consumerism

Retail Asia07/01/2019

Hong Kong’s Honolulu Cafe has opened its first branch in Manila. Renowned for its signature egg tarts with 192 flakey pastry layers (no, we are not sure who counted them!), the cafe also serves its own house-blend of coffee. The new store opened last week, January 5, at the SM Aura shopping centre. Honolulu Cafe […]

Retail Asia27/12/2018

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The cheese tea bakery, which draws inspiration from the Japanese philosophy of ‘Kaizen’ (a dedication to continuous improvement), opened to Singapore shoppers on December 8. Marking its debut international store opening, Nayuki has teamed up in a joint venture with BreadTalk Group for its officially opening in Vivocity. Vivocity store has been designed to reflect Nayuki’s […]

Retail Asia11/12/2018

Chinese tea bakery Cheese Tea Bakery Nayuki has launched its first overseas store at VivoCity. The popular brand, credited as a forerunner in pairing fruit teas with soft European-style bread items, is offering a one-for-one promotion to celebrate the opening. A wave of similar businesses has emerged within China and throughout the region following the […]

Retail Asia07/12/2018

Central i-City is scheduled to open on January 12 as the largest shopping mall in Selangor’s state capital of Shah Alam, Malaysia. A joint venture between Thai retail property developer CPN Ventures and Malaysian developer I-City Properties, the 940,000sqft mall was constructed on an investment of RM850 million (US$204 million) and features 350 lettable stores, […]

Retail Asia05/12/2018

Ho Chi Minh City is getting a new shopping centre, Central Premium Mall, in District 8, next year. Set to open in the third quarter of next year, the six-storey mall spans 40,000sqm, and is expected to welcome more than 3 million visitors annually. The first and second levels will host 200 kiosks from fashion […]

Retail Asia05/12/2018

South Korean convenience store operators have agreed not to engage in cut-throat competition in the latest move to better protect struggling franchisees. A key centerpiece of the voluntary deal calls for CU, GS25 and 7-Eleven and three other convenience store brands to decide “carefully” over whether to open a new convenience store near an area […]

Retail Asia05/12/2018

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October retail sales in Hong Kong rose by 5.9 per cent year on year, more than double the pace of September, which was affected by Typhoon Mangkhut. A government spokesman indicated that growth in retail sales picked up somewhat in October after a deceleration in the preceding month, supported by the faster increase in visitor arrivals and […]

Retail Asia04/12/2018

Thai oil company PTT plans to spin off its Cafe Amazon division and build a coffee chain it says will one day rival Starbucks. The company says it will open 20,000 cafes globally, nearly 10 times the current network of 2300 outlets in Thailand, the Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Japan. PTT will invest US$1.3 […]

Retail Asia12/11/2018

Promoted by Alibaba in China for more than 10 years, Singles’ Day is now courting Vietnam with great fervor. More than a week before “Singles’ Day’ which falls on Nov. 11, major shopping firms in Vietnam had begun to update their mobile applications with a range of games designed to ‘hype up’ consumers. These included […]

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Honolulu Cafe debuts in Philippines

China’s cheese tea bakery Nayuki opens in Singapore

Cheese tea bakery cafe Nayuki launches debut store in Singapore

Central i-City to open on Jan 12

Central Premium Mall Vietnam plans to open next year

FTC Korea approves convenience stores’ voluntary rules to curb competition

October retail sales tide in Hong Kong turns up

Cafe Amazon preparing Coffee Shop concept to challenge Starbucks

Chinese Singles’ Day courts Vietnamese consumers