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16/05/2024 The TikTok ban could hurt small businesses that prosper thanks to mobile users ( General )
16/05/2024 WhatsApp could add a new sticker-related feature very soon ( General )
15/05/2024 Facebook and Instagram experiencing outages along the East and West Coasts of the U.S. ( General )
14/05/2024 Qantas to launch new route from Manila to Brisbane ( General )
13/05/2024 Meta expands paid verification service for businesses ( General )
10/05/2024 For complex iPhone AI tasks, Apple will use cloud-based servers running M-series chips ( Electronics )
10/05/2024 Samsung plans to add $1B to Vietnam investment annually ( Electronics )
08/05/2024 Digital content exporters open foreign offices to avoid tax ( General )
06/05/2024 WhatsApp’s new status update tray with previews is rolling out more widely in beta ( General )
02/05/2024 A Deep Dive into Grade A Buildings in Hong Kong ( General )
02/05/2024 Shopee races past other e-commerce rivals ( E-Tailing )
30/04/2024 TikTok, Facebook, and other foreign service providers pay $575M in taxes ( General )
29/04/2024 Sacombank assures no loss on $141M loan to Bamboo Airways ( General )

Retail Asia25/03/2021

Indian bike taxi platform Rapido, has joined hands with Zypp Electric to provide electric bike taxi service to its customers. Called Rapido EV, the new electric bike taxi is intended to reduce carbon footprint and encourage customers to use environment-friendly two-wheelers. More than 100 riders and electric two-wheelers will be onboarded on to the Rapido […]

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Retail Asia24/03/2021

A 52-year-old Indian lingerie model is pushing e-commerce firms to hire older women for their advertising campaigns, challenging what she says are the ageist norms practiced by many companies. Geeta J, a former teacher who took to modeling when she turned 50, says she wants innerwear companies in India to be more inclusive and avoid […]

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Retail Asia10/03/2021

Through this acquisition, RJIL’s total owned spectrum footprint has increased significantly, by 55%, to 1,717 MHz (uplink+ downlink). RJIL has the highest amount of sub-GHz spectrum with 2X10 MHz contiguous spectrum in most circles. It also has at least 2X10 MHz in 1800 MHz band and 40 MHz in 2300 MHz band in each of […]

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Retail Asia09/03/2021

Apple and its partners have already moved some iPhone 11 and iPhone XR production to India, and the iPhone 12 could too be manufactured in the region as the company looks to further reduce its dependence on China. iPhone 12 production is soon going to start in India, where devices for both the domestic market and export will be manufactured. The […]

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Retail Asia08/03/2021

Being India’s third-largest telecom operator in the 4G spectrum auctions, Vodafone Idea entered with the largest quantum of spectrum with a very small fraction. “This was administratively allocated and used for GSM services, coming up for renewal,” the company said. With the telecom industry gearing up for the 5G revolution, VI hopes that a large […]

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Retail Asia08/03/2021

Walmart Inc.’s Flipkart is exploring going public in the U.S. through a merger with a blank-check company as it seeks to quicken its listing process, according to people familiar with the matter. The Bengaluru-based online retailer has been weighing a U.S. initial public offering and it’s now also looking at other options, the people said. Flipkart’s […]

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Retail Asia08/03/2021

The all-new Suzuki Hayabusa finally broke cover last month and it turns out the new offering will come to India sooner than we were expecting. Suzuki Motorcycle India has released a teaser video on its social media handles for the new Hayabusa with the caption, “The ultimate superbike, coming soon.” It is likely that the all-new superbike will arrive […]

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Retail Asia03/03/2021

Walmart-owned Flipkart will sell groceries online in more Indian cities, as it seeks to compete better with Amazon and Reliance in an e-commerce market that has grown rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Flipkart has already expanded online grocery sales to more than 50 Indian cities and intends to reach over 70 locations in the next […]

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Retail Asia02/03/2021

Automobili Lamborghini has achieved a new sales milestone in India by selling 100 units of its super-luxury SUV – the Lamborghini Urus. Currently the most affordable Lamborghini model in India, the Urus was launched in January 2018, and the first car was delivered the same year in September. Within one year, the company managed to […]

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Retail Asia25/02/2021

Ikea’s arm Ingka Centers is to launch India’s first Ikea mixed-use destination in the outskirts of Delhi, Noida. The plan was announced after the retailer secured a 47,833sqm plot of land in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The project will cost about US$760 million and take seven years to complete. The Ikea mega mall will feature two […]

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Retail Asia22/02/2021

Infinet Wireless, the global leader in fixed wireless broadband connectivity, has opened a new regional office in India in line with the company’s growth strategy of accessing emerging markets. This new presence will be managed by Hari Shanker Pandey, a Regional Director. Mr. Pandey has considerable experience in the telecom and high-tech industry has been […]

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Retail Asia22/02/2021

India’s federal financial crime-fighting agency will examine findings in a Reuters report, which revealed that Amazon.com Inc has for years given preferential treatment to a small group of sellers on its India platform and used them to circumvent the country’s foreign investment rules, a senior agency source told Reuters on Thursday. It provided an inside […]

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Retail Asia03/02/2021

Indian authorities plan to propose a new law to ban private cryptocurrencies and implement a framework for an official central bank digital currency. India will seek «to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India», according to a legislative agenda published by the lower house’s website on Friday last wee, with exceptions for certain purposes such as […]

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Retail Asia28/01/2021

Indian foreign direct investment in Vietnam is relatively modest because of the lack of trade promotion activities, says a deputy minister of planning and investment. “Bilateral trade and investment relationship has seen many positive results in recent times but is still not commensurate with the potentials of both countries,” said Tran Duy Dong said at […]

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Retail Asia20/01/2021

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd will raise prices for some car models to mitigate the impact of rising costs, the country’s largest automaker by market value said on Monday. The move comes after rival Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd increased prices of its personal and commercial vehicles by 1.9% this month due to higher commodity prices and […]

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Retail Asia18/01/2021

Tata Group plans to invest in digital, high-end electronics and healthcare in a post-pandemic world, the $100 billion conglomerate’s chairman said on Thursday. Tata, whose operations span hotels, steel, airlines, electronic goods and technology services, will also place big bets on electric vehicles, renewable energy and battery storage, N Chandrasekaran, who is also known as […]

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Retail Asia14/01/2021

Tata Motors has released the Group’s global wholesales numbers for the third quarter of Financial Year 2020-21. In the quarter that ended on December 31, 2020, Tata Motors Group’s global wholesales stood at 2,78,915 units (including Jaguar Land Rover), registering a marginal 1 percent growth as compared to what the company sold during the October-December […]

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Retail Asia14/01/2021

The wait is nearly over as American electric carmaker Tesla is all set to set-up operations in India and zeroed down on Karnataka, as its preferred state to set-up its headquarters. The electric auto giant has registered its Indian subsidiary under the name ‘Tesla India Motors and Energy Private Ltd’, which was incorporated in Bengaluru […]

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Retail Asia13/01/2021

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highway (MoRTH) issued a notification about a week ago to the effect that Indian citizens can now renew their International Driving Permit (IDP) while they are abroad, in case their IDP expires. The new amendment allows Indian citizens to apply for renewal of their IDP through Indian embassies and […]

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Retail Asia11/01/2021

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India is likely to initiate production on the third line of its Gujarat Plant in the next two to three years. According to a recent report from PTI, the two-wheeler manufacturer took this step as demand has shrunk in the market due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company commenced the construction […]

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