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Chinese tech accessory brand Baseus has opened its first flagship store in the Philippines. The Shenzhen company has partnered with Digits CEO Charles Paw for its outlets in the Philippines, and opened its first store in Trinoma, Quezon City. Baseus makes…
Seoul will have one of six Chanel flagship stores being launched next year, with the brand also about to open in Beijing’s China World mall. “These will be either brand new stores or major re-openings, which will be very impactful,” says Chanel fashion and…
Ford Motor Company in China is in talks with Alibaba’s Tmall that could see itmay soon be selling cars through Tmall and an “Automotive Vending Machine” concept. The “Automotive Vending Machine” is a multi-storey parking garage that partly resembles a giant…
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding plans to invest about US$200 million in India’s online supermarket Bigbasket. This leads a $280 million funding round and would give it a stake of about 25 per cent in the startup, insiders say. The deal is…
Luxury brands have started embracing e-commerce in China, says the Luxury China report released by digital marketing company L2. It says 91 per cent of luxury brands in China had gone online by June last year, more than double the 43 per cent using e-commerce…
Tigers has transported 29 large bronze wildlife sculptures from Cape Town, South Africa to London, United Kingdom for conservationist-turned-artist Bruce Little’s largest exhibition to date, held at the Mall Galleries. The sculptures ranged from a tiny…
That would be the company’s new Shanghai Roastery, a 30,000 square-foot “coffee wonderland,” which opened Tuesday and is Starbucks’ largest store to date. Located in the company’s fastest-growing country, the new Roastery is double the size of the original in…
What is the quintessential New York experience in the eyes of Chinese luxury travelers? How does it differ between men and women, and for millennials? To answer these questions, we spoke with independent tour operators who organize tours of the city for HNWI…
Alipay, the world’s largest online, mobile payment and lifestyle platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group, today launched this year’s “Double 12” Global Shopping Festival in 15 countries spanning across four continents. In addition, Ant Financial’s…
On November 17th, 2017, Bolloré Logistics received Huawei’s Excellent Core Partner and Best-Quality Logistics Service Awards on the occasion of the Huawei Logistics Core Partner Convention (LCPC 2017) held in Shenzhen, China. Mr. Thierry Ehrenbogen, CEO of…
The world’s largest, most beautiful Starbucks yet opened its doors yesterday in Shanghai at 30,000 square feet. Featuring everything from Starbucks longest coffee bar, to the world’s only 3-D printed tea bar, and Starbucks first Augmented Reality experience,…
Alibaba Group plans to open 2000 branches of its Hema supermarket, which aims to merge online and offline shopping, in China over next three to five years. It opened its first Hema last year and will end with year with 22 stores. Its latest outlets are in…
Ford Motor China may soon be selling cars through Alibaba’s Tmall and via an “auto vending-machine” concept. The US automaker yesterday signed a three-year agreement signed with Alibaba Group to expand its footprint in China. It is the latest partnership in a…
Ford Motor Co will launch 50 new vehicles in China by 2025, including 15 electrified vehicles, the U.S. firm said at an event in Shanghai on Tuesday, as it looks to rev up sales growth in the market and shift towards cleaner electric cars. Ford’s sales in…
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…
Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia will be increasing flight frequencies from Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok, Thailand to Kunming, the capital and largest city in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. Daily direct flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kunming will be increased…
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