Economics

Retail Asia10/09/2019

Budget airline pioneer Tony Fernandes has built AirAsia Group into a benchmark for aviation in Southeast Asia in the 17 years since he founded the company. No longer satisfied with just flying passengers from A to B, Fernandes wants to use the data collected from the 100 million passengers he transports each year to transform the group […]

Retail Asia13/01/2015

Global surf brand Billabong and its family of brands is positioning its supply chain to support transformation of its wholesale and retail businesses. Billabong said it will connect suppliers and trading partners in a cloud based network using the GT Nexus platform to facilitate and automate processes for supply chain financing, order collaboration, invoice management, […]

Retail Asia13/01/2015

Mobile wallet may be a new concept, but Indians seemed to have adopted the mechanism faster than credit cards. While there are about 10-12 companies operating in the mobile wallet space, Noida-based Paytm has more than 20 million active users. The number is actually higher than the cumulative number of credit cards in India. According […]

Retail Asia09/01/2015

Taiwan’s consumer price index rose 1.2 percent in 2014, the sixth consecutive year it has risen by less than 2 percent, according to government statistics released Tuesday.

Retail Asia07/01/2015

Hong Kong ranks as the world’s most expensive high-street retail destination, surpassing New York, Paris, London and Tokyo by a substantial margin, according to the latest research from CBRE. CBRE’s regular quarterly ranking of the world’s prime global retail markets saw little change in the third quarter of 2014, with global and hot-growth markets continuing […]

Retail Asia30/12/2014

Motorists in Australia have celebrated cheaper petrol prices by going shopping. Pump prices have fallen to the lowest point in four years, giving consumers something to be cheerful about following a run of bad economic news. The Australian Retailers Association, which represents small businesses and department store Myer, says this has encouraged people to spend, […]

Retail Asia23/12/2014

While most consumers grappled with the escalating cost of living, the Malaysian government’s subsidy rationalisation programme and the impending introduction of the goods and services tax (GST) also took centre stage. The government’s decision to reduce subsidies, effective 3 September 2013, was generally aimed at strengthening the nation’s economic position and ensuring that subsidies reached […]

Tag: Economics

Five things to watch for as AirAsia reveals earnings

Billabong kickstarts supply chain transformation

Mobile wallet outshines credit cards in India

Taiwan consumer price index rose 1.2pc in 2014: government

HK still world’s most expensive retail market

Cheaper fuel encourages Australian shoppers to spend

Consumers in Malaysia grappling with rising cost of living, GST