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Retail Asia08/05/2019

2018 has been something of a roller coaster for Huawei, the highly controversial telecommunications equipment vendor that also somehow managed to beat Apple for second place in global smartphone shipments for two consecutive quarters. Ultimately, the China-based tech giant ranked third overall in the mobile device market last year, selling however a colossal 206 million units or so around the […]

Retail Asia19/04/2019

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IDC says the global market for smart home devices will grow 26.9% year over year in 2019 to 832.7 million units shipped. The analyst predicts consumers to adopt multiple devices within their homes, which will result in 1.6 billion devices shipped by 2023. “2018 was all about getting products into consumers’ homes and both Amazon […]

Retail Asia15/10/2018

AirAsia was named Operating Model Master for Malaysia at the IDC Digital Transformation Awards (IDC DXa). In a press statement, it said, the award honours companies that have enabled discernible and measurable excellence in their ability to make business operations more responsive and effective by leveraging digitally connected products/services, assets, people and trading partners. AirAsia […]

Retail Asia01/06/2018

Global smartphone sales are expected to fall for the second year running this year, before returning to growth next year, according to analysis by the International Data Corporation (IDC). In the research house’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone shipments are forecast to drop 0.2 per cent this year to 1.462 billion units, after a […]

Retail Asia10/08/2017

Hong Kong has been recognized in IDC’s third annual Smart City Asia Pacific Awards, scoring awards in two of the 14 categories. Hong Kong won in the transportation category for its Next Generation Intelligent Transport System, and in the smart building category for its Zero Carbon Building project. China meanwhile won in the smart meter category […]

Retail Asia22/03/2017

Equinix is expanding its Hong Kong footprint to accommodate local interconnection needs and increasing numbers of inbound cloud service providers. This latest expansion of Equinix’s Hong Kong footprint adds over 1,400 new cabinets and brings the company’s total investment in the city to over $250 million. The expansion in Hong Kong includes 515 new cabinets […]

Retail Asia21/03/2017

Web application firewall (WAF) service provider Cloudbric announced the opening of five internet data centers, including facilities in Hong Kong and Vietnam, in response to the growing, global demand for cloud services. The new data centers are located in New Jersey (US), Hong Kong, Binh Duong and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) as well as […]

Retail Asia06/02/2017

The government will have a more strategic ICT push to enable technology adoption among organizations by 2021, research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts. In its latest forecast for the country, IDC Philippines noted that with a new dedicated, centralized agency at the helm of the country’s ICT development, the government will be able to […]

Retail Asia03/02/2017

Lenovo has opened two Moto Concept Stores for its mobile phone brand in Metro Manila as part of its Philippine “full-throttle” expansion. Both run by smartphone retailer MemoXpress, the stores are in the Cyberzone areas of SM North Edsa Annex and SM Megamall. “The Philippines is a very important market for Moto,” says Lenovo Mobile […]

Retail Asia31/01/2017

IDC Philippines announced its top predictions for the Philippine ICT industry for 2017 and beyond and predicts 25% of its top 1,000 companies will see majority of their business depend on their ability to create digitally enhanced products, services and experiences by 2020. IDC expects digital transformation (DX) will attain macroeconomic scale over the next […]

Retail Asia03/09/2016

Asian online shoppers research, locate, engage with and purchase products and services in entirely different ways in different markets, according to a new report. For example, almost all consumers in Indonesia knowingly provide brands with wrong details, including name (93 per cent), phone number (94 per cent), and email address (95 per cent) when researching […]

Retail Asia06/08/2016

The Lenovo-Motorola India combine has applied for single-brand retail licence to open company- owned showrooms. This comes on the heels of the Chinese company’s mobile sales in India crossing the US$1 billion mark. Lenovo India’s director Sudhin Mathur says the turnover from mobile-phone sales in the year ended March 31 stood at $1.3 billion, nearly […]

Retail Asia11/07/2016

Smartphone giant Xiaomi continues to distance itself from the lower end of the market, as Chinese buyers shift their attention mainly to device upgrades. Xiaomi international VP Hugo Barra says the company continues to direct its efforts at becoming a premium brand, reports the South China Morning Post. “Our customers are demanding premium products from […]

Retail Asia23/06/2016

IDC reported that the country saw a 20 per cent year-on-year increase, or 3.5 million smartphones shipped to retail stores in 2016. Indonesia’s growth was only 3 per cent during the quarter, while Malaysia was down 20 per cent, Thailand flat, Singapore down 13 per cent, and Myanmar down 1 per cent. Dominguez attributes the […]

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Huawei continues to close in on Samsung with impressive Sales Results

Integration will define the 2019 smart home

AirAsia wins IDC Digital Transformation award

Smartphone Sales Will Drop for Second Straight Year, IDC Predicts

IDC names Smart City APAC Award winners

Equinix expands Hong Kong footprint to meet demand

Cloudbric opens IDCs in Hong Kong and Vietnam

IDC sees more strategic Philippine government ICT push by 2021

Two Moto Concept Stores open in Manila

IDC Philippines Unveils its Top ICT Predictions for 2017 and Beyond

Asian online shoppers habits uncovered

Lenovo-Motorola India seeks to open showrooms

Xiaomi continues quest for quality

Philippines is Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing smartphone market in Q1