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18/04/2024 Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is considering a manufacturing facility in Indonesia ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Google Maps to show alternate transit and walking directions along with driving routes ( General )
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11/04/2024 Samsung adds more language availability within Galaxy AI ( Electronics )
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09/04/2024 Google Messages will soon start to warn you when tapping on links sent by unknown senders ( General )
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Retail Asia26/11/2021

AirAsia is resuming flights from Bangkok to Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh starting December 22. The Southeast Asian country recently lifted restrictions to allow fully vaccinated foreign travelers to enter without undergoing quarantine. Next month, flights from Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport to Phnom Penh will take off on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Travelers who are […]

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Retail Asia24/11/2021

C.P. Group and Telenor Group are exploring the creation of a new telecom-tech company comprising of True and dtac. The new company will be a merger of equals, and bring the best of the two local companies, with the support of its key sponsoring shareholders. The new company will be a leading telecommunications service provider […]

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Retail Asia25/10/2021

Asia Aviation PCL (AAV), the parent company of Thai AirAsia (FD, Bangkok Don Mueang), has said it is seeking to raise THB14 billion baht (USD419.4 million) to fund a restart at the low-cost carrier following the “very negative impact on the company’s business and operating results” thrown up by Covid-19 and the Thai government’s strict travel restrictions. […]

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Retail Asia16/09/2021

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Thai home furnishings retailer Index Living Mall Co Ltd has opened a new store under a partnership with Indonesian-based CT Corp in Jakarta. s in PT Retail’s Transmart Carrefour complex in the city’s CempakaPutih district. It covers 2,500 square metres of retail space. The company’s president and CEO Pisith Patamasatayasonthi said that the company expects […]

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Retail Asia02/09/2021

Thailand allowed shopping malls in the capital Bangkok to reopen on Wednesday and restaurants to operate at half capacity, after nearly three months of tough restrictions aimed at containing the country’s worst coronavirus outbreak. The move comes after infections numbers started falling in the middle of last month and with the government under pressure to ease […]

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Retail Asia02/09/2021

AirAsia Thailand will return to the skies starting with domestic flights beginning Sept 3, 2021 following an announcement by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand allowing the operation of regulated flights. The reinstatement of flights by AirAsia Thailand will kickstart with 11 domestic routes from Don Mueang Airport to Chiang Mai, Phuket, Hat Yai, Nakhon […]

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Retail Asia30/08/2021

When Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited Thailand in August, a red carpet was rolled out for him at Central Group’s Central Ladprao, a shopping complex in downtown Bangkok. The premier had been invited to attend the opening ceremony of a Vietnamese trade fair. He was greeted by members of Central Group’s founding Chirathivat […]

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Retail Asia27/08/2021

The Saigon-Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank will sell a 50 percent stake in its consumer finance division, SHB Finance, to Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya. Vietnam’s fifth-largest bank said in a statement it would sell the remaining 50 percent to Bank of Ayudhya after three years. Bank of Ayudhya said in a stock market filing that […]

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Retail Asia18/08/2021

AirAsia Group’s digital arm has launched a food-delivery service in Thailand as it ramps up its non-airline business operations to mitigate falling demand for travel during the Covid crisis. AirAsia Digital operates Super App that has already been downloaded more than 50 million times and the company says it now has 75 million people using […]

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Retail Asia03/08/2021

Thai AirAsia (TAA) has suspended all flights this month and deferred paying its staff either wholly or partially until September. The airline, regarded as one of the most robust domestic carriers, has faced a financial crunch from consistently low passenger volumes since the Covid-19 pandemic began early last year. All domestic airlines including this one […]

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Retail Asia14/07/2021

Mr. Sathien Setthasit, Chairman of TD Tawandang, proprietor of TOOKDEE retail store, reveals that TOOKDEE brand aims to set new standard for convenience stores in local communities that are vital base of grassroots economy in Thailand. With elevated standard, knowledgeable operation and technology-based management, TOOKDEE is set to become the “community store by the community, for the […]

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Retail Asia08/07/2021

Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia Group will buy Indonesian ride-hailing and payments firm Gojek’s business in Thailand in return for $50 million of shares in part of the airline’s digital business, the companies said on Wednesday. The deal will give Gojek a 4.76% stake in AirAsia SuperApp, valuing the division at around $1 billion, more than […]

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Retail Asia24/06/2021

As the Thai government confirms the country will embark on a reopening phase beginning with a pilot “Sandbox project” in Phuket 1 July, airlines are planning to increase domestic flights. In a press statement released Tuesday, AirAsia says it is “set to paint the skies red again in support of the Phuket Tourism Sandbox programme that is […]

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Retail Asia16/06/2021

The country’s finance regulator is banning licensed digital asset exchanges from trading meme coins, fan-based tokens, NFTs and social coins as part of its ongoing regulatory action against crypto trading. The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is prohibiting exchanges in the country from providing services related to utility tokens or cryptocurrencies to ensure customer protection and […]

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Retail Asia16/06/2021

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The country’s finance regulator is banning licensed digital asset exchanges from trading meme coins, fan-based tokens, NFTs, and social coins as part of its ongoing regulatory action against crypto trading. The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is prohibiting exchanges in the country from providing services related to utility tokens or cryptocurrencies to ensure customer protection […]

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Retail Asia04/06/2021

CP All Plc, the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores, plans to spend 11.5-12 billion baht this year to expand its business. Kriengchai Boonboapichart, the company’s chief financial officer, said 4-4.1 billion baht of total spending is for investment in new projects, subsidiaries and distribution centres, 3.8-4 billion is slated for store expansion, 2.4-2.5 billion is […]

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Retail Asia31/05/2021

Jessica Liu, president of Lazada Group, is leaving the South-East Asian online shopping unit of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. She is departing Lazada to spend more time with her family, the company said, confirming an earlier report by Bloomberg News. Liu has been a key member of Lazada’s leadership team and also served as head […]

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Retail Asia26/05/2021

JD-backed Thai fashion e-commerce startup Pomelo plans to boost revenue by offering its own technology in analytics and demand forecasting to other fashion brands in the region, its CEO David Jou says, amid slowing offline sales. The women’s fashion firm, which started as an online business in 2013, plans to launch its business-to-business (B2B) unit, […]

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Retail Asia17/05/2021

Thai group Central Retail says it achieved 90 percent of its pre-Covid sales performance in the March quarter, the result of what CEO Yol Phokasub described as “thriving on steadily regaining balance” during a time of challenges and uncertainties”. First-quarter sales were down 9.7 percent to US$1.56 billion, however, net profit was down 48.4 percent […]

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Retail Asia12/05/2021

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Royal Enfield has started operations in Singapore by setting up a new flagship store in the city’s Ubi Road. The new Royal Enfield Singapore store showcases the entire range of Royal Enfield motorcycles, including the RE Interceptor 650, Continental GT 650, Himalayan, and the Classic. The Royal Enfield Singapore store also has a complete range of Royal Enfield’s genuine accessories […]

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