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Retail Asia29/09/2017
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Electronics

Xiaomi to open Bangkok Mi store

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A Bangkok Mi store has been announced, not long after the Chinese electronics brand Xiaomi launched in Thailand. The authorised Bangkok Mi store will open on October 8, in partnership with Fanslink, at Imperial World Samrong. Xiaomi is also strengthening its service network, entering into an after-sales support agreement with VST ECS, which has 10 […]
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Retail Asia27/09/2017
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General

Paragon Shopping Centre merging tech and fashion

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Paragon Shopping Centre on Orchard Road has branched into robotics and virtual reality for its latest fashion promotion. Shoppers can watch fashion runway shows projected onto the floor, and with virtual-reality goggles can have a 360-degree view of a fashion show in which mannequins morph into models. Using Samsung VR Gear, the experience was created […]
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Retail Asia27/09/2017
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E-Tailing

Online retail sales going strong in Thailand

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Thailand has seen an explosion of Internet shopping in recent years as consumers become more tech-savvy. If that is anything to go by, e-commerce in South-east Asia is taking off as well. Online retail sales in Thailand of everything, from washing machines and televisions to fish sauce, are growing more than 100 per cent, far […]
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Retail Asia26/09/2017
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Fashion

Muji Thailand opens CentralWorld flagship

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After a decade in Bangkok, Muji Thailand has opened a flagship store at CentralWorld. Covering 1000sqm, it is the Japanese brand’s biggest outlet in Bangkok, offering for the first time clothing lines like Found Muji, which borrows materials and techniques from around the world, Muji Labo, which offers everyday basics in neutral colours, and ReMuji, […]
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Retail Asia26/09/2017
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Real Estate

Bangkok’s Stadium One puts focus on sports retail

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Downtown Bangkok’s first sports community mall, Stadium One, is planned to open in November. Developed by Sportsociety Co, the retail project is at the Banthat Thong intersection opposite Tesco Lotus hypermarket and near National Stadium, Chulalongkorn University and several shopping centres. Stadium One will cover about 27,000sqm, of which 20,000sqm will house 124 shops selling […]
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Retail Asia22/09/2017
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Logistics

New trucks spur business use of Lalamove

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Hong Kong on-demand delivery app Lalamove has gained more business clients since introducing its fleet of high-top pick-up trucks. Its vehicles are now standardised and branded, while the drivers wear Lalamove uniforms, introduced last month. The trucks are closed to offer maximum protection to the goods in transit, and the drivers undergo regular training. In […]
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Retail Asia20/09/2017
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Telecom

Hitachi forms IoT alliance with Thailand’s EEC

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Hitachi has teamed up with Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Office to apply digital technologies including IoT to establish an innovative environment to promote development of the corridor. Under the agreement, the EEC Office and Hitachi will be working collectively using advanced digital technologies, including IoT related technologies, within the Eastern Economic Corridor region to […]
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Retail Asia18/09/2017
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General

AirAsia to operate flights to Bangkok

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AirAsia will operate direct flights to Bangkok from Visakhapatnam either from October or from November this year. The airline submitted a letter to Airport Director of Visakhapatnam International Airport requesting for time slots. Tour and Travel Operators Association of Andhra (TTOA) has been following up continuously with the airline operator starting with the visit of […]
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Retail Asia15/09/2017
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General

Central Group launches luxury cross-border shopping

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Conglomerate Central Group has taken a step toward an omnichannel strategy by launching a cross-border e-commerce luxury brand experience it claims is a world first. It has introduced access to its luxury-brand websites through messaging app WhatsApp as part of its vision of integrating online and offline shopping channels, says Central Group chairman/CEO Tos Chirathivat. […]
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Retail Asia13/09/2017
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Logistics

Honestbee flies high with new logistics services honestbee GOODSHIP

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Honestbee, Asia’s leading and trusted online concierge and delivery service has today officially announced the launch of honestbee GOODSHIP, their logistics service in Thailand. Honestbee GOODSHIP has been operating parcel deliveries in Bangkok for a couple of months before this official announcement, catering to B2B and B2C deliveries. The focus is on last-mile same-day or […]
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Retail Asia12/09/2017
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General

Platinum Group sees gold in Chinese tourism

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Mall company The Platinum Group is banking on Chinese tourism to support a retail shopping centre it plans to open next year. With a wholesale fashion mall in Bangkok that attracts about 15 million people annually, the group is investing about THB6 billion (US$180 million) in the project, says president Chanchai Phansopha. “We want to […]
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Retail Asia12/09/2017
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Real Estate

Central Pattana forms JV with Tesco

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Retail property developer Central Pattana (CPN) has set up a JV with British retail giant Tesco to co-develop property in the Thai market. The  Central Group subsidiary has told the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) that the new company, Synergistic Property Development, will support business expansion. It has registered capital of THB100,000 (US$3000) with ordinary […]
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Retail Asia11/09/2017
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E-Tailing

ShopBack Thailand launches Cashback Day

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ShopBack Thailand, the cashback platform that rewards consumers for shopping online, has declared next Saturday as the nation’s first Cashback Day. Five days of savings kick off today with sneak-preview deals between 9pm and midnight. Until Friday, shoppers are offered up to 49 per cent cashback from such platforms as Aliexpress, Apple Store, Expedia, Lazada, […]
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Retail Asia08/09/2017
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Fashion

Aland introduces K-pop style to Bangkok

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Korean fashion retailer Aland, known by millennials in its homeland for its styles influenced by K-pop, has opened a store in Bangkok. It has a network of shops across Seoul and also in Hong Kong. Like these, its new Siam Center outpost offers young and emerging Korean fashion and lifestyle brands. Run as a franchise […]
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Retail Asia08/09/2017
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Fashion

Thailand’s Jim Thompson plans global expansion

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A Jim Thompson flagship store will open in Bangkok’s Siam Paragon tomorrow as a preliminary step in a five-year global expansion plan. Similar flagship stores have been announced for Hong Kong and Singapore, and other major international retail destinations. The luxury brand’s first flagship, it is next to Bombyx, one of Jim Thompson’s five restaurants, […]
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Retail Asia07/09/2017
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Telecom

TOT wants telcos to be made to rent its pipes

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Thai state-owned operator TOT is calling on the government to use its legislative powers to force telecoms and broadcasting companies to move their overhead cables in Bangkok into TOT’s underground pipes. The operator has argued that the move will accelerate the government’s target of removing all overhead power and telephone cables in three provinces to […]
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Retail Asia24/08/2017
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Fashion

Thai retailers arrested for counterfeit footwear

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Thai authorities have arrested two men and seized 160,000 pairs of counterfeit footwear from six retail outlets. The footwear has a market value of about THB20 million (US$601,000), says Department of Special Investigation (DSI) deputy-chief Suriya Singhakamol. The DSI obtained warrants from the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court to search four locations in […]
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Retail Asia22/08/2017
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Finance

TrueMoney adds support for Apple digital purchases

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Thailand’s True Corp has introduced the ability to pay for purchases over Apple’s digital platforms using its TrueMoney digital payment service. All TrueMoney customers are now able to purchase items through the App Store, Apple Music or iTunes directly from their TrueMoney accounts, the company announced. Customers with new or existing Apple IDs will be […]
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