chinese

Don't Miss:

26/04/2024 Changi Airport Group awards OUE tender for lease and development of new hotel at Changi Airport Terminal 2 ( General )
26/04/2024 Korean Air to launch new route to Macau ( General )
26/04/2024 WhatsApp is working on an option to stop notifications when someone reacts to your status updates ( General )
24/04/2024 Puma to launch compostable shoes after a two-year pilot project ( Fashion )
24/04/2024 7-Eleven eyes 100,000 stores globally by 2030 ( General )
24/04/2024 Vietnam tops Southeast Asia in number of Apple suppliers ( Electronics )
24/04/2024 FPT and Nvidia to build $200M AI factory in Vietnam ( Electronics )
23/04/2024 Google Meet now lets users make annotations during presentations ( General )
22/04/2024 WhatsApp testing scheduling feature for easier event management in Communities ( General )
22/04/2024 EU set to approve Apple’s plan to open its NFC technology for rivals ( Electronics )
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 )
17/04/2024 Apple releases iOS 17.5 beta 2 giving EU iPhone users more unique capabilities ( E-Tailing )
17/04/2024 WhatsApp rolls out new chat filters to help you locate unread and group conversations ( General )

Retail Asia26/03/2020

Covid-19-induced changes in consumer behavior could prove a new tidal change in the direction of China’s influence, according to new research by market intelligence agency Mintel. The report suggests that mass self-quarantine, caused by the outbreak, will leave an indelible shift in how Chinese consumers – and through the country’s influence, Asia-Pacific – behave going […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia21/11/2019

More than 1 million orders were placed and processed through voice command via Alibaba’s Tmall Genie during its 11.11 Global Shopping Festival on Monday. The smart speaker was used to purchase items throughout the day – including 810,000 eggs, 1.4 million tons of rice and 76 tons of liquid detergent – showing that voice shopping […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia14/06/2019

Starbucks China has opened its first Signing Store, staffed entirely by deaf or hearing-impaired people. The store is in Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province which is home to about 4 percent of China’s deaf population. It is Starbucks’ third Signing Store, following outlets in Washington DC and Malaysia. Sign language symbols are printed on umbrellas in […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia19/03/2019

Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the UK’s credit and debit card transactions, today announced a new agreement with Alipay, the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform, which will allow retailers to accept Alipay transactions in stores across the UK. Building on a successful pilot over the past two years, the new agreement will enable […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia07/03/2019

The first dining establishment has opened in the brand new Xiqu Centre in West Kowloon, showcasing high-calibre Chinese regional cuisine. Seating 260 guests, the 8000sqft Moon Lok Chinese Restaurant evokes the atmosphere of a Chinese garden as a place where one spends time with family and friends for pleasure and relaxation, inspiring a closeness with […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia24/11/2017

China’s frosty economic relationship that includes the travel and tourism exchange with South Korea started to show early signs of a turnaround in recent days. According to reports, the long-stagnant economic relationship between South Korea and China, prompted by tensions over the controversial missile defense system that was deployed is showing early signs of a […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia15/02/2017

According to the Airports of Thailand (AOT) the country’s aviation industry performance only improved ‘slightly’ between October-December 2016 (Q1 FY2017), due to a reduced number of Chinese tourists visiting through ‘illegal tours’. During the period, concession revenue grew by just +2.68% year-on-year to Baht 3,302.71m (US$94m). “After the repressive measures against illegal tours by the […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia22/01/2017

Retail sales hit their year high in December, buoyed by the festive mood in the food and beverage sector and continued surge in online shopping. Still, inflationary pressures are making themselves felt in consumers’ pocketbooks, climbing to their highest in 30 months. Higher prices on shop stickers nationwide played a major role in the […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia18/01/2017

AirAsia is increasing its flights for the Chinese New Year (CNY) period, offering 84 additional domestic and international trips. In a statement here yesterday, its Head of Commercial, Spencer Lee, said CNY has always been one of the busiest periods for the company as guests would travel back home or go for a short getaway […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia16/01/2017

