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Retail Asia04/02/2019
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Finance

Chinese outbound tourists powering mobile payment growth

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Chinese outbound tourists are taking China’s mobile payment industry to foreign markets, according to Nielsen. The research company’s report, 2018 Trends for Mobile Payment in Chinese Outbound Tourism, shows that mobile payment transactions by surveyed Chinese tourists surpassed the percentage paid with cash for the first time. Nearly 70 per cent of Chinese tourists paid with […]
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Retail Asia24/01/2019
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Research

Tourists devote a quarter of budget to shopping

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Retail shopping continues to be the largest expense for tourists from China, according to a survey from Nielsen and Alipay, accounting for almost a quarter of total spend. The 2018 trends of Chinese mobile payment in outbound tourism survey revealed that retail spending took up 24.6 per cent of Chinese tourists average spend, followed by […]
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Retail Asia04/07/2018
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General

Vietnamese consumers among world’s most positive

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Vietnamese consumer confidence index achieved its highest score in the last decade, placing it as the fourth most optimistic country in the world, according to market research firm Nielsen. The index reached 124 points in the first quarter of 2018, up 9 points over the same period last year. “The great economic growth across industries, combined […]
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Retail Asia06/06/2018
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Electronics

Samsung tops Asia’s top 1000 brands ranking

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Samsung again tops Asia’s Top 1000 Brands list, produced by Campaign Asia-Pacific and Nielsen. In its 15th year, the list again has Apple at second place. Rounding out the top 10 are Panasonic (up two spots), Sony (down one place), Nestle (down one), LG, Google (up six), Chanel, Nike (down two) and Philips (up 10). While the […]
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Retail Asia06/03/2018
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E-Tailing

Mobile payments preferred, says survey

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Chinese tourists are taking their cashless lifestyle overseas, preferring mobile payments for shopping, says a new Nielsen/Alipay survey. Their joint Outbound Chinese Tourism and Consumption Trends: 2017 Survey provides analysis and insights into consumption and payment behaviours as well as assessing trends. Unlike similar studies, the report focuses on the use of mobile payment platforms by Chinese […]
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Retail Asia24/02/2017
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General

Vietnam now ranks among the world’s top 5 most optimistic nations

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Vietnamese consumers’ higher confidence late last year has helped lift the country to be among the world’s five most optimistic nations, Nielsen said. The ranking is measured for the fourth quarter of 2016, with Vietnam’s Consumer Confidence Index moving up five percentage points from the July-September quarter to a score of 112, the global information and measurement company […]
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Retail Asia13/02/2017
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Fashion

Chinese consumers crave premium products

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Chinese consumers are increasingly craving premium-tier products to underscore their success, says Nielsen China. The market research company defines premium-tier products as items that cost at least 20 per cent more than the average price for the category. The global information company’s retail sales data, which covers major retail chains, shows that factors on both […]
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Retail Asia06/12/2016
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General

Mainland role for Hong Kong retail

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While there are fewer of them, visitors from Mainland China are still vital to Hong Kong retail, says a new report from analyst Nielsen. It says Hong Kong has 42.8 million mainland visitors every year, representing 75 per cent of its total tourists and generating 35 per cent of retail sales. In the past 12 […]
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Retail Asia09/11/2016
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General

Indonesian consumers regain confidence in Q3

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Indonesian consumer confidence rose again in the third quarter of this year in line with their increasing confidence for the government’s recent economic policies, global research company Nielsen revealed on Wednesday. According to Nielsen’s Global Consumer Confidence Survey, the Indonesian consumer confidence index increased by three points to 122 in the third quarter from the […]
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Retail Asia01/06/2016
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General

Indonesian retailers making sales again

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Following a lacklustre trading year, Indonesian retailers are starting to find their sales figures turning around. Electronics, automotive parts and clothes have all seen an uptick in demand, reports The Jakarta Post. Ramayana Lestari Sentosa, which runs department stores for low- to middle-income consumers, has targeted its sale to grow by 7 per cent this […]
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Retail Asia23/05/2016
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E-Tailing

Baidu Wallet launches Southeast Asia foray

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China’s Baidu Wallet has launched its mobile payment service in Thailand, on the eve of the traditional Thai new-year celebration Songkran. Part of the Baidu search-engine group, the digital payment service is now connected to more than 400 merchants in four Thai cities – Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pattaya and Phuket. It covers restaurants, shopping malls […]
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Retail Asia26/10/2015
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Research

Corner stores still dominate Asia retail

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In Asia retail, the humble corner store is an essential ally to fast-moving consumer goods in the battle for market share and customer loyalty, according to a new report from global performance management company, Nielsen. The whitepaper, Maximising Traditions – The Shop. Shopper. Shopkeeper, argues that a better understanding of this fragmented yet ubiquitous traditional […]
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Retail Asia23/10/2015
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Research

How should retailers prepare for this holiday season?

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E-commerce presents enormous opportunity for retailers. Hong Kong’s 2014 sales value of Internet retailing, excluding tax, was HK$1.5 billion (Hong Kong Trade Development Council), and it is estimated to increase to HK$2.1 billion in 2019. As Singles’ Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner, it is time to start preparing for the holiday […]
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Retail Asia15/06/2015
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Food

Starbucks Asia ’s prime ‘restaurant’ model

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Starbucks Asia has been ranked Asia’s 15th prime model – the very best rating of any quick meals retailer or restaurant. The highest 5 corporations on the record in Asia are Samsung, Sony, Nestle, Apple and Panasonic. Marketing campaign Asia-Pacific’s annual research of Asia’s Prime 1000 Manufacturers is predicated on a web-based survey developed by […]
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