Society

Retail Asia26/03/2021

Some Instagram users have caught on lately that parent company Facebook had something up its sleeve when they started seeing a strange notification in their feed titled “preparing for life after prison with community support.” It turns out Facebook has been experimenting with a brand new app concept called Re-Entry, whose sole purpose is to facilitate […]

Retail Asia07/10/2019

While Singapore’s net financial assets per capital grew 4.4 percent year-on-year, global economic instability and trade wars are weighing heavily on the global middle class, according to Allianz’s new Global Wealth Report. With net financial assets per capita of €100,370 ($110,201), Singapore has taken the crown from Japan as the richest country/region in Asia, ranking […]

Retail Asia11/01/2018

Swedish fast fashion chain H&M has apologised for featuring a black child modelling a garment with the text “coolest monkey in the jungle”, also removing the advertisement and item from stores. H&M was forced to apologise following widespread backlash from consumers, staff, stakeholders and the media. “Our position is simple and unequivocal – we have got […]

Retail Asia20/03/2017

The Ministry of Information and Communication urged enterprises to collaborate with the Government in efforts to build a healthy Internet society through advertising only on online channels which comply with established laws. Minister Trương Minh Tuấn issued the advice at a meeting on Thursday with major brands, saying that online advertising was an inevitable trend […]

Retail Asia04/12/2016

South Korea is the next country looking to go cashless. That in itself may not surprise most people, but the way the government is going about things will raise a lot of questions. It appears the current plan is to force people to hand over all of their physical currency to the central bank. This […]

Retail Asia08/06/2016

Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) has been revamping its digital banking services as part of its “cashless society” program and in support of the central bank’s Non-Cash Payment Movement (GNNT), a senior BRI official said last week. BRI Consumer Director Sis Apik Wijayanto said the top small-business lender intends to reduce cash to a minimum for […]

Tag: Society

Facebook tests new app for prisoner re-integration into society

Singapore Overtakes Japan as Asia’s Richest Market

H&M apologizes for ‘coolest monkey’ racist campaign

Vietnam wants a healthy Internet society

South Korea’s Cashless Push Will See Coins Removed From Circulation By 2020

BRI Goes Digital for Cashless Society Program