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18/04/2024 Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is considering a manufacturing facility in Indonesia ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Google Maps to show alternate transit and walking directions along with driving routes ( General )
17/04/2024 Apple releases iOS 17.5 beta 2 giving EU iPhone users more unique capabilities ( E-Tailing )
17/04/2024 WhatsApp rolls out new chat filters to help you locate unread and group conversations ( General )
16/04/2024 Google Chat working on adding group audio and video call function within Gmail Spaces ( General )
15/04/2024 Tim Cook arrives in Vietnam ( Electronics )
15/04/2024 Vietravel Airlines reports first profits in 3 years ( General )
11/04/2024 Samsung adds more language availability within Galaxy AI ( Electronics )
11/04/2024 YouTube Music promises Podcasts will get better on the platform ( General )
09/04/2024 WhatsApp to roll out new photo library shortcut for faster sharing ( General )
09/04/2024 Google Messages will soon start to warn you when tapping on links sent by unknown senders ( General )
08/04/2024 Siri might end up King in the realm of digital assistants after iOS 18 AI makeover ( Electronics )
05/04/2024 Google’s “Find My Device” network reportedly launching in 3 days ( General )
04/04/2024 Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp users are reporting a “Major Disruption” worldwide ( General )

Retail Asia14/12/2021

It’s been a big year for Brioni. The fashion house has marked its 65th year by collaborating with us on our ’Wallpaper* Handmade… in Italy’ exhibition, opening several new stores and – of course – throwing a large party. And now it is celebrating the milestone with a commemorative Moleskine notebook, which it’s giving to friends […]

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Retail Asia29/11/2021

Japanese retailers have started to expand their business in Vietnam as localities loosen social distancing restrictions and accelerate vaccination against Covid-19. Coffee chain %Arabica, which currently has over 100 outlets in 18 countries, has announced it will open its first shop in Vietnam on walking street Nguyen Hue in District 1, HCMC. Late last month, […]

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Retail Asia25/11/2021

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AirAsia Group controlled by Malaysian tycoon Tony Fernandes has launched a parcel delivery service as the loss-making budget airline seeks to tap the e-commerce boom across Southeast Asia. The new service, called AirAsia Xpress, is the company’s latest venture as it expands its digital business to shore up the airline’s revenues that have been hard hit […]

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Retail Asia22/11/2021

With the pandemic fiercely constricting the traditional brick and mortar retail stores across the country, retailers now seek a new hybrid/omnichannel commerce. The “new normal” forced the entire sector to think out of the box and come up with innovative shopping strategies. In a way, Covid-19 brought about both opportunities along with threats. Digital transformation […]

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Retail Asia15/11/2021

E-commerce platforms reported a surge in sales on Singles’ Day on Nov. 11, an annual shopping event, with the most popular items being masks and healthcare products. Tiki said revenues were up nine times from last year, and the number of buyers was double that on normal days. Face masks, products for babies and mothers, […]

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Retail Asia25/10/2021

Tens of thousands of iPhone 13 phones have been sold in Vietnam within days of its launch, with numbers exceeding those of Apple’s previous offerings. FPT Shop sold nearly 5,000 phones for nearly VND200 billion ($8.79 million) on the first day of sales on Oct. 22, breaking previous iPhone records, Nguyen The Kha, director of […]

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Retail Asia19/10/2021

China released economic data for July that showed slower-than-expected growth as the world’s second-largest economy battled floods and a resurgence of Covid-19. The slowdown was particularly apparent in individual Chinese consumer spending, despite authorities’ efforts to build up consumption as a driver of economic growth. The data showed consumers cut back on spending across the […]

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Retail Asia13/10/2021

Originally a wholesale brand, Amsterdam-based Scotch & Soda is pursuing a broad-based physical expansion that spans across Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America and the Middle East. Scotch & Soda, in March this year, debuted a new brand identity and logo, which will be present in its new locations. Ahead of the upcoming holiday season, Scotch & Soda is […]

