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The Ultra Music Festival (UMF), Miami, is undoubtedly one of the world’s most popular electronic dance music fest. As part of the Ultra Worldwide initiative, UMF is now all set to host a spin-off on the beautiful island of Bali in Indonesia this September.…
Chinese homewares company Jia has opened its first store in Taiwan. Jia Plus Taiwan opened this week in Shin Kong Place, Suzhou. It features a curated collection of home and kitchen wares sourced from its own portfolio, along with European brands including…
Indonesia’s PT Matahari Putra Prima has opened the primary of a brand new upmarket grocery retail retailer format. The multi-format trendy retailer, which operates Hypermart, Foodmart and Boston Well being & Magnificence chains, has branded its new supply…
11street (www.11street.my), one of the largest online marketplaces in Malaysia, recently analysed trending products on their website last week which interestingly reveals a whopping 81 percent increase in searches for baby car seats – a positive sign of…
The Islamic calendar has entered the second week of Ramadan. During this month, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and sexual activities from dawn to dusk. But, in countries where Muslims are the majority, consumption increases during this month of…
The founder of Chinese retail, property and entertainment powerhouse Wanda Group says he plans to invest in more globally recognised sports clubs. Wang Jianlin, chairman of Wanda Group, ranked China’s richest man by Bloomberg with assets of $42.1 billion,…
Ikea Hong Kong is opening till 2am this Saturday morning in a promotion dubbed Midnight Insanity. The enormous retailer, famend for its crowded flooring and lengthy checkout queues hopes the exceptionally late buying and selling hours will appeal to new…
Furniture giant IKEA will turn into a giant classroom for some Temasek Polytechnic students, after IKEA Singapore launched a three-year partnership with the school on Monday. A joint press release by IKEA and TP said this long-term partnership is a first for…
The corporate life of Liang Yunchao, 46-year-old chairman of By-health, ended symbolically early last year when he finally ceded his corner office to a colleague. In fact, he’d rarely been showing up for eight years. But the maker of dietary supplements,…
The costs of couches and wardrobes bought by Ikea Korea, the native unit of Swedish furnishings big, are 15-20 per cent larger than these in different nations, a ballot exhibits. The survey by native shopper advocacy group Shopper Analysis confirmed that the…
Homelegance China plans to confide in 30 shops a yr because the US model builds its Chinese language model consciousness. The corporate opened its first China retailer within the metropolis of Tianjin in Might and by the top of August may have six shops…
West Elm Philippines, the furniture chain of Williams Sonoma, has opened its first store in Manila. The store, located in the new Estancia Mall at Capitol Commons, Shaw Boulevard, Pasig City. It will compete with Crate & Barrel, which made its Philippines…
Hong Kong equipment jewelry and residential ornament retailer Uber Tunique on Wednesday opened its fourth store in Causeway Bay. The Causeway Bay retailer will introduce the 2015 Summer time Assortment of a brand new French trend model Chloe Stora. Based by…
Apple’s Director of Fitness and Health Technologies Jay Blahnik is touring the Asia-Pacific region this week to host live Q&A sessions with popular personal trainers and other well-known icons at Apple Stores in Australia, China and Japan. The special events…
US celebration plan cosmetics enterprise Nu Pores and skin sees Asia as a key to attaining $5 billion in international gross sales by 2020. The Utah based mostly firm says its needs to triple gross sales in Asia to US$1 billion inside 5 years. Nu Pores and…
Chinese language web search engine Baidu has raised US$800,000 in simply an hour in a charity undertaking aimed toward serving to critically sick orphans. Baidu teamed up with 800,000 web sites and 50,000 app suppliers to kick off this yr’s “One Hour,One…
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