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Retail Asia03/12/2021

Japan has softened its suspension of all new incoming flight bookings to make it easier for citizens to return, the government said Thursday, a day after it announced the move prompted by worries about the Omicron coronavirus variant. The transport ministry abruptly said Wednesday it was asking airlines to stop taking all new incoming flight […]

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Retail Asia16/08/2021

The ongoing pandemic has changed the way that people purchase and acquire goods. Soaring demand for eCommerce and increased interest in new ways of collecting purchases, such as curb side pickup and click & collect, mean that Asian retailers are now faced with the challenge of recalibrating their business strategy to serve an increasingly complex […]

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Retail Asia09/08/2021

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Surging prices of essential goods are worsening the difficulties for people who have already been hit by job losses and travel restrictions. The last time Le Quang Hai of Hanoi’s Cau Giay District went to the market, the prices of eggs and most vegetables had doubled. He already could not afford meat. The price increases […]

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Retail Asia04/02/2021

Hong Kong’s retail environment showed further signs of improvement in November, although the recovery may have been short-lived as the city was hit with a fresh wave of virus infections and imposed new restrictions late in the month. The provisional value of total retail sales in November 2020 was HK$28.7 billion ($3.7 billion), down by […]

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Retail Asia27/01/2021

Singapore’s national carrier is hoping to become the world’s first airline to get all of its crew members vaccinated against COVID-19. Singapore Airlines confirmed to CNN Travel that all of their crew members — including pilots, gate agents, flight attendants and anyone whose job requires contact with the public – have been offered free coronavirus […]

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Retail Asia19/01/2021

“The coordination on Covid-19 is horrific,” AirAsia Group Bhd founder and group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes laments and claims in a direct swipe at world governments’ on how the global pandemic has been managed and its impact on the travel and aviation industries. BBC has today quoted Fernandes as saying that in his history […]

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Retail Asia11/01/2021

Cebu Pacific Air said it will stop carrying foreigners coming from countries included in an expanded travel ban amid the appearance of a new coronavirus variant. Cebu Pacific added it will allow only Filipino citizens on its flights from Hong Kong, Nagoya (Japan), Singapore and Seoul (South Korea). “CEB will not accept foreign nationals who originated from, transited […]

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Retail Asia29/12/2020

The Covid-19 pandemic’s severe impacts have seen as many as 101,700 businesses in Vietnam close up shop in 2020, up 13.9 percent year-on-year. Of these 46,600 have registered to temporarily suspend operations, while 37,700 are waiting to complete dissolution procedures, according to a new report by the General Statistics Office. The report also says that […]

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Retail Asia23/11/2020

Workers at Tesla Inc’s California vehicle factory are deemed essential and are not impacted by the state’s latest restrictions to curb a new surge in coronavirus infections, the California health department said on Friday. Tesla and local California officials in March engaged in a heated months-long standoff over restrictions imposed to curb the first wave […]

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Retail Asia06/11/2020

Vietnam’s labor export has plunged this year due to pandemic imposed travel restrictions and fear of contracting the virus abroad. The number of Vietnamese leaving abroad for work in the first nine months fell 59 percent year-on-year to just over 42,800, according to the overseas labor department. Japan and Taiwan, the largest and second-largest foreign […]

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Retail Asia04/11/2020

Thai-based omnichannel fashion platform Pomelo has launched a redesigned version of its online platform which features multiple brands. Besides offering in-app exclusive live streaming, the new app houses more than 100 brands on its Thai version, including Vans, Converse, L’Occitane, and local brands such as Rally Movement and Matter Makers. But the company told Inside […]

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Retail Asia07/10/2020

Paris-based Japanese designer Kenzo Takada, famous for creating the international luxury fashion house Kenzo, died in Paris on Sunday due to Covid-19 related complications, a spokesperson for Takada’s luxury K-3 brand said in a statement sent to CNN. His death came in the midst of Paris Fashion Week, which, through a hybrid of physical and digital shows, […]

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Retail Asia25/08/2020

South Korean restaurant chains are accusing the government of using “discriminatory countermeasures” in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Recent edicts to prevent the spread of the latest outbreak in the country have seen the closure of buffet and family-style restaurants, while still allowing cafes to operate. Prominent chains CJ Foodville, Shinsegae Food and Elandeats […]

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Retail Asia19/08/2020

Trend Micro Incorporated, the leader in cloud security, enhances agility and automation in cloud security through integrations with Amazon Web Services (AWS). As a result, Trend Micro delivers flexible and scalable all-in-one security that helps DevOps engineers securely build and innovate as they migrate to and build in the cloud. Trend Micro has demonstrated the […]

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Retail Asia05/08/2020

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The coronavirus pandemic is likely to cost the apparel and footwear industries across the Asia-Pacific region US$95.4 billion in lost sales this year. The impact on the broader global industry will be a massive US$395.6 billion in lost sales, according to analytics firm GlobalData, which represents a 19.5-per-cent decline on last year’s figures. The sector […]

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Retail Asia03/08/2020

Singapore consumers’ migration from food halls to supermarkets during the Covid-19 pandemic has proven a windfall for grocery operator Sheng Siong Group. Sales for the June quarter surged 75.8 percent to US$304.3 million, gross profit margin improved from 27.4 percent to 28.1 percent and net profit soared 150.7 percent year on year to $33.6 million. […]

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Retail Asia09/07/2020

Takashimaya, the Japanese department store operator, has reported a loss of US$190 million in the May quarter as it faced extraordinary payments related to the Covid-19 pandemic and falling sales. The company was forced to effectively close 22 stores in Japan from April 8 after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency. Only […]

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Retail Asia07/07/2020

Singapore retail sales plummeted 52.1 percent in May as Covid-19 lockdowns shuttered malls and the majority of retail stores across the city-state. May’s year-on-year decline followed a 40.3 percent drop in April and represented the biggest drop since statistics were first collected in 1986. After removing motor vehicles from the data, the decline was only […]

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Retail Asia29/06/2020

Diesel has unveiled Hyperoom, a 360-degree virtual selling platform and exhibition space. Conceived by Diesel’s parent company OTB, Hyperoom resembles the Diesel’s physical showroom in Milan. All Diesel’s products will be featured in the virtual store through a customised section of the platform, including the Spring and Summer 2021 Collections. At Hyperoom, customers can peruse […]

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Retail Asia05/06/2020

Fashion giant H&M is expanding its online presence around the world, as it continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and work toward its goal of becoming climate positive by 2040. The company said it will expand the digital presence of its brands Cos, Weekday, Monki, & Other Stories and Arket in Europe from May […]

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