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Retail Asia06/10/2021

Singapore retail sales growth – excluding motor vehicles – remained static in August, following July’s 2-per-cent increase. Of the estimated $2.9 billion in retail sales (excluding vehicles), online sales accounted for 16.4 percent, a similar proportion as in July. By category, the strongest online was computer & telecommunications equipment, with 56.5 percent of turnover online rather […]

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Retail Asia06/10/2021

Only 17 percent of the most popular goods on e-commerce platforms since last year have been Vietnamese, a market research firm said. Malaysian market research firm iPrice Group said in a report that 83 percent of the 1,200 most sought-after items were imported. The rates for Vietnamese products ranged between 25 percent for Sendo and […]

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Retail Asia04/10/2021

Google has unveiled new search functions aimed at improving the online shopping experience, including allowing consumers to see retailers’ in-store inventory from wherever they are using their device. The enhancements have been enabled using advances in AI technology, the company said during its livestreamed Search On conference overnight. A new addition to search results – […]

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Retail Asia04/10/2021

Luxury eyewear label Gentle Monster has unveiled the design of its first Haus concept store outside South Korea in Shanghai, the world’s largest Gentle Monster store. The launch of the Shanghai store follows the opening of Haus Dosan in Seoul earlier this year, opening chapter two of the Haus project. Featuring a ‘Future Retail’ theme, the […]

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Retail Asia01/10/2021

Hong Kong’s retail sales climbed for the seventh straight month in August, helped by a stabilising Covid-19 situation, an improved labour market and economic recovery and thanks to a boost from a consumption voucher scheme (CVS). Retail sales in August rose 11.9 per cent from a year earlier to HK$28.6 billion (US$3.67 billion), government data […]

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Retail Asia29/09/2021

The bank said it would invest up to $500 million in digital innovation initiatives to reach its goal of serving more than 7 million customers in Asean. With digital banking now the preferred choice among UOB customers, the bank is «doubling down» on its data-driven model to create hyper-personalized digital experiences for its customers. The […]

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Retail Asia16/09/2021

The regional partnership will support thousands of merchants across Southeast Asia, as competition in the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) space heats up. Global payments platform 2C2P is partnering Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) brand Atome, which will allow its network of online and offline merchants across the region to offer BNPL as an alternative […]

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Retail Asia14/09/2021

Reopening the economy is necessary but any untimely decision amid low vaccination rates and high contagion risks could stymie the country’s efforts to defeat Covid-19, experts warn. “The premature lifting of the lockdown and reopening the economy while the full vaccination rate remains low, new infections and fatality rates are still soaring and the health […]

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Retail Asia06/09/2021

Singapore’s retail sales rose 79.7 percent year on year in May to S$3.3 billion, rebounding from the low base during the 2020 “circuit breaker”, according to a Singapore Department of Statistics released on Monday. This was up from April’s 54 percent jump and exceeded economists’ expectations of a 65 percent rise. Yet retail sales remain […]

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Retail Asia31/08/2021

Vietnam retail sales plunged 33.7 percent year-on-year in August as the country faced stricter restrictions due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. According to the General Statistics Office, August’s retail sales plunged 10.5 percent compared to July. In the first eight months of this year, revenue from retail trade and service declined 4.7 percent year on […]

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Retail Asia30/08/2021

Japan’s retail sales rose for a fifth straight month in July, beating expectations as the consumer sector continued its recovery, although a coronavirus resurgence has cast doubts over the spending outlook. A surge in Delta variant cases this month forced the government to widen state of emergency restrictions, which are now threatening to hurt consumer […]

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Retail Asia26/08/2021

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The value of Macao’s retail sales for the second quarter of 2021 totaled 20.70 billion patacas (about 2.58 billion U.S. dollars), up 200 percent year on year, the special administrative region’s statistic department said on Tuesday. The latest report from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) showed that among the major retail trade activities, sales […]

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