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24/04/2024 FPT and Nvidia to build $200M AI factory in Vietnam ( Electronics )
23/04/2024 Google Meet now lets users make annotations during presentations ( General )
22/04/2024 WhatsApp testing scheduling feature for easier event management in Communities ( General )
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Retail Asia13/03/2024

When she began pursuing her master’s degree at Melbourne University, Tran Thi Phuong did not anticipate how challenging it would be for her to secure a job after graduation. The 27-year-old Vietnamese woman has now lost track of the number of job applications she has submitted. Her two years of experience at the auditing firm […]

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Retail Asia02/08/2023

Amid a season of low recruitment demand due to economic challenges, companies are still headhunting for experienced and high-skilled IT staff to speed up their digital transformation. Although many companies are scaling down their payroll, demand for IT experts remains high with the most popular recruitment positions being business administration, software development, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, […]

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Retail Asia02/06/2023

The mass layoffs that began last year amid a market decline continue in the struggling property sector, with major developers and brokerages downsizing their sales teams to survive. Property developer Dat Xanh Group laid off 1,384 people in the first quarter after letting go 3,191 in the previous one. Its brokerage subsidiary, Dat Xanh Services, […]

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Retail Asia05/05/2021

Technology continues to play a dominant role in the development of financial services in Singapore with related functions accounting for more than a quarter of job opportunities in the sector. Technology will continue to lead hiring demand in 2021, according to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), with 1,700 hiring opportunities such opportunities within the financial sector. This accounts […]

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Retail Asia12/04/2021

Two years after opening his garment factory in Myanmar, Li Dongliang is on the verge of closing down and laying off his 800 remaining workers. The business had been struggling because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but after a February 1 coup that sparked mass protests and a deadly crackdown – during which his factory was set […]

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Retail Asia21/07/2020

HSBC’s cost-saving drive is reportedly set to accelerate even in its most profitable markets in Asia following the departure of its global head of equities. Hossein Zaimi is leaving HSBC, according to a report citing two unnamed sources, after joining the bank more than 16 years ago. Zaimi also took on the additional role of co-head […]

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Retail Asia25/05/2020

Retail-solutions consultancy IDA’SG is launching a niche job portal for fashion, beauty and lifestyle retail firms in Singapore. Called, MyBrands SG, the platform will launch on July 3 and is designed to enhance skill matching in the city’s retail industry. “With the launch of Mybrands.sg, we hope to help brands become more effective and efficient […]

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Retail Asia17/12/2019

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Thousands of stores will close and 5600 jobs will be lost as Hong Kong retailers try to recover from a “severe” sales decline brought on by social unrest and declining mainland visitor numbers, according to a survey by the Hong Kong Retail Management Association. Conducted between October 29 and November 22, the survey revealed that […]

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Retail Asia09/12/2019

Due to «unprecedented circumstances» British lender, HSBC is giving its Hong Kong employees an extra day off in 2020. The bank employs about 21,000 people in the city. In a gesture of encouragement as six months of continuing street protests have roiled the financial hub, British bank HSBC is giving its Hong Kong employees an […]

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Retail Asia12/08/2019

Japanese auto giant Nissan announced earlier this week that it will downsize its workforce globally by firing 12,500 employees. This includes the manufacturer’s India operations as well. A report by ETAuto now states that over 1700 employees from the Indian subsidiary will be axed from the company, contributing 13.68 per cent to the total job cuts. However, […]

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Retail Asia08/08/2019

A Ford plant that produced transmissions in southwestern France shut down for good on Wednesday after the carmaker brushed aside efforts save some operations at the facility that had employed up to 3,600 people. The factory in Blanquefort, outside Bordeaux, was scheduled to close on July 31 but “people arrived this morning and were told to […]

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Retail Asia05/02/2019

Only 36 per cent of disabled persons in India are employed, of which 90 per cent are in the unorganized sector, said a new report by Trust for Retailers & Retail Associates of India (TRRAIN) here on Wednesday. The report – ‘Disability Employment: Indian Retail Changing Equations’ – said that as per Census 2011, the […]

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Retail Asia30/01/2019

GM Korea’s union is planning to request further government support for employees who took unpaid leave after the shutdown of the Gunsan manufacturing plant last year. The decision, outlined in a follow-up document detailing a GM Korea union meeting held on Jan. 22, could go back on the original arrangement with the company to share […]

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Retail Asia29/01/2019

Cracks are opening in China’s mighty economy: investors are backing away from deals, factories are moving abroad and companies are shedding jobs. The world’s second-largest economy is losing steam, hitting its slowest growth in almost three decades last year, and flagging further in recent months. While gross domestic product grew at 6.6% in 2018 – […]

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Retail Asia29/01/2019

Vietnam has for the first time entered the Bloomberg Innovation Index of the world’s 60 most innovative economies. It scored 45.92 out of 100 in the 2019 index. Other new entrants include India, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. Bloomberg said: “The index analyzes dozens of criteria using seven metrics, including research and development spending, manufacturing capability and […]

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Retail Asia24/01/2019

J.Crew chairman and former-chief executive Millard “Mickey” Drexler has stepped down from his position to focus on other interests, including the development of investment business Dexler Ventures, LLC. Chad Leat has been elected as chairman effective immediately. Drexler is set to continue to serve as a strategic advisor to the company’s board and CEO. Drexler […]

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Retail Asia21/01/2019

Japan is expected to receive more Vietnamese workers this year, having become the most attractive labor export market in 2018. Last year marked the first time Japan became the most popular destination for Vietnamese migrant workers with over 68,700 people finding jobs there, beating Taiwan with nearly 60,400 people and South Korea with over 6,500, […]

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Retail Asia09/01/2019

With Vietnamese banks reporting substantial profits last year many of their employees are expecting higher Lunar New Year bonuses. The banking sector’s overall profit before tax increased by 40 percent year-on-year, according to the National Financial Supervisory Commission. Vietcombank, the largest bank by market capitalization, said in a recent report that its consolidated pre-tax profit […]

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Retail Asia04/01/2019

Contractors should look to neighbouring Singapore and Sarawak for jobs, as a slowdown in award of contracts is expected in 2019, according to Hong Leong Investment Bank (HLIB). The research house said in a note that contract flows are expected to slowdown on the back of slight year-on-year (y-o-y) decline of 0.4% in development expenditure […]

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Retail Asia03/01/2019

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IT firms are offering artificial intelligence (AI) engineers salaries of $22,000 a year, but are still struggling to recruit enough people. IT recruiting firm TopDev said in a recent report that companies are having difficulty finding the right people due to a paucity of talents. Salaries are going up as a result. An AI/machine learning engineer […]

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