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Retail Asia01/02/2017

By 2019, 20% of local and regional governments in Indonesia will use IoT devices to turn infrastructure like roads, street lights, and traffic signals into assets instead of liabilities, IDC predicts. This year, however, it said 90% of Indonesian cities will fail to take full advantage of smart city data and digital assets due to […]

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Retail Asia01/02/2017

The Executive Director of PT Bandara Internasional Jawa Barat, Virda Dimas Ekaputra, said that the Chengdu administration of China has stated its interest in establishing direct flight to Kertajati Airport of West Java Province. “They were excited when they knew that the West Java administration was to build a new international airport in Kertajati of […]

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Retail Asia01/02/2017

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State-owned lender Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) last year posted a net profit of Rp25.8 trillion, up 2.18 percent from a year earlier. The profit growth was attributable to the banks prudential efforts as indicated by a rise in the ratio of reserves to non-performing loans to 170.53 percent in 2016 from 151 percent in 2015. […]

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Retail Asia01/02/2017

State-owned Indonesia Eximbank will play a pivotal role in boosting small and medium enterprise (SME) exports through export based people’s business credit (Kurbe) and an incubator program. Indonesia Eximbank acting president director Suswijono Moegiarso said it already disbursed Rp 1 trillion (US$74.95 million) Kurbe in 2016, a cross subsidy between big debtors and SMEs. For 2017, […]

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Retail Asia31/01/2017

Garuda Indonesia will operate Boeing 737-800 to serve Sorong-Jakarta route, in order to increase its service to the people in Papua. The state-owned airline company’s Sorong sales manager Radhitya Prastanika said here on Monday that the service is scheduled to begin early in April. He stated that Garuda Indonesia wished to support the government in […]

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Retail Asia31/01/2017

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Bank Indonesia (BI) has warned unlicensed non-bank money changers to apply for a license during the ongoing transition period as a requirement to operate legally. The central bank has imposed the transition period since Oct. 6 last year when it issued a regulation and circular concerning the licensing requirement. The unlicensed money changers were given […]

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Retail Asia26/01/2017

The national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia Airlines has continued to focus on renegotiating contracts and implementing Good Corporate Governance (GCG), despite an alleged involvement of the airline’s ex-president Emirsyah Satar in aircraft engine purchase graft case. “It doesn’t interfere because Garuda had been focusing on GCG, contract renegotiation and cost efficiency since the last two […]

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Retail Asia26/01/2017

The government and state owned enterprises have sent a strong signal that they will strengthen the role of Tanjung Priok Port as an international trade hub, taking over a slice of the transshipment market currently dominated by Singapore. Transportation Ministry Director General for Sea Transportation Antonius Tonny Budiono said the government and state-owned port firms, […]

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Retail Asia26/01/2017

Mercedes-Benz Distribution Indonesia (MDI), the local distribution arm of German car manufacturer Daimler AG, launched on Tuesday the fifth generation of its mid-size luxury sedan E-Class. The sedan is assembled from the completely knocked-down (CKD) version in its Wanaherang plant, following an earlier move to introduce the completely built-up (CBU) version last August. MDI president […]

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Retail Asia26/01/2017

The lands and waters we now know as Indonesia used to be under the influence of Hindu empires (prior to the expansion of Islam in the Archipelago after the 1200s). However, on most Indonesian islands this Hindu chapter has been erased, either by time or conquest, from the Archipelago’s history. The only exception being the […]

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Retail Asia26/01/2017

Electronics giant Panasonic Corp. is seeking to sell up to 50 percent more TVs in Indonesia this year by offering online shopping and a greater variety of models. The company’s TV sales have been stagnant for three years. “We hope this year we can sell around 250,000 to 300,000 units,” said Erwin Lim, a Panasonic […]

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Retail Asia25/01/2017

Indonesia’s retail/media conglomerate CT Corp is partnering with cinema companies to open movie theatres in its retail complexes. CT retail arm Trans Retail has announced a partnership with Graha Layar Prima, which runs the Korean-owned CGV cinema chain (formerly known as Blitz Megaplex), to develop cinemas at CT’s Transmart Carrefour stores across Indonesia. Launched last […]

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Retail Asia25/01/2017

Indonesia’s Indosat Ooredoo has entered an alliance to provide a range of enterprise services combining its products with satellite connectivity from Thuraya. Under the agreement, new services will be developed using Indosat SIMs roaming on the Thuraya network, as well as satellite services bundled with Indosat Ooredoo digital applications. In the near future, the partners […]

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Retail Asia24/01/2017

Supermal Karawaci, one of the largest mall entertainment center in Western Jakarta, has launched an interactive mobile application that would allow retailers to offer personalized content and engage with customers better. The 125,000-square-meter retail destination in Banten Province, West of Jakarta has over 1,000 retail stores and outlets, three cinemas and the largest Timezone arcade […]

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Retail Asia24/01/2017

Digital transformation will attain macroeconomic scale in Indonesia over the next 2-3 years, according to new predictions from IDC. The analyst firm says this will change the way enterprises operate and reshape the global economy. IDC calls this as the dawn of the DX Economy. “As digital transformation reaches macroeconomic levels, a DX economy will […]

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Retail Asia24/01/2017

Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency that uses cryptography to make transactions anonymous, has penetrated deeper into the Indonesian market even though there is currently no legal umbrella for the currency’s use in the country. Bitcoin Indonesia currently has 250,000 members, up from 80,000 at the end of 2015, with a daily transaction value of Rp 20 billion […]

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Retail Asia24/01/2017

Chief Executive of Citilink Indonesia Albert Burhan said the airline would focus on expanding flights to eastern Indonesia this year. Albert said there are potential routes to eastern Indonesia, which have not attracted other airlines. “There will be plan to open routes to other areas in Papua, but we start from Jayapura. In 2017 we […]

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Retail Asia23/01/2017

The district administration of Raja Ampat in West Papua Province will organize various festivals to lure tourists to the island. The planned festivals will be part of the tourism campaign for the region, according to the Head of Raja Ampat tourism office, Yusdi Lamatenggo, on Saturday (Jan. 21). This years list of festivals include a […]

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Retail Asia23/01/2017

Jumping on the bandwagon of local cell phone production, newly-founded cooperative Koperasi Digital Indonesia Mandiri (KDIM) on Friday started the production of a locally built smartphone under the brand of Digicoop. The smartphone is set to bolster the domestic cell phone market currently dominated by big players, especially foreign manufacturers. The initial model comes with […]

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Retail Asia23/01/2017

Bali is expected to attract 40 percent of the total target of 15 million foreign tourists to Indonesia in 2017. The province has been given a bigger portion than other regions because it still remains the prime destination for foreign tourists, according to the Assistant Deputy for Tourism Human Resource Development, Wisnu Bawa Tarunajaya, on […]

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