The number of visits by Chinese tourists to Bali rose 41.28 percent to 907,028 in the first 11 months of 2016 from 642,000 in the same period in 2015. “Most of them flew directly to Bali via the Denpasar International Airport of Ngurah Rai with only 886 of the visits by sea as passengers of […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia20/11/2016

India is expected to push for a new approach to tariff cuts at the 16-country trade bloc to prevent China from flooding its market with cheap goods. The commerce department is working on ways to give minimum tariff concessions to Chinese goods and delay the concessions by a long number of years even as it […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia15/11/2016

Indonesia has an important role and can take advantage of tourism development in the maritime silk route of the 21st century in China, according to China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) Information Center Director Cai Jiacheng. “Indonesia has its own uniqueness as a global tourist destination, especially for the countries along the maritime silk road of […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia04/11/2016

Image-2-Port-of-Hamburg-tour-for-Intermodal-Europe-2013-visitors-3-1024x683.jpg

“China is by a wide margin the Port of Hamburg’s most important trading partner,” said Axel Mattern, joint CEO of Port of Hamburg Marketing. “We aim to do justice to this by now offering our internet presence, not just in German and English as the language of shipping, but also in Chinese. On our travels […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia19/08/2016

A select group of influential online celebrities from China will arrive in Australia next week for the ‘Walk Into Australia and New Zealand’ campaign, organised by leading turnkey e-commerce solutions provider Azoya and China’s leading online shopping guide SMZDM. The ‘Walk Into Australia and New Zealand’ campaign is focused on building the bridge between Chinese online shoppers and Australian […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia26/02/2016

The Chinese tourism and travel retail business began with a bang in January with arrivals up by +32.4% year-on-year to 521,981, according to Korea Tourism Organization. The growth is all the more impressive for coming off a strong base. January 2015 saw a similarly robust +32.9% rise to 394,345. Departures by Koreans also rose strongly, […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia13/02/2016

The Hong Kong stock market saw the worst post-Lunar New Year session in 22 years on Thursday, a day after U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen confirmed fears of a global slowdown in her testimony to Congress. Yellen raised the likelihood that U.S. interest rate hikes will be put on hold and possibly even cut […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia09/02/2016

Thousands of Chinese have flocked to Bali to cerebrate Chinese new year using chartered flights of a number of airlines including Garuda Indonesia Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said here on Monday at least 65 chartered flights carrying 23,000 Chinese from 11 cities in China had landed on Bali. “It seems Bali has become the favorite […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia08/02/2016

Food takes centrestage during Chinese New Year, like most festive celebrations. But in the lead up to the occasion this year, retailers selling festive goodies say business is more lacklustre compared to 2015. Family-run bak kwa (sliced barbecued pork) stall Bee Kim Heng has seen festive retail sales drop by 10 to 20 per cent […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia08/02/2016

Chinese visitors to South Korea are buying less from global luxury mainstays like Louis Vuitton and Chanel in favor of cheaper homegrown brands, as young, independent travelers make up a bigger share of tourists. Lured by the “Korean Wave” of culture exports, from soap operas and K-pop music to food and fashion, price-conscious younger Chinese […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia07/02/2016

Feb. 8 will be the most important holiday this year in China, as it marks the Chinese New Year. Family members will come together to celebrate with holiday feasts and most workers will enjoy a one-week vacation, many returning to their rural homes from big cities for the festivities. A lack of delivery personnel during […]

CONTINUE READING

About Retail News Asia

Retail News Asia is committed to providing local and global retailers with the latest news from the Asian retail market on a daily basis.

We have resources for everyone from independently owned business owners to online-only retailers and major chains expanding their reach throughout the Asian market. Retail News is “the news source” with over 50 weekly posts and 13,6 million readers.

CALL US ANYTIME

Most read

Retail updates

Stay up to date of the lates updates and retail news from Asia.

X