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Retail Asia07/06/2018

Singaporean food brand Old Chang Kee has opened its first British outpost – in London’s Covent Garden. Old Chang Kee has more than 100 outlets across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia. It made its first curry puff in 1956 and now sells more than 1.5 million of them a month worldwide. When Old Chang Kee ran a […]

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Retail Asia17/05/2018

imageHOLDERS showcased their innovative iPad tablet kiosks and retail POS systems at Retail Business Technology Exhibition 2018 at London Olympia. Attendees who visited imageHOLDERS at RBTE were able to experience the diverse range of POS, loyalty and employee management kiosks imageHOLDERS offer. imageHOLDERS launched their new Integrator Pro 15, an all in one POS self-service […]

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Retail Asia14/05/2018

Dunhill describes the launch of its new Dunhill London store in Hong Kong’s IFC Mall as “a strategic milestone” in the brand’s evolution and global expansion. “A new language of retail design builds an engaging visual conversation, where an open and clean space showcases the best of British luxury menswear in an understated, relevant and […]

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Retail Asia18/01/2018

“The most beautiful shop in the world . . .” – that is how Esquire magazine described the wood-paneled splendour of the London premises of John Lobb’s store in St. James’s Street, which has been traditionally the home of coffee houses, gentlemen’s clubs and elegant outfitters; a mecca for the noble and the fashionable for centuries. […]

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Retail Asia17/11/2017

Bond Street in London is the new entry in the podium of the highest rents globally, after overtaking the Champs Elysées in Paris. Property firm Cushman & Wakefield released the new list this week and said that Upper Fifth Avenue in New York stays top ($3,000 per square foot) with Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay next ($2,725). After Bond Street […]

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Retail Asia28/09/2017

Luxury men’s footwear and accessories brand Harrys of London has plans to enter India. Its first outlet will be in Delhi, followed by Mumbai early next year. Founded in 2001 and with stores in more than 20 countries, Harrys of London is seeking franchise partners in India. “India is an important market for us with […]

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Retail Asia16/05/2017

Philippine Airlines is to increase capacity on its London to Manila route. The airline is replacing its 254-seat Airbus A340 to a 370-seat Boeing 777 from mid-December. It will also take delivery of six new Airbus A350-900s over the next two years, one of which will serve the London route. From June 8 the airline […]

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Retail Asia10/05/2017

Travel fare aggregator website Skyscanner has completed the world’s first in-flight hackathon on an 80-hour trip between Hong Kong and London. A total of 32 entrepreneurs, engineers and designers took place in the hackathon, which commenced on May 5 and involved the use of Skyskanner’s Flights API. The hackathon also gave participants access to Skyscanner’s […]

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Retail Asia31/01/2017

Malaysian long haul low cost airline AirAsia X is planning to dry lease two 777-300ERs from 2Q2017 to support the resumption of services to London Gatwick in Jun-2017. Its joint venture airline in Thailand is also aiming to launch long haul services to Europe in summer 2017 with a new route to Frankfurt, using the […]

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Retail Asia25/01/2017

AirAsia X will return to London this summer with direct flights out of klia2, AirAsia group CEO Tony Fernandes told media on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week. Additionally, Fernandes said that Frankfurt will be added to the list of destinations for the long-haul arm of the Malaysian-based low-cost […]

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Retail Asia10/01/2017

Baiduri Bank received the coveted Bank of The Year award from The Banker magazine, during an award ceremony in London. This achievement marks the fourth international banking award this year for Baiduri Bank. This is also the eleventh time that the bank has received this particular award. The Banker’s 17th annual Bank of The Year awards […]

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Retail Asia10/01/2017

China has launched its first UK-bound freight train from the city of Yiwu in Zhejiang province to London. The train, which is jointly operated by the Yiwu government and China Railway Container Transport Corp., Ltd., a subsidiary of the state-owned China Railway Corporation, set off from Yiwu West Station and will leave China at Alanshankou, […]

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Retail Asia25/11/2016

Malaysia’s AirAsia X is considering the lease of A350s or 777-300ERs in 2017 to accelerate its return to Europe. A new widebody type will add cost and complexity but is necessary if the medium/long haul low cost airline is to meet its objective of relaunching London as soon as possible. AirAsia X had been planning […]

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Retail Asia16/11/2016

The highly anticipated Finance Magnates London Summit kicked off today at The Brewery in the heart of the online trading industry. For five years now Finance Magnates has been hosting the prestigious event that has seen over two thousand attendees on an annual basis. 2016 has been a very unique year for the foreign exchange and […]

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Retail Asia02/11/2016

Indonesian Muslim fashion brand Elzatta Dauky by Elhijab successfully penetrated the UK market at the Muslim Lifestyle Expo in Manchester city over the weekend. “Elzatta Dauky is participating in this exhibition for the second time, having appeared previously at the Indonesian Weekend,” the companys Head of Brand Strategy Ina Binandari said here on Tuesday. In […]

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Retail Asia26/10/2016

Current retail thinking that the high and the low ends are driving the industry has gotten a boost from CBRE Group. High street rents are off the charts worldwide, according to company’s just-released Global Retail Rents report. Rents in prime shopping locations during the second quarter were up 30% in Rome, 24%, 20% in Milan, […]

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Retail Asia08/09/2016

Low-earth-orbit satellite network operator startup LeoSat Enterprises has signed up its first customer – a globally operating financial trading company. LeoSat is building a constellation of up to 108 low-earth-orbit communications satellites that aim to provide fiber-like speeds with lower latency than traditional satellite and terrestrial networks. The financial trading company customer plans to take […]

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Retail Asia31/05/2016

A two-day tourism event called “Indonesian Weekend” held in Potters Fields Park, London, Great Britain, on May 28 to 29 was considered successful in promoting the Wonderful Indonesia brand, an official stated. The Indonesian Weekend was part of the Wonderful Indonesia brand awareness campaign, Nia Niscaya, assistant to a deputy in the tourism ministry, noted […]

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Retail Asia28/04/2016

Ikea’s first pick-up and order point in China is currently being built in Wenzhou and is expected to officially open at the beginning of this summer. Ikea PUP store is a new model established by the company in 2015. With an area of about 1,800 square meters, the Ikea Wenzhou PUP store will display about […]

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Retail Asia01/04/2016

In a bid to strengthen its business expansion and nation branding in Europe, Garuda Indonesia today has inaugurated flight service to Heathrow Airport, London. Earlier, since September 2014, Garuda Indonesia has opened flight service to Gatwick Airport, London. “London Heathrow is the world’s 6th busiest airport with high passenger traffic. Garuda Indonesia’s service in the […]

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