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02/05/2024 Shopee races past other e-commerce rivals ( E-Tailing )
30/04/2024 TikTok, Facebook, and other foreign service providers pay $575M in taxes ( General )
29/04/2024 Sacombank assures no loss on $141M loan to Bamboo Airways ( General )
29/04/2024 Skype rolls out update with new features for both Android and iOS ( General )
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 )

Retail Asia21/05/2021

In today’s data-driven world, more organizations are investing in big data analytics to improve business performance and build business resiliency as the world experiences unprecedented digitalization. According to IDC, big data and analytics (BDA) spending in the Asia-Pacific region, has been on the rise. In 2020, revenue for BDA solutions reached US$22.6 billion, representing a […]

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Retail Asia05/05/2021

Vietnam is the largest gold market in Southeast Asia and among the top 10 markets in the world, a recent study has found. Last year consumer demand in Vietnam was 39.8 tons, higher than Indonesia’s 37.6 tons and Singapore’s 9.4 tons, according to the World Gold Council (WGC). Gold is the top asset class for […]

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Retail Asia18/03/2021

Economic stability, positive investor sentiment, strong demand, and a diverse range of products are keeping the property market robust. The assumption that Covid-19 would cause the market to slump has proven baseless, and market research aftermarket research shows property prices increasing across the board. Vietnam’s bright economic prospects and strategies adopted by many major property […]

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Retail Asia26/01/2021

AI and text analysis is being incorporated into every aspect of life. On social media, entertainment, work, marketing, and sports, automation is becoming more “human.” The result is less time spent doing tedious tasks and more energy to focus on developing ideas and drafting new strategies. The following are examples of where AI and text […]

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Retail Asia21/01/2021

Most real estate classes in Hanoi showed recovery signs in Q4 2020, but Covid-19 uncertainties continue to loom over the market this year. The retail category saw total supply in the last quarter increasing 1 percent year-on-year to 1.6 million square meters with the launch of the 36,000-square-meter Vincom Mega Mall Ocean Park in the […]

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Retail Asia31/12/2020

The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange is set to raise the minimum number of shares that can be transacted in order from 50 to 100. It had planned to effect the change on January 18, but after testing and interaction with securities companies it has decided to advance it by two weeks to January 4 […]

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Retail Asia09/06/2020

Online shopping in Singapore has surged since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Research from data and analytics firm GlobalData suggests the effect on the country’s e-commerce market will be long-lasting, estimated to reach US$9.5 billion this year. Previously, e-commerce grew at a compound annual growth rate of 15.4 percent between 2015 and 2019 to […]

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Retail Asia03/06/2020

JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. today announced the commencement of operations in the United States. JK Tyre has set up a new entity – Western Tires INC – based at Houston, Texas, thereby, embarking upon an aggressive plan to take the Global business to the next level. The company, headquartered in India, has been exporting […]

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Retail Asia06/03/2020

Unmanned checkout kiosks, mobile-scanned product details, fast-running fulfillment conveyor belts – these are just some of the features engaging customers at Freshippo, the New Retail-powered supermarket by Alibaba. Since launching in 2016, the chain has brought grocery shopping into the digital era and has soared in popularity with Chinese consumers thanks to its mobile-first shopping […]

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Retail Asia06/03/2020

Southeast Asian smartphone sales rose last year, bucking the global trend, according to new data from market research house GFK. Sales in the region rose by 1 percent last year to US$23 billion, amidst a 2-per-cent decline internationally, as global consumers tended to hold onto their phones longer. Around 97 million devices were purchased in […]

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Retail Asia21/02/2020

The Jasons Food Hall at Bangsar shopping centre in Kuala Lumpur is set to be replaced by a new concept from the country’s fast-growing independent grocery retail group The Food Purveyor. Geoff King, The Food Purveyor’s CEO, told Inside Retail Asia that his company hopes to take over the fixtures and the store space before […]

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Retail Asia07/02/2020

Bangkok’s world-famous Chatuchak Market has launched a satellite site in Singapore. A 40,000sqft pop-up market located at The Grandstand on Turf Club Road, it marks the first time Chatuchak has been convened outside of Thailand. The market opened this week and will remain trading until May 3. More than 400 vendors are trading at the […]

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Retail Asia31/12/2019

Global stock markets closing for Christmas break on Wednesday could reduce selling pressure from foreign investors and help the VN-Index recover, analysts say. With foreign investors have been net sellers for the majority of sessions in December, the Christmas break could ease selling pressure and help the VN-Index reach 958-961 points in the first few […]

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Retail Asia13/12/2019

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The world-famous Bangkok Chatuchak Market is set to open in Singapore, drawing an expected 600 Thai vendors. A 40,000sqft pop-up market will be open from February 4 to May 3 at The Grandstand on Turf Club Road. Between 30 and 50 Thai vendors will participate at the market each week on a rotational basis alongside […]

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Retail Asia15/11/2019

Used car marketplace Carro is eyeing a wholesale digital banking license in Singapore to expand its business. A car marketplace operator may not seem like a natural fit to apply for a digital banking license but it certainly does for Carro’s profitable subsidiary, Genie Financial Services. The license can beef up its underwriting capabilities for […]

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Retail Asia08/11/2019

Apple’s market share fell to 5.6 percent in September, its lowest level this year, with buyers apparently waiting for its next product. This kept its iPhone in fourth place, behind Xiaomi, which had a 10.7 percent share, according to a report by market research firm GfK. Samsung remained on top (40.7 percent) followed by Oppo […]

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Retail Asia25/10/2019

Vietnam’s motorbike sales fell the third straight quarter by 3.8 percent to 831,500 units in Q3. Sales for the top five brands, which account for around 95 percent of the market, had fallen 6.13 percent in the first quarter and 4.39 percent in the second, according to the Vietnam Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (VAMM). Honda […]

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Retail Asia25/10/2019

New research shows that global sales in the second-hand luxury market are expected to grow at an average rate of 12 percent year-on-year, compared to a 3 percent average for the core luxury market. The figures were released in a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Vestiaire Collective survey, entitled “Why Luxury Brands Should Celebrate the […]

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Retail Asia02/09/2019

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Lombard Odier is bullish about its onshore partnership strategy in Thailand, claiming that 80 percent of high net worth wealth remains onshore with local banks. The bank is bullish on Thailand’s wealth market, citing industry projections of 10-30 percent annual growth of high net worth individuals, depending on segmentation. Interestingly, the billionaire segment is expected […]

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Retail Asia02/09/2019

Amidst all the gloom in the automobile sector, Hyundai Motor India has found some cheer. The country’s second-largest car manufacturer has been able to increase its market share in July to 19.4 percent. This is the largest share of India’s car market that Hyundai has ever been able to command. That it comes at a […]

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