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26/04/2024 Changi Airport Group awards OUE tender for lease and development of new hotel at Changi Airport Terminal 2 ( General )
26/04/2024 Korean Air to launch new route to Macau ( General )
26/04/2024 WhatsApp is working on an option to stop notifications when someone reacts to your status updates ( General )
24/04/2024 Puma to launch compostable shoes after a two-year pilot project ( Fashion )
24/04/2024 7-Eleven eyes 100,000 stores globally by 2030 ( General )
24/04/2024 Vietnam tops Southeast Asia in number of Apple suppliers ( Electronics )
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 )
22/04/2024 EU set to approve Apple’s plan to open its NFC technology for rivals ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is considering a manufacturing facility in Indonesia ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Google Maps to show alternate transit and walking directions along with driving routes ( General )
17/04/2024 Apple releases iOS 17.5 beta 2 giving EU iPhone users more unique capabilities ( E-Tailing )
17/04/2024 WhatsApp rolls out new chat filters to help you locate unread and group conversations ( General )

Retail Asia08/04/2024

Holding a high school diploma from Canada and a university degree in Chinese commerce language from China, Tat Dat has faced difficulties securing a fulfilling job upon his return to Vietnam. After moving back to his hometown of northern Quang Ninh province in 2022, it took him four months and over 20 job applications to […]

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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 Asia02/06/2023

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 Asia10/05/2023

LinkedIn, the social media network owned by Microsoft that focuses on business professionals, said on Monday it would cut 716 jobs as demand wavers, while also shutting down its China-focused job application. LinkedIn, which has 20,000 employees, has grown revenue each quarter during the last year, but it joins other major technology companies including its parent […]

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Retail Asia28/02/2023

At the age of 30 Thu Thuy became the head of her department with a high salary but quit two years later as there was little work-life balance. The 32-year-old, who lives in Ho Chi Minh City, says: “I’m the best employee in any company I work for.” Two years ago, when she was promoted […]

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Retail Asia12/01/2023

The monthly income of people in jobs averaged VND6.7 million (US$283.8) last year, up 16%, from 2021, the General Statistics Office said Tuesday. Incomes rose in all sectors as growth was broad-based. The biggest rise, of 17.6% and equivalent to more than VND1.1 million, was in industry and construction. It was followed by services (15.4%, VND1 […]

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Retail Asia05/01/2023

Amazon.com’s layoffs will now stretch to more than 18,000 roles as part of a workforce reduction it previously disclosed, Chief Executive Andy Jassy said in a public staff note on Wednesday. The layoff decisions, which Amazon will communicate starting January 18, will largely impact the company’s e-commerce and human-resources organizations, he said. The cuts amount […]

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Retail Asia23/05/2022

This month’s crypto crash is unlikely to keep graduates, drawn to blockchain, from continuing their careers in crypto. With top-notch master’s degrees in banking and finance from the University of St Gallen, Markus Geissler (27) and Bastian Wetzel (26) would be prime catches for a bank or financial institution. However, they rejected offers from major financial establishments, each joining a […]

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Retail Asia28/04/2022

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Germany’s BMW plans to create up to 6,000 new jobs next year to prepare for growing demand for its electric vehicles, the carmaker’s chief executive told daily Muenchner Merkur. BMW is on a very good path through the transformation and has its plants prepared for e-mobility, Oliver Zipse was quoted as saying in an interview […]

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Retail Asia23/02/2022

HSBC’s turned a profit in 2021. Planned job cuts are not expected to affect the client business. The Swiss subsidiary of British financial group HSBC reported a pre-tax profit of $44 million last year, more than reversing the previous year’s loss of $16 million, according to the bank’s annual report. The wealth & personal banking division […]

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Retail Asia19/01/2022

Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal on Tuesday said India is on the path of encouraging ease of doing business and stressed that the government is production-minded and not revenue-minded. In a tweet, Agarwal said trust, talent, and technology are the cornerstones of development. ”We fully agree with PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji at #DavosAgenda that it’s […]

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Retail Asia10/01/2022

Germany’s BMW plans to create up to 6,000 new jobs next year to prepare for the growing demand for its electric vehicles, the carmaker’s chief executive said. BMW is on a very good path through the transformation and has its plants prepared for e-mobility, Oliver Zipse was quoted as saying in an interview published on […]

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Retail Asia09/07/2021

Singapore’s OCBC has created more than 50 sustainability-related jobs over the last two years as part of a broader plan to internally promote the space. The 50 jobs span across sustainable business development, sustainable product development, sustainability research, ESG assessment, ESG reporting, ESG regulatory and compliance, sustainable stewardship, and community development and environmental conservation programs, according to a statement. This […]

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Retail Asia07/07/2021

If funded, about 13,000 renewable energy projects proposed in nearly 50 countries could slash emissions and create work, researchers find. From offshore wind farms in Britain to floating solar power plants in Vietnam, about 13,000 renewable energy projects in nearly 50 countries are waiting for finance – and could create up to 10 million green […]

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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 Asia18/03/2021

Forty-five percent of Vietnamese are worried about losing their jobs to machines in the future, a survey has found. Most respondents, 83 percent, think technology would change their jobs in the next 3-5 years, and 90 percent think that would happen in the next 6-10 years, according to the survey by global accounting giant PwC, […]

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Retail Asia10/03/2021

Standard Chartered unveiled growth targets for its Greater Bay Area business, including the addition of nearly 1,000 new jobs. The Asia-focused British lender will grow its Greater Bay Area (GBA) headcount from 1,4000 now to 2,500 in 2023, according to its chief for the 11-city cluster Anthony Lin. The expansion includes a $40 million investment in […]

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Retail Asia06/11/2020

Vietnam’s labor export has plunged this year due to pandemic imposed travel restrictions and fear of contracting the virus abroad. The number of Vietnamese leaving abroad for work in the first nine months fell 59 percent year-on-year to just over 42,800, according to the overseas labor department. Japan and Taiwan, the largest and second-largest foreign […]

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Retail Asia31/07/2020

Standard Chartered will kick off a fresh round of job cuts, joining rivals that have resumed reductions amid an economically crippling coronavirus pandemic. The London-headquartered lender will cut several hundred jobs globally, according to a report citing unnamed sources without additional details. A small number of roles are being made redundant in line with our commitment […]

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Retail Asia21/07/2020

AirAsia Philippines said ticket sales were increasing as it gradually ramped up operations and offered flexible rebooking options amid the new coronavirus pandemic. The budget carrier, part of Malaysia’s AirAsia Group, said June ticket sales rose by 30 percent versus May, when major cites around the Philippines were still under lockdown rules. “AirAsia’s road to […]

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