retail growth

Retail Asia28/02/2018

South Korea retail sales inched up 0.7 per cent year on year last month with online malls outshining brick-and-mortar stores, government data shows. Sales for 13 online stores and marketplaces jumped 21.6 per cent, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, which did not disclose sales figures. At the same time, sales for […]

Retail Asia08/12/2017

Japan’s economy grew twice as fast as originally estimated in the third quarter thanks to big gains in capital expenditure, revised data showed on Friday, with expansion seen to continue thanks to buoyant exports. The capital expenditure component of gross domestic product was revised to a rise of 1.1 percent from the previous quarter, well […]

Retail Asia23/11/2017

Asia’s grocery retail market will be significantly boosted by a rising population and increased shopper spend, with consumer spending in the region accounting for nearly half of additional sales generated to 2022. Global growth will be driven by several factors including inflation, population growth and increased consumer spending on grocery products, IGD said. Key findings […]

Retail Asia08/09/2017

South Korean online mall sales growth has decelerated as competition grows more fierce, government data shows. There was a 3.6 per cent increase in the combined revenue of 26 offline and online retailers to 10.22 trillion won (US$9 billion) in July, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. This gain marks a deceleration […]

Retail Asia17/03/2017

For the first time in 11 years, China retail sales growth has slipped below 10 per cent. With market expectations of a 10.6 per cent rise, official data shows sales for the first two months this year increased by only 9.5 per cent. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) attributes the slower growth to cooling […]

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 Asia11/05/2016

Retail opportunities are growing in Southeast Asia’s property sector due to the region’s strong consumer market, particularly in populous countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia, according to a report by global real estate services firm Jones Lang Lasalle. JLL head of research for Southeast Asia Dr. Yang Liang Chua noted that the recent real […]

Tag: retail growth

Online malls lead South Korea retail growth

Japan’s Q3 growth twice as fast as first estimated, outlook brightens

Asia leads global retail growth

Korean online mall sales lose traction

Lowest growth in decade for China retail sales

The ‘Thai goods’ era’ has arrived

Consumer markets drive property retail growth in Philippines