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Retail Asia30/01/2023

Cebu Pacific is working to restore more of its flights in other air hubs in the Philippines, such as Clark International Airport, the budget carrier’s president told reporters last week. “We will be happy to resume flights at Clark and the other destinations we used to fly in,” Xander Lao, president and chief commercial officer, […]

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Retail Asia12/01/2023

Cebu Pacific (CEB) received on Jan 1 the first of the 10 expected brand new airbus NEO (New Engine Option) deliveries for the year: three A320neo, four A321neo and four A33neo. It is also the airline’s ninth Airbus 320neo. The aircraft used sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from the Airbus Hamburg facility in Germany to the […]

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Retail Asia06/01/2023

German-founded British footwear and apparel brand, Dr Martens, has closed all of its physical stores in the Philippines. The brand announced on social media that it closed all of its remaining four stores in Glorietta 4, SM Mall of Asia, SM Megamall, and Manila Bay by the end of last month. However, Dr Martens did […]

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Retail Asia27/12/2022

Low-cost carrier AirAsia Philippines has already booked close to 300,000 seats for January 2023 as it begins its quest to return to pre-pandemic capacity and boost international travel. Based on data, AirAsia Philippines said that forward bookings for January had already reached 285,000. This is 70 percent higher than the seats booked a year ago. […]

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Retail Asia07/12/2022

Jollibee Foods Corp, the biggest fast-food operator in the Philippines, is in advanced discussions to sell a minority stake in its Vietnamese coffee chain Highlands Coffee, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Jollibee, controlled by Philippine billionaire Tony Tan Caktiong, is considering a sale that could value the fast growing coffee chain […]

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Retail Asia05/12/2022

Carousell, a Singaporean consumer-to-consumer (C2C) service platform operating across Southeast Asia, is letting go of about 110 employees, or 10% of its total headcount, to reduce costs amid a challenging market condition for the tech industry. The announcement came from the company’s blog on Thursday, posted by co-founder and CEO of Carousell Siu Rui Quek, saying, “I […]

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Retail Asia10/11/2022

Filipino foodservice giant Jollibee Foods Corporation will end its operation of Dunkin’ in China after struggling to expand the business. The joint venture agreement with the US coffee and donut chain began in January 2015 with Jollibee planning to open more than 1,400 outlets over 20 years across select Chinese regions, including Beijing. However, Jollibee […]

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Retail Asia27/10/2022

Chinese fashion retailer Shein has opened its first pop-up store in the Philippines, seeking to build brand awareness in the market. An opening took place last week at Ayala Malls Manila Bay, featuring a fashion runway, partnerships with Alipay+ and its e-wallet partner GCash and Filipina actress Belle Mariano, its newly appointed local brand ambassador. […]

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Retail Asia24/10/2022

Globe announced it has deployed 252 5G-ready cell sites on the Philippines’ southern island of Mindanao. The telco giant’s scaled-up deployment of 5G wireless technology across the country has yielded 933 cell sites in the first half of 2022. As of June 30, Globe’s 5G network had reached 85.8% of key cities in Visayas and […]

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Retail Asia17/10/2022

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings is set to open the first Mitsukoshi department store in the Philippines by the end of this year under a partnership with local property developer Federal Land. The four-storey lifestyle store, located in Manila’s business district Bonifacio Global City, will host about 120 merchants. Targeting younger, middle-class customers, Mitsukoshi is theming the […]

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Retail Asia17/10/2022

Ikano Retail has recorded its highest turnover yet for the financial year to August 31, reaching US$1 billion across the five markets in which it operates Ikea stores – Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Mexico, equivalent to 41.2 per cent year-on-year growth. The increased sales were driven by the return of visitors to physical […]

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Retail Asia11/10/2022

Mobile phone users in the Philippines must now register their SIM cards with their telecom provider after the country’s President, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., signed into law the SIM Card Registration Act. According to the official dispatch, the new measure aims to promote accountability in the use of SIM cards and help law enforcement to track […]

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Retail Asia06/10/2022

Globe has announced that it has landed fiber optic cable in eight provinces within just two months, on track to complete the landmark project by April 2023. The $150-million Philippine Domestic Submarine Cable Network (PDSCN), the longest domestic subsea cable project in the Philippines, has landed in Lucena City, Boac in Marinduque, Calatrava in Romblon, […]

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Retail Asia06/10/2022

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has announced that the Philippines was re-elected to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council on October 3 in Bucharest, Romania. One hundred and ninety-three member states of the ITU selected 48 states to lead the Council. The Philippines is among the 13 states selected from Region E […]

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Retail Asia29/09/2022

Philippine fast food chain operator Jollibee Foods on Wednesday said it will inject over $60 million into its dim sum chain, Tim Ho Wan, to expand in mainland China, where strict COVID-19 lockdowns have battered the restaurant industry. Jollibee, which aims to join the likes of McDonald’s and Yum Brands as one of the world’s […]

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Retail Asia22/09/2022

Pilipinas Shell Petroleum, the publicly listed Philippine arm of Shell Plc, plans to have retail shops and restaurants in a third of its gasoline refilling stations by 2025 as its seeks to boost revenues beyond fuel. That could drive non-fuel retail earnings to grow at least 15% a year and build an income stream that provides […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2022

PLDT Group announced that it will inaugurate the construction of its fourth cable landing station and the initial construction phase of the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) system by the end of the year. The two additional major ICT infrastructure projects follow the group’s build-out of the Philippines’ largest hyperscaler data center and the activation of […]

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Retail Asia06/09/2022

Globe Telecom has announced that it has built 933 base stations in the first half of 2022 as part of its continued 5G rollout across the Philippines. Globe’s 5G network outdoor coverage has reached nearly 97% of the National Capital Region and 86% of key cities in Visayas and Mindanao. “Globe has been ramping up […]

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Retail Asia29/08/2022

NOW Telecom Company has announced it was granted the approval of the Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the increase of NOW Tel’s authorized capital stock, the quasi-reorganization of its equity and a stock split. Following the approval, the company increased the number of its authorized common shares from 14.59 million to 952.09 million […]

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Retail Asia22/08/2022

Cebu Pacific, the country’s leading airline, continues to boost its international network as it adds flights to some of its top ASEAN destinations, namely Bangkok and Bali. Beginning Aug. 29, 2022, CEB will fly daily from Manila to Bangkok, coming from its current five-times-a-week frequency. By September, flights from Manila to Bali will also increase […]

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