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Retail Asia11/12/2017

JDA Software Group, Inc. and SATO today announced a new alliance representing JDA’s first Japanese hardware partnership as the company expands its presence in Japan. The technology partnership will combine JDA Warehouse Management and JDA® Warehouse Labor Management with SATO’s Visual Warehouse Solution to help customers take advantage of digitalization technologies such as the Internet […]

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Retail Asia07/12/2017

Express freight specialist DHL Express has become the first operator to accept an Airbus A330-300 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) converted aircraft from Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the joint venture between Singapore-based ST Aerospace and Airbus. DHL Express has ordered eight A330-300P2Fs, with options for a further 10. The handover at EFW’s conversion facilities in Dresden, Germany followed the completion of […]

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Retail Asia06/12/2017

FedEx expects says it expects to handle 380-400million packages on its global network between Black Friday (24 November) and Christmas Eve. It also predicts that it will more than double its average daily volume of 13 million shipments on three Mondays over the Christmas period. It attributes the surge to e-commerce-savvy consumers making more last-minute […]

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Retail Asia30/11/2017

DHL expects to invest nearly RM 1.5 billion (US$364 million) between now and 2020 to further develop its IT Services Data Center in Cyberjaya, creating further opportunities for emerging IT talent in Malaysia and around the region. The IT Services Data Center has provided critical IT infrastructure, business application development and support initially for the […]

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Retail Asia28/11/2017

Global freight and logistics company DHL has confirmed its investment to the Airport Authority Hong Kong for the latter’s expansion plan for the Central Asia Hub, the Handy Shipping Guide reports. A plan foreseen to take years to complete, the amount invested is reported to be worth $395 million, bringing its total infrastructural investment to more than $613 million […]

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Retail Asia27/11/2017

DHL Express has announced a €335m expansion plan for its Central Asia Hub (CAH). The expansion will bring DHL’s commitment to the strategic hub to over €520m. As one of three global hubs for DHL, the expanded CAH will continue to act as the core hub of the DHL Express global and Asia Pacific regional […]

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Retail Asia27/11/2017

DHL eCommerce has launched ServicePoints networks in key Asian markets. In a statement issued today (24 November), DHL eCommerce said that it has established a network of more than 200 ServicePoints in Thailand – which will enable commerce sellers to ship nationwide and for online shoppers to conveniently pick-up their orders. DHL added that over 1,000 ServicePoints […]

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Retail Asia20/11/2017

Intense pricing competition resulted in losses. Singapore Post’s (SingPost) logistics segment went into the red as operating profits turned into a loss of $4.2m in Q2. According to Maybank Kim Eng, even excluding provisions, the operating profit would have been $1m, which is much lower than the operating profit of $5m for 1Q2017. The segment […]

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Retail Asia20/11/2017

DHL Express has announced that it will launch an approximate HK$2.9 billion expansion plan for its Central Asia Hub (CAH), in partnership with Airport Authority Hong Kong. This multi-year expansion brings DHL’s commitment for this strategic hub to approximately HK$4.5 billion. The expansion follows the CAHs record of an average 12% year-on-year growth in its […]

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Retail Asia16/11/2017

At least four logistics providers, including the biggest player, Singapore Post, could be involved in the open network of parcel lockers that the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) called for yesterday in its plan to make deliveries more efficient. The pilot will go live in the second half of next year, involving some 75 lockers […]

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Retail Asia16/11/2017

The e-commerce boom continued to prop up earnings at Singapore Post (SingPost), although it on Tuesday posted a fall in second-quarter profits, in the absence of a previous one-off gain. Net profit slipped by 9.5 per cent on the previous year, to S$28.47 million for the three months to Sept 30. But, with exceptional items […]

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Retail Asia16/11/2017

DHL has announced a £300 million expansion of its strategic Central Asia Hub in Hong Kong to bolster regional trade. The expansion brings DHL’s commitment to this strategic hub to over £465 million, making it the largest infrastructural investment by DHL Express in Asia Pacific to date. Its announcement comes as the Central Asian Hub […]

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Retail Asia08/11/2017

The redeveloped SingPost Centre in Paya Lebar was officially launched on Monday (Oct 9) with the first “smart” post office and a new FairPrice supermarket that will serve as a testing ground for new initiatives in retail technology. Located next to the Paya Lebar MRT station, the centre houses a shopping centre, the country’s largest […]

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Retail Asia04/11/2017

Kerry Logistics Network Limited was named a winner of the Listed Enterprises of the Year 2017 by Bloomberg Businessweek/Chinese Edition for the second year running in recognition for its outstanding performance. Kerry Logistics is the only logistics company to receive this title. Organised by Bloomberg Businessweek/Chinese Edition, the award presentation ceremony was joined and supported […]

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Retail Asia02/11/2017

On October 14th, 2017, Bolloré Logistics Vietnam attended the graduation ceremony of Passerelles numériques (PN) Vietnam students. The Passerelles numériques Vietnam NGO program was launched in 2010 in Da Nang, a city identified as a high potential area for Information Technology (IT) sector development. Bolloré Logistics Vietnam is supporting the organization through donations since early […]

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Retail Asia02/11/2017

Yang Kee Logistics Pte Ltd has announced that it has entered into a Scheme Implementation Agreement with New Zealand Exchange Mainboard listed company, Fliway Group Ltd. This will be Yang Kee’s second major Oceania acquisition this year with the support of International Enterprise (IE) Singapore. The acquisition value of S$52.1 million for 100 per cent […]

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Retail Asia02/11/2017

FedEx Express has announced the expansion of its SenseAware service in Asia Pacific. The launch in South Korea will help strengthen FedEx healthcare solutions and support the rising logistics demands of the burgeoning healthcare sector in the region. Healthcare is one of the world’s largest industry, with a value three times greater than the banking sector, […]

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Retail Asia30/10/2017

Singapore-based, multinational shipping and logistics pioneer, Phee Group, has established Phee Central, a 60,000 square feet logistics centre in Myanmar to cater to a diverse array of logistics needs from businesses in the growing market. It is breaking into this new business segment after having specialised in freight forwarding for over 24 years in Myanmar. […]

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Retail Asia25/10/2017

Southeast Asia is on the verge of a logistics “boom” thanks to e-commerce, but will require huge investment in cities and last-mile networks to cope, says Pierre Poignant, the man behind the systems that keep Alibaba-owned Lazada moving. Mr Poignant, chief operating officer, said the Singapore-based marketplace, for its part, would continue to bet on […]

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Retail Asia24/10/2017

The U-Freight Group (UFL) has seen its North American E-commerce Fulfillment Centre (EFC) being named as one of the most valuable by the China Cross Border Electronic Commerce Professional Committee. Diana Peng, vice president of the Hong Kong-based freight forwarding and logistics company UFL received the award at the recent Global E-Commerce Conference held during […]

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