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Retail Asia01/08/2019

Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing’s healthy online sales and strong performance in overseas markets, particularly in China, have helped boost its third quarter results. The Japanese retailer said its online sales saw a 16.1 per cent year-on-year increase in the three months to May 31 to ¥19.0 billion (US$176.1 million), increasing their proportion of total sales […]

Retail Asia31/07/2019

Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing’s healthy online sales and strong performance in overseas markets, particularly in China, have helped boost its third quarter results. The Japanese retailer said its online sales saw a 16.1 per cent year-on-year increase in the three months to May 31 to ¥19.0 billion (US$176.1 million), increasing their proportion of total sales […]

Retail Asia05/07/2019

Sweden’s AB Volvo is joining forces with Nvidia to develop artificial intelligence used in self-driving trucks, in a boost for the U.S. chipmaker that was ditched by Tesla last year. The agreement announced on Tuesday by Nvidia and Volvo, the world’s second-biggest truckmaker after Daimler, is a long-term partnership spanning several years. Work will begin […]

Retail Asia31/01/2019

Lancôme has teamed up with Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, to launch its Chinese New Year campaign in Hong Kong. The partnership leverages Alibaba Cloud’s cutting-edge technologies and Lancôme’s bestin-class beauty offerings to bring consumers the warmest festive wishes with fun and engaging experiences. As a leader of the beauty industry […]

Retail Asia04/10/2018

CIMB Bank Bhd will be accepting Quick Response (QR) Payment from six major mobile wallets at its terminals, enabling it to tap into an estimated customer base of about 4.5 million in Malaysia and 520 million registered mainland Chinese. This is the first in the market QR payment acceptance for six mobile wallet systems are […]

Retail Asia14/02/2017

Indonesia is now using big data Mobile Positioning Data (MPD) digital system in a bid to boost up performance of the nation’s core business sector, tourism, China’s Xinhua news agency reported. The MPD to support the tourism activities is operated by Indonesia’s central statistic agency of BPS by detecting the cellular phones used by visitors […]

Retail Asia03/01/2017

In land-scarce Singapore, land optimisation is a strategic thrust that is achieved by reclaiming land, intensifying land use upwards, and building downwards. However, there are limits to land reclamation and building upwards due to maritime and aviation constraints respectively. Therefore, unlocking underground space and synergising below and above-ground land use is the next frontier for Singapore. […]

Retail Asia06/12/2016

A new initiative to provide rice breeders across the Asia Pacific region with advanced technologies is expected to help improve crop yields, sustainability and profitability in the vital agricultural sector. ‘Rice Action Agenda,’ introduced by the The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) for the 16-member countries of the Council for Partnership on Rice Research in […]

Retail Asia04/08/2016

The government’s efforts to promote tourism in the archipelago with its Wonderful Indonesia campaign have had a positive impact, the president director of tour and travel company Panorama Sentrawisata said on Tuesday. Budi Tirtawisata said that in the first six months of this year, his company booked a 19 percent increase in gross revenue to […]

Retail Asia16/03/2016

The Indonesian government held a closed-door meeting to discuss efforts to boost investment and business through the implementation of an easy and fast licensing service. “We should improve all aspects of licensing in relation to issuing building and environmental permits as well as authorization,” President Joko Widodo stated during the opening of the meeting here […]

Retail Asia18/02/2016

The gloomy Chinese economy has shown a sign of stabilization during “Monkey,” the lunar New Year celebrations as retail sales have surged, suggesting an improvement in domestic demand. During spring festival last week, China’s retail sales recorded 11.2% year-over-year (YoY) growth, fueled by cinemas, according to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Saturday. The retail […]

Retail Asia06/02/2016

Australia is expanding efforts to encourage two-way tourism between Australia and Indonesia as a key driver of shared economic growth and more knowledge of each others country. Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Paul Grigson said tourism powers economies and supports communities. “We want to increase tourism in both directions. The Indonesian Government has already recognised the […]

Retail Asia28/01/2016

Thailand’s northeastern economy, among the poorest in the country, is looking to expand trade with neighboring Laos and business in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) as it recovers from a two-year recession. The downturn was triggered by an end of populist programs heralded by the former government of Yingluck Shinawatra. The May 2014 coup ended […]

Retail Asia13/05/2015

Online food delivery service Foodpanda has given Korean QSR BBQ Chicken Vietnam a major marketing boost. While BBQ Chicken is “better known than KFC, Jollibee or Subway” in Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi, down south it still has some work to do on its brand awareness. So Foodpanda and BBQ Chicken have signed an exclusive delivery […]

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China boosts Uniqlo parent

China boosts Uniqlo parent

Nvidia Boosts Self-Driving AI Business With Volvo Trucks Deal

Lancôme uses Alibaba Cloud Technology for Chinese New Year promotion

CIMB to accept payments from six mobile wallets

Indonesia Uses Big Data Digital Technology To Boost Tourism Performance

Use underground space to boost retail in Singapore

Tech boost for Asia’s rice sector

‘Wonderful Indonesia’ campaign boosts tourism industry

Indonesia to boost investment through easy, fast licensing service

China’s Monkey Week Boost Demand as Retail Sales Increased

Australia, Indonesia boosting tourism and economic growth

Thailand Plans to Boost Northeastern Economy

BBQ Chicken Vietnam gets Foodpanda boost