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26/04/2024 Changi Airport Group awards OUE tender for lease and development of new hotel at Changi Airport Terminal 2 ( General )
26/04/2024 Korean Air to launch new route to Macau ( General )
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24/04/2024 Puma to launch compostable shoes after a two-year pilot project ( Fashion )
24/04/2024 7-Eleven eyes 100,000 stores globally by 2030 ( General )
24/04/2024 Vietnam tops Southeast Asia in number of Apple suppliers ( Electronics )
24/04/2024 FPT and Nvidia to build $200M AI factory in Vietnam ( Electronics )
23/04/2024 Google Meet now lets users make annotations during presentations ( General )
22/04/2024 WhatsApp testing scheduling feature for easier event management in Communities ( General )
22/04/2024 EU set to approve Apple’s plan to open its NFC technology for rivals ( Electronics )
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 )
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Retail Asia14/08/2020

With short-form video app TikTok about to be banned in the U.S. starting in the middle of next month, a Harris Poll that was shared with USA Today found that 64% of adult Americans are against the presidential executive order that will end the app’s presence in the states. The order was signed by U.S. President Donald […]

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Retail Asia27/07/2020

Move over T-Mobile, you’re no longer the only nationwide 5G network in town. AT&T announced Thursday that it has added 5G in 40 more markets; as a result, the country’s second-largest wireless provider now covers 205 million Americans with its 5G signal. Helping AT&T speed up the process so quickly was the launch last month of dynamic spectrum […]

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Retail Asia02/06/2020

Uber Technologies Inc on Friday said it would offer rides by the hour in some U.S. cities, a feature aimed at helping Americans with essential trips during the coronavirus pandemic. The option, which is already available in a handful of cities in Australia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East, will cost $50 per hour. Fares […]

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Retail Asia05/05/2020

After months of speculation, US coffee chain Blue Bottle has launched in Hong Kong. The modern coffee roaster is currently serving only takeaway coffee from its location in Lyndhurst Terrace due to restrictions on restaurant trading during the coronavirus pandemic. The store, expected to open for dine-in services when social-distancing restrictions are eased, features “an industrial […]

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Retail Asia09/03/2020

A judge has ruled against a lawsuit filed by Huawei in the US relating to a ban on government personnel using the company’s devices. Huawei filed the lawsuit on the basis that the ban was “unconstitutional” back in 2018. Since then, Huawei has faced increased US-led scrutiny globally over claims the company is controlled by Beijing – […]

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Retail Asia05/12/2019

A Commerce Department spokesman said the agency had granted “narrow licenses to authorize limited and specific activities which do not pose a significant risk to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.” The administration earlier this week said it had extended for another 90 days the full implementation of the sanctions […]

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Retail Asia19/11/2019

Two months after entering the local market with food delivery services in Melbourne, DoorDash has expanded to Sydney and now covers more than 40 percent of the Australian population it says. Launched in the US in 2013, the platform is the market leader in America with 35 percent market share. But it has a long […]

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Retail Asia18/11/2019

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Chinese fashion group EP Yaying is planning to expand beyond Asia by launching in the US and Australia by next year. The group is bullish about the increasing popularity of the Chinese culture-inspired fashion and believes it will resonate with foreign consumers. EP Yaying started as a small garment factory in 1988 and in 2016, […]

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Retail Asia05/11/2019

Chinese wooden-comb manufacturer Tan Mujiang has continued its international expansion with the opening of its first flagship store in the US. The store dubbed as H0006 is located at Flushing Main Street in New York City and carries combs made from natural materials by traditional Chinese handicrafts with “beautiful shape, smooth lines, exquisite texture, rich […]

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Retail Asia10/10/2019

Australian womenswear brand Forever New has launched a standalone e-commerce site in the US, catering to increased demand from local customers with around 50 new products dropping online every week. The website marks an expansion of the brand’s presence in the US, where it currently sells through Nordstrom.com, as well as through concessions in Bloomingdales and […]

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Retail Asia09/10/2019

Vietnam Airlines has been allowed to operate direct flights from Hanoi and Saigon to several American destinations. It is the first Vietnamese airline to receive such permission, according to FlightGlobal, a leading news site about the global aviation community. The national flag carrier will be allowed to operate flights from Ho Chi Minh City and […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2019

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Australian designer brand Zimmermann has opened its 12th store in the US and its third in New York City with the launch of a new boutique on the Madison Avenue. The prestigious shopping street is home to the likes of Carolina Herrera, Christian Louboutin, Ralph Lauren, Valentino and other designer brands. The 160sqm store, which […]

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Retail Asia04/09/2019

Mall developer Triple Five announced that Aland’s 10,000sqft outlet will “bring everything that Korean fashion stands for to American Dream; unique designer brands worn by K-Pop stars, K-Beauty and more”. The multi-concept store is known for its range of basic retail items through to curated Korean fashion designs. It opened its first US location in […]

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Retail Asia15/05/2019

Tableware firm Sagara Inc has opened a global website after setting up a retail store in New York to market its environmentally conscious tableware for children. The firm’s Reale brand, made from a new bioplastic raw material blended with native Japanese bamboo, is being made available for the first time across North America, including the […]

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Retail Asia17/04/2019

US retail giant Walmart and tech company Google have collaborated on voice technology to assist customers with grocery shopping. Starting this month, Walmart Voice Order will allow consumers to order groceries through Google Assistant by saying, “Hey Google, talk to Walmart”. Google Assistant will then follow the orders directly and add grocery items to their Walmart […]

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Retail Asia04/04/2019

Round 29 of the US FCC’s 24-GHz auction closed Wednesday with $1,592,755,155 in gross proceeds, with the nation’s biggest cities garnering millions of dollars in bids. New York topped $41 million and Los Angeles tallied over $31 million. It’s the little town of Van Horn, Texas, that’s setting the record so far for price per […]

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Retail Asia02/04/2019

UK digital fashion store Asos said its new US warehouse struggled to cope with demand last quarter, hitting sales there and causing delayed shipments. Asos CEO Nick Beighton said the unexpected high demand in the Atlanta warehouse caused a significant short-term despatch backlog, which has now been cleared. “As our Atlanta warehouse went fully online, demand […]

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Retail Asia27/03/2019

Google’s proprietary digital wallet service has done a pretty good job of keeping up with Apple Pay over the last year or so in terms of both US availability and international expansions, frequently spreading its wings to new banks, as well as major retailers like Target. Before long, Google Pay will also catch up with […]

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Retail Asia14/02/2019

US President Donald Trump (pix) said Tuesday he would consider extending the deadline for a trade deal with China beyond March 1. “If we’re close to a deal, where we think we can make a real deal… I could see myself letting that slide for a little while,” Trump said at the White House. But […]

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Retail Asia14/02/2019

Asian stocks climbed Wednesday as US President Donald Trump said he could extend the deadline for a trade deal with China, appearing to boost the prospects of an agreement. Trump said “things are going well” at preliminary talks in Beijing, where top economic officials will gather Thursday seeking an accord to stop sharp US tariff […]

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