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Retail Asia17/07/2017

China’s consumer market that once offered vast opportunities for South Korean exporters has become less penetrable as Chinese firms make goods that compete with imports, industry data showed on July 14th. Samsung Electronics, which in 2012 ousted Apple Inc. to hold the top market share for smartphones in China, fell to eighth place in the first quarter […]

Retail Asia23/06/2017

Farmers are growing more food than the population can eat due to a breakdown in communication. Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) launched a new department on Wednesday aiming to “rescue” the country’s farm products. Despite its agricultural strengths, Vietnam simply isn’t consuming its own agro-products. Weak connections between farmers and traders and […]

Retail Asia12/04/2017

The Government removed price ceilings on dairy products for children under six from April 1, 2017 according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s proposal. The Government has direct the ministry, other ministries and related agencies to manage prices of dairy products for children under six according to the Law on Price and other legal […]

Retail Asia14/02/2017

Yakult Indonesia Persada, one of the major producers of fermented milk products, still relies on imported raw materials for its production in Indonesia. Yakult Indonesia vice president and director Hiroyuki Kawada said the company had to import ingredients because local milk had yet to meet the standards for the company’s fermented milk |production. “We mostly […]

Retail Asia22/11/2016

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Burberry is cutting between 15 and 20 percent of its product lines in a quest to focus on its newest ranges as it battles to attract shoppers in a volatile luxury goods market. The U.K. luxury-goods maker reported a 24 percent drop in first-half profit that met analysts’ estimates, but failed to match rivals that […]

Retail Asia13/10/2016

Visitors to the 31st Indonesia Trade Expo are sounding out the possibility of buying Indonesian products they consider to be of good quality. Visiting the Trade Expo on Wednesday, Syrian Mohammed Khair Hadiaf said he was looking for Indonesia-manufactured pharmaceuticals. “I work in the medical sector and my specialty is cancer. I came here to […]

Retail Asia13/04/2016

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Pertamina will soon launch a new oil fuel product Turbo with Research Octane Number (RON) 98 to expand the market of its non subsidized oil fuels. General Manager of Pertaminas southern Sumatra Regional Marketing Operation Herman M. Zaini said the production of Turbo is part of the companys bid for survival amid the shrinking prices […]

Retail Asia04/04/2016

Online shoppers in China are steadily increasing their purchases of health products, and that offers an opportunity for popular U.S. brands of nutrition supplements. E-commerce sales of Pfizer’s health products, including popular supplements like Caltrate and Centrum, are growing at a more than 100% every year in China, according to Don Kerrigan, Pfizer’s vice president […]

Retail Asia16/03/2016

South Korea’s original development manufacturing (ODM) cosmetics company Cosmax Inc. said its Indonesian subsidiary PT Cosmax Indonesia was granted halal certification, a move that is expected to help pave the way for the company to make forays into the global halal beauty product market. The company said on Tuesday that PT Cosmax Indonesia received the […]

Retail Asia23/02/2016

Nalaanlat Nunnonl, chief marketing officer, said the company’s vision was now to become one of the leading players for beauty products in Asean by 2020. The company next month will launch its own house brands – Clouda for makeup and Keira for skincare – with about 100 products altogether. The ranges will be distributed via […]

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Chinese market no longer land of opportunity for Korean products

Vietnam launches new agency to ‘rescue’ farm products

Vietnam moves ceiling price mechanism for dairy products

Yakult Indonesia still relies on imported milk for dairy drinks

Burberry cuts product lines to focus on newest fashions

Trade Expo lures visitors with prime Indonesian products

Pertamina to launch new oil fuel products Turbo

Pfizer doubles its web sales of its health products in China

South Korea’s Cosmax beauty products granted halal certification

MPG shifts focus to beauty products