the Vietnam Fruit & Vegetables Association (Vinafruit). Vo Quang Huy, […]

Retail Asia20/08/2018

A Vietnamese agriculture company, Hoang Anh Gia Lai Agriculture Jsc, is set to invest in another 5,000 hectares of land in Cambodia to grow bananas for export to China. It will invest VND976 billion ($42 million) in the project, the company said in a recent statement. Most of the bananas will be exported to China […]

Retail Asia05/01/2017

Philippines stands to gain in new export markets The Philippines stands to profit from agriculture products with its entry into new export markets in an attempt to diversify their economy. In particular, virgin coconut oil is in demand in South Africa, where the coconut is not a native tree, its embassy in Manila said in […]

Retail Asia09/12/2016

Bangkok-based IT chain store Com7, under the Banana brand, has taken over 44 BKK outlets from Bangkok Telecom 999. The TB184 million (US$5.1 million) deal is a bid by Com7 to drive its expansion into the mid- and entry-level segments. “This is our first acquisition for the purpose of pursuing growth,” says Com7 chief executive […]

Retail Asia04/12/2016

A Bangkok IT store in a shopping mall in Bangkok. The stores will complete their transfer to Banana in the first quarter of 2017. Com7, the Bangkok-based IT chain store under the Banana brand, has taken over 44 BKK shops from Bangkok Telecom 999 for 184 million baht in a drive to accelerate its expansion […]

Tag: Banana

AEON Hong Kong switches to Vietnamese bananas

Vietnamese fruit exports to China and Laos surge

Banana exports to China boom despite Covid restrictions

Vietnam to expand banana farming for China export

Philippines stands to gain in new export markets

44 BKK outlets moving ownership

Banana acquires 44 Bangkok outlets