Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Indonesia, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Japan’s Aeon Mall plans more shopping centres in Indonesia and Vietnam, and is also looking at possibilities in Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. Under its 2020 strategy, it is planning five more outlets for Jakarta, after entering the 250-million-strong market…
After launching its Matahari Mall online shop in October, Indonesia’s Lippo Group is expanding its eCommerce activity into wholesale services. It is set to launch Mbiz.co.id next month, targetting businesses and government institutions. It digitises the…
Growing online sales will not undermine demand for Asian retail real estate, according to the last CBRE study of major international brands. For the seventh edition of How Active Are Retailers Globally?, the real-estate company looked at more than 150 major…
Taxi and ride app service Grab has formed a strategic partnership with one of the Indonesia’s largest conglomerates to provide logistic services for online shopping. It has signed up with Lippo Group’s MatahariMall, launched last year at a cost of $500…
While the net income of Indonesian grocery retailer Matahari Putra Prima (MPPA) was below expectations, it recorded slightly improved revenue and sales for the year ended December 31. Its revenue was Rp13.9 trillion ($US2 billion), with sales up 2.5 per cent…
Indonesia-based Masterpiece Auction House will host its first auction in Hong Kong featuring Southeast Asian and Chinese modern and contemporary art works this Saturday (March 26). The public preview will start tomorrow (March 22). Masterpiece Auction House…
Indonesia is the most-promising ASEAN eCommerce market, according to Hong Kong-based consultant Paul McKenzie. He told a seminar in Bangkok, organised by brokerage and investment group CLSA, that Indonesia has the greatest potential because of its developing…
Living in a country, which is rich in fisheries resources, the Indonesian people have been urged to eat more fish to increase their protein intake and boost the growth of the nations younger generation. Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Ministry said…
Omega Performance, a TwentyEighty company, and BNI, Indonesia’s fourth largest bank, teamed up to create a robust e-Learning platform to improve the bank’s quality of assets aimed at reducing its credit risk. By focusing on training and developing its loan…
Publicly listed Merck, founded in 1970 as the Indonesian unit of German life science group Merck KGaA, expects double-digit growth in total sales in 2016 following a similar growth in its healthcare business last year. The biopharma business, for example,…
Fijian Minister for Agriculture, Rural, and Maritime Development and National Disaster Management Ina Seruiratu has expressed his countrys keenness to expand cooperation with Indonesia in various fields. “We have expanded our cooperation with Indonesia in…
In a bid to strengthen its business expansion and nation branding in Europe, Garuda Indonesia today has inaugurated flight service to Heathrow Airport, London. Earlier, since September 2014, Garuda Indonesia has opened flight service to Gatwick Airport,…
Tourist arrivals will spike this year. Buoyed by the resurgent rupiah, Indonesian holidaymakers are once again trooping to Singapore to shop and splurge, according to a report by Bloomberg. The rupiah has surged 9.9 percent against the U.S. dollar over the…
K-entertainment fans in Indonesia will now be able to catch the latest and best Korean content within hours of its world premiere with the launch of Oh!K on Tribe. This new OTT service from XL, a telecommunications operator, offers its subscribers via the…
Indonesia’s XL Axiata has arranged to sell 2,500 more telecom towers for 3.56 trillion rupiah ($250 million) as part of an ongoing asset management reorgnization. XL has agreed to sell the towers to local tower operator Professional Telekomunikasi Indonesia…
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, as part of her busy schedule, visited Jakarta, Makassar in South Sulawesi Province, and Bali during a working visit on March 20-23, 2016. Bishop started her agenda by holding meetings with her Indonesian counterpart…
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