manufacture

Retail Asia12/11/2018

Chinese consumer durables firm Midea aims to manufacture its products locally in the country by next year and is setting up a new facility in Pune at an investment of Rs 1,350 crore. “India is a strategic growth market and we expect our investments in this market to yield good growth. Considering the potential of […]

Retail Asia08/11/2018

Korea’s smartphone parts industry has been in decline. Squeezed by price-competitive Chinese producers and a saturated market, it is losing sales and workers. The difficulties faced by suppliers just add to Korea’s manufacturing concerns, as profits slump at automobile companies and as the semiconductor supercycle seems to be coming to an end. An analysis published […]

Retail Asia01/11/2018

Japan’s Honda Motor said Tuesday it was raising annual forecasts after first-half profits rose over 19 percent on motorcycles sales in Asia. Japan’s third largest automaker now expects net profit to reach 675 billion yen ($6 billion) for the fiscal year ending March, down from last year but a still an increase from its forecast […]

Retail Asia12/06/2018

Malaysia’s April manufacturing sales recorded a growth of 8.2% to RM65.5 billion compared with RM60.5 billion reported a year ago, according to the Statistics Department. The significant increase in sales value in April was due to the increase in electrical and electronics products (13.9%), petroleum, chemical, rubber and plastic products (6.3%) and food, beverages and […]

Retail Asia14/03/2018

Manufacturing sales in Malaysia soared 10.8% to RM67.8 billion in January this year compared with RM61.2 billion in the same month of 2017. The Department of Statistics said in a statement today the significant increase in sales value was due to increases in electrical and electronic products (14.3%); petroleum, chemical, rubber and plastic products (10.9%); and […]

Retail Asia11/01/2017

Pou Sheng International Ltd, a unit of the world’s largest producer of branded footwear, recorded the largest intraday plunge in its stock price since 2008, after firing its chief financial officer for publishing inaccurate sales figures, and announced the departure of its chief executive. Shares of the company tumbled as much as 37 per cent […]

Retail Asia26/12/2016

The Made In China label has become synonymous with cheap fabrics and fast fashion — but that’s changing just as quickly as the industry grew. As the country’s economy shifts from one of manufacturing to consumption, the quick and dirty goods so beloved by the West are likely to be made in other countries with […]

Retail Asia17/05/2016

Vietnamese manufacturers’ biggest rival is Thailand, experts say. The country exports a wide range of goods, from chicken to slippers, from cosmetics to electric cookers. Most recently, Central Group has acquired Big C at the price of $1.04 billion Figures show the flood of Thai goods in the Vietnamese market. 1.Vietnam spends $8.2 billion, or […]

Retail Asia29/03/2016

India is rising, not only as a new choice of relocating labour-intensive industries from China, but also as a retail market of good potential, says a research report by The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). In recent years, the sustained rise in production costs on the Chinese mainland has eroded the profit margins of […]

Retail Asia05/08/2015

Thai products can be seen everywhere, gradually replacing cheap Chinese low-quality goods on supermarkets’ shelves and at pavement shops. “In the past, Chinese motorbike accessories flooded the domestic market, but 70-80 percent of the products available in the market are from Thailand,” said Hai, a distributor of Michelin tires, a Thai brand well known in […]

Retail Asia14/07/2015

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions today announced its continued commitment to Singapore with an expanded manufacturing presence to include the SurePOS 700 series of POS systems. Known for delivering state of the art ODM/OEM products for Fortune 500 companies worldwide and for being a key player in the retail sector, Toshiba TEC Singapore Pte Ltd (TSE) […]

Tag: manufacture

Chinese white goods company Midea announces Rs 1,350 crore new plant in India

Smartphone parts makers struggling

Honda raises forecasts on solid motorbike sales

Manufacturing sector Malaysia posts RM65.5b sales in April 2018

January Malaysia manufacturing sales up 11% year-on-year

Shares of world’s largest footwear maker plunge on false sales data

‘Made in China’ label no longer cheap and nasty

The ‘Thai goods’ era’ has arrived

Hong Kong textile eye India as alternative production base to cut cost

Thai products flood Vietnam market

Toshiba Expands Retail Manufacturing in Singapore