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Retail Asia15/12/2017

DFS Group, the world’s leading travel retailer, is excited to announce its new partnership with prestigious luggage brand RIMOWA. Known for its sleek suitcases with their distinctive hard-shell grooved exteriors in traditional aluminum or high-tech polycarbonate, RIMOWA is recognized as the pioneer manufacturer of luxury luggage for the world traveler. “At DFS, we believe that […]

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Retail Asia15/12/2017

Funan, one of the most highly anticipated developments in Singapore opening in 4Q 2019, has signed its first office tenant. CapitaLand Mall Trust Management Limited (CMTML), the manager of CapitaLand Mall Trust which owns Funan, today announced that coworking space behemoth WeWork has leased 40,000 square feet (sq ft) of space in Funan. WeWork’s space […]

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Retail Asia15/12/2017

Bot-powered commerce is on a tipping point in Singapore according to the new SAP Hybris Singapore Christmas Shopper Survey 2017. This Christmas, more than half (53%) of Singaporean shoppers are enlisting the help of chatbots for holiday shopping. In fact, majority of shoppers who asked chatbots for gift recommendations have actually acted on the recommendation […]

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Retail Asia14/12/2017

UNIQLO announces the Uniqlo U Spring/Summer 2018 collection will launch in three phases, on 26 January,and more items will be introduced progressively in March and April 2018.This is the fourth Uniqlo U collection, which embodies the UNIQLOLifeWear philosophy of creating high-quality clothing that is universal in design and comfort, and made for everyone, everywhere. The […]

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Retail Asia14/12/2017

Launched early last month, mobile payment app company SpherePay, has acquired over 60,000 users in Singapore and has actively engaged users by running campaigns and strategic partnerships with reputable brands and organizations. With its mission to be South East Asia leading localized mobile payment app, SpherePay is on track of acquiring over 1 million users […]

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Retail Asia14/12/2017

E-commerce fraud is becoming more prevalent, says US internet payments technology company Stripe in a new report. Fraudsters repeat online purchases at the same businesses 10 times more quickly than actual cardholders, says the report, which reveals new patterns to help e-commerce companies combat fraudulent activity during the holiday shopping season. With chip-enabled credit cards […]

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Retail Asia13/12/2017

LUMINE opened in Singapore’s Clarke Quay Central with an exciting new shopping experience. Visitors to the mall found a mall-in-mall experience in LUMINE, where they can have their pick of Japan — and eat it too. Both established and younger brands will be available, as well as an in-house café that is the first of […]

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Retail Asia13/12/2017

October Singapore retail sales rose a meagre 0.8 per cent over the same month last year, falling 1 per cent from September. Those figures exclude motor vehicles which typically skew Singapore’s data. Including those, retail sales declined 0.1 per cent year on year. Month on month, real retail sales fell 1 per cent, but they […]

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Retail Asia13/12/2017

Following a holiday in Singapore last year, a restaurateur couple has returned to open a casual gourmet burger restaurant, Hans Im Gluck, in Orchard Road. The brand’s 50th outlet and first outpost in Asia, it specialises in vegan, vegetarian, beef and chicken burgers served alongside salads, tea infusions and cocktails. Hans Im Gluck […]

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Retail Asia13/12/2017

Short-term home rental service Airbnb on Friday called Singapore’s regulatory framework “untenable” as authorities said they planned to hold discussions with home-sharing platforms and resident groups soon on how such accommodation may be allowed. The reaction by Airbnb to the latest regulatory hurdle came amid its efforts to work with authorities around the world keen […]

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Retail Asia12/12/2017

The Shilla Duty Free has unveiled its 1,375 square meter beauty store in Singapore Changi Airport’s newly-opened Terminal 4. It is the biggest among all the Shilla Central stores at Changi and is part of the airport’s first integrated duty free zone, which travellers reach after passing through the centralised area for departure immigration. The […]

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Retail Asia11/12/2017

Spanish frozen yogurt chain Llaollao closed yesterday, being replaced by another European brand, Yole. D+1 Holding, the master franchisee of Ilaollao in Singapore, has not revealed why it has discontinued with the brand. However, the company has acquired the rights to European frozen-yogurt chain Yole and will be converting all 29 Llaollao outlets throughout Singapore to […]

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Retail Asia11/12/2017

To mark the 10th anniversary of its hypermarket format, NTUC FairPrice has launched an experiential concept at its FairPrice Xtra hypermarket in Jurong Point shopping centre. Offering more than 26,000 grocery and household products across 57,000sqft (5300sqm) of retail space, the new hypermarket is designed to engage and entertain families in a carnival-like atmosphere with […]

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Retail Asia11/12/2017

Prominent Chinese co-working space operator UrWork is opening a second Singapore location in the first quarter of next year. The company, which is backed by Alibaba’s Ant Financial and Sequoia Capital among others, launched its first overseas branch at Ayer Rajah Crescent in July. Its new outlet will be at Suntec City and is part […]

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Retail Asia11/12/2017

Singapore Post Limited is revising its rates for the international delivery of small packets from Jan 2 next year, following new rates set by a United Nations agency. Also from the same date, it will stop accepting delivery of international small packets by ship as several postal organisations have ceased to accept such forms of […]

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Retail Asia08/12/2017

Singapore has introduced the world’s first mobile tourist tax refund system, Tourego. Approved by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), Tourego migrates the paper-based tax refund process on to an app, allowing users to receive and store their refund tickets in an e-wallet. As well as that, Tourego provides shopping, food and travel tips […]

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Retail Asia06/12/2017

Every year retailers are faced with the challenge of ensuring a positive customer experience when stretched to full capacity. A task made all the more difficult by the fact that a lot of shoppers have already had their nerves worn thin by the stressful search for gifts in a crowded city center. Retarus has revealed […]

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Retail Asia06/12/2017

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and SilkAir customers can now enjoy more choice and convenience when travelling to more than 130 destinations across the SIA Group network as a result of new codeshare agreement with the Group’s low-cost subsidiary Scoot. Under the agreement, SIA will progressively add its ‘SQ’ designator code while SilkAir will add its ‘MI’ […]

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Retail Asia06/12/2017

Singapore Airlines has warned of contests, emails and calls claiming to be from the company, informing recipients of free air tickets before proceeding to request for their personal data. “To appear more authentic, such callers are also able to modify their caller ID to imitate our official telephone numbers,” it added on an advisory posted on […]

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Retail Asia06/12/2017

The AirAsia Group is resuming expansion in Singapore over the next few months, with the launch of three routes and capacity increases on two of its 15 existing routes. AirAsia’s virtual hub in Singapore will increase from 261 to 289 weekly departures, resulting in the highest level of capacity since 2015. However, AirAsia’s Singapore capacity will […]

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