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Retail Asia19/02/2024
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General

Luxury airline plans to give select passengers a Vision Pro to use as in-flight entertainment

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At least one airline is planning on offering the Apple Vision Pro to some passengers as part of its in-flight entertainment offerings. Beond is a Maldivian airline that flies to five destinations and calls itself the world’s first “premium leisure airline” with business class service that includes gourmet meals, seats that fold down completely allowing passengers to […]
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Retail Asia10/03/2022
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Living

Apple brings its streaming service to Comcast devices in the US

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The partnership between Apple and Comcast enters a new era, as the Cupertino-based giant is bringing its streaming service to Comcast’s customers. In a joint statement earlier this week, the companies revealed that Apple TV+ will be available Comcast’s various platforms in the US. Starting this week, Apple TV+ will be available on Xfinity X1, Xfinity Flex, and XClass TV, […]
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Retail Asia25/10/2019
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Research

Vietnam tops world in growth of entertainment apps

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Vietnam was the world’s fastest-growing market for entertainment-based mobile apps last year, fueled by demand for video streaming services. Its growth score was 44.96, significantly higher than the global average of 24.27, according to a report by German mobile measurement firm Adjust. The report assessed data from nearly 3,500 apps released in 2018 and 31 countries […]
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Retail Asia05/08/2019
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Automotive

Porsche To Use Holoride’s Virtual Reality Tech To Keep Rear Passengers Entertained

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Porsche has collaborated with Munich-based entertainment firm Holoride to come out with a special Virtual Reality (VR) based entertainment device for rear passengers. Recently unveiled at the Start-up Autobahn Expo Day, the immersive virtual entertainment tech uses a VR headset with sensors, which is paired to the vehicle so that its content can be adapted […]
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Retail Asia26/02/2019
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Living

Nintendo makes comeback in Korea with Switch

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Nintendo, the Kyoto-based game company, returned to Korea. After almost disappearing over the past decade in the storm of mobile and online games, it is returning to the market with Switch, a retro console that marries the latest technology with old favorites, like Pokemon. A 41-year-old surnamed Kim, a father of three, recently found his […]
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Retail Asia13/02/2019
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Living

LG U+ expected to acquire CJ Hello this week

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LG U+’s plan to acquire cable TV company CJ Hello could be finalized as early as this week. Progress with the deal has been slow since Korea’s smallest mobile carrier first began considering the acquisition early last year. Industry sources said Monday that the deal is mostly finalized and, with a board meeting scheduled on […]
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Retail Asia13/02/2019
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Living

HMV saved by Sunrise Records, but some stores will close

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Canadian firm Sunrise Records has emerged as the buyer of collapsed music chain HMV, beating competition including Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley. The firm will buy 100 stores out of administration, securing 1,487 jobs. But 27 stores will close, resulting in 455 redundancies. Sunrise Records chief executive Doug Putman said he was “delighted to acquire […]
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Retail Asia08/02/2019
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Living

Nintendo launches flagship store in Tokyo

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Nintendo is opening a Tokyo flagship store, marking the iconic Japanese company’s first-ever domestic retail outlet. During Nintendo’s latest Corporate Management Briefing, the president of the Nintendo, Shuntaro Furukawa, announced the game company would be opening a store in the Japanese capital in 2019. The executive said that plans are set for Nintendo Toyko to […]
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Retail Asia01/02/2019
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Living

Netflix streams its way into Korean hearts

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Netflix viewership is growing faster than ever in Korea. According to mobile app tracker WiseApp on Tuesday, 1.27 million Android users in Korea used the Netflix app in December last year. That’s nearly four times, or 274 percent, more than the beginning of the year, when just 340,000 Android users had used the app in […]
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Retail Asia28/01/2019
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Living

Naver to open up TV service, take on YouTube

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Local IT giant Naver announced plans Thursday to make its Naver TV service an open platform where anybody can freely upload videos, pitting it in direct competition with YouTube. The company said it would apply the change during this year’s first half. Originally, only people with more than 300 subscribers on other video platforms were […]
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Retail Asia28/01/2019
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Living

Korean Netflix shows target a global audience

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Ahead of the launch of Netflix’s first original Korean drama series today, executives from the streaming giant expressed confidence in the global popularity of Korean content at a press briefing in Seoul, Thursday. Kim Min-young, the director of content at Netflix in Korea, said that she expected to win over fans with the company’s first-ever […]
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Retail Asia24/01/2019
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Living

Xiqu Centre finally opens in Hong Kong

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Hong Kong’s new performing arts venue dedicated to Xiqu (Chinese Opera), has just opened. Located on the Eastern edge of the West Kowloon Cultural District, at the junction of Canton Road and Austin Road, the Xiqu Centre is directly accessible from the Hong Kong West Kowloon Station and Austin MTR station, and easy to reach […]
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Retail Asia14/01/2019
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E-Tailing

JD.com steps into entertainment industry

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JD.com, China’s largest retailer, has joined forces with Paramount Pictures and global play and entertainment company Hasbro to celebrate the Chinese release of the new TRANSFORMERS movie BUMBLEBEE. On the run in the year 1987, BUMBLEBEE finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning […]
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Retail Asia07/01/2019
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Living

Four Korean firms join forces to fight Netflix

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SK Telecom is teaming up with three major broadcasters to launch a new video content service in a bid to challenge the popularity of foreign services like Netflix. On Thursday, SK Telecom and broadcasters KBS, MBC and SBS signed an MOU to combine their current over-the-top (OTT) media service businesses and launch a new and improved […]
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Retail Asia02/01/2019
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Living

Korean Air’s jets get name of East Sea badly wrong

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Korean Air, the country’s flag carrier, displayed maps with the “Sea of Japan” aboard some its flights rather than the East Sea, the name supported by the Korean government. The Japanese name of the sea, which is opposed by Korea, was found on a number of passenger-entertainment monitors. According to news reports Sunday, 3-D maps […]
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Retail Asia21/12/2018
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Living

FAO Schwarz Hong Kong store opens

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New York toy retailer FAO Schwarz has opened a private, invitation-only store in Hong Kong, designed by Studio X. The 1150sqft FAO Schwarz Hong Kong store which quietly opened last month is a prototype retail concept for Asia where the company can test design elements and store features before it opens public stores in Mainland […]
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