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Retail Asia12/05/2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has erased US$420 billion from China’s retail market this year – but an analyst predicts a rebound in the second half. Vijay Bhupathiraju, a retail analyst at GlobalData says before the coronavirus came along, Mainland China was on track to achieve 7.7 percent retail growth this year. But the resulting lockdowns from […]

Retail Asia18/12/2019

Continuously more and more retail companies of foreign market are looking for speeding up their business in China’s retail market. The expansion is taking place at a great speed as China has proved to be a good thriving ground for expansion of businesses. China has been hugely and dedicatedly developing the structure of its consumption […]

Retail Asia29/07/2019

Hong Kong’s retail leasing market is showing signs of slowing in tandem with easing retail sales. According to real estate advisor Savills says shopping-mall rents changed little in the second quarter, while prime streetfront retail rents fell by 1.9 per cent. Savills does not expect any “big headline deals” in retail rentals during the second […]

Retail Asia16/07/2019

New Zealand consumers spent $4.2 billion online last year, a 16 percent increase in 2017, according to the latest e-commerce report from NZ Post. This compares to just 2 percent annual growth in bricks-and-mortar shopping, the postie said in a statement released last week. The rise in spending was driven by Kiwis shopping online more […]

Retail Asia23/05/2017

Family Mart has had losses in Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. Reuters quoted Koji Takayanag, president of FamilyMart UNY, which now owns the second largest convenience store chain in Japan, as saying that the chain has decided to stop injecting more money into Family Marts in Vietnam. According to Tri Thuc Tre, Parkson reported another loss […]

Retail Asia24/02/2016

Industry insiders have warned that Vietnam is on the brink of losing its entire retail market to neighbor Thailand. Made-in-Thailand goods, from confectionery to luxury items, are making their largest-ever ‘invasion’ of the Vietnamese market, and many local firms are looking like being acquired by Thai investors. Last month, Thailand’s TCC Holding Co. officially acquired Metro […]

Retail Asia15/12/2015

Final consumption expenditure (percent of GDP) in Vietnam was estimated at 70 percent last year by the World Bank with household consumption accounting for 90 percent, making the country among Asia’s top 5 retail markets. The country’s middle class, the most promising consumers of retailers, is forecast to triple by 2020. Speaking at the forum, Duong […]

Retail Asia05/11/2015

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Philippine firms are on an unprecedented global shopping spree spending billions on everything from vineyards to food manufacturers and casinos reflecting the nation’s recent economic rise. A combination of strong domestic growth bargain prices in retreating economies abroad and rock-bottom borrowing rates have fuelled the acquisitions analysts said. The Southeast Asian nation has for years […]

Retail Asia24/07/2015

Vietnam’s retail market is set to grow by 8.4 per cent annually until 2020, making it one of the fastest-growing markets in south-east Asia. Against a backdrop of increased disposable income, rapid urbanisation and an appetite for change among younger shoppers, we take a look at five trends defining the marketplace for pan-Asian retailers right […]

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Covid-19 cuts US$420 billion from China’s retail market

Foreign retail companies rushing into tap China retail market

Hong Kong’s retail leasing market easing

E-commerce sales up in New Zealand with 16 per cent last year

Vietnam’s retail market is promising, but there are pitfalls

Vietnam risks losing entire retail market to Thailand

Vietnam seen among Asia’s top 5 retail markets

Philippine firms on billion dollar global shopping spree

Five trends in Vietnam retailing