Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Indonesia, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Users of DBS Bank’s PayLah! app over the next few months will find Gojek integrated within its app, both companies said on Thursday. In addition, Gojek customers can now pay with PayLah. As part of its partnership with the Indonesian ride-hailing firm, DBS…
Jakarta-based Achiko wants to list 100 million shares on SIX, the Swiss stock exchange, it said on Wednesday. The shares were valued at $0.70 during its last fundraising, which would make for proceeds of $70 million. Its seven-year-old subsidiary Mimopay…
AirAsia has launched a four-times-a-week service between Perth and Lombok, with the inaugural flight touching down on Sunday night. With fares starting at just $99 one way, the flights are set to be popular with Aussie tourists keen to sample the destination…
Indonesian e-commerce company Tokopedia is expanding its one-day delivery guarantee to almost all of its products as it prepares to battle Amazon and other foreign rivals. Backed by Alibaba Group and SoftBank, Tokopedia’s greatest strength might lie in the…
Online travel giants Expedia and Booking.com are warning that budget airline pioneer, AirAsia Group, risks being destabilized by ambitious plans to become the “Amazon of travel”. AirAsia, which already offers limited travel plans on its website, plans to…
PT VisioNet Data Internasional (VisioNet) has selected Epsilon to deliver its Direct Cloud Connect solution for its enterprise customers in Indonesia. Through the partnership, VisioNet’s Indonesian enterprise customers will benefit from on-demand access to…
The new INDIGO subsea cable linking Singapore, Indonesia and Australia has completed commissioning and is ready for use. The INDIGO consortium – consisting of Google, Indonesia’s Indosat Ooredoo, Singtel, and Australia’s SubPartners and Telstra – are now able…
Indonesian e-commerce platform BukaGlobal has launched in Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Developed by Bukalapak, the platform will connect 4 million Indonesian sellers to the global market. At the moment, products sold on the site include…
Indonesian state-owned pharmaceuticals firm Kimia Farma is considering expanding into Vietnam by acquiring a local company. The firm recently invested US$10.26 million in a Saudi Arabian firm, purchasing 60 percent of its shares and renaming it as Kimia Farma…
Indonesian retail sales grew by 10.1 percent in March following a 9.1 percent increase in February, according to central bank survey data. The strong March performance was underpinned by sales of apparel along with automotive parts and accessories. However,…
Shopee and Tiki maintained their positions as the two leading sites in terms of traffic in Vietnam’s e-commerce sector in the first quarter of this year. According to the latest figures from the Map of E-Commerce released recently by iPrice Group – a…
A Texas Chicken Indonesia franchisee will be among the first in the world to display the brand’s new look and feel. The company’s new ‘Blaze’ concept will make its debut in central Bandung, in a popular town-square style area known as Alun Alun Bandung. Quick…
Honda has revealed the updated BR-V at the 2019 Indonesia International Motor Show. The BR-V has not been doing great in terms of sales in India. The company has been selling close to 500 cars on an average and a facelift might just help in lifting those…
Singtel has inked a new partnership with ride hailing company GOJEK aimed at cross-marketing their offerings and providing perks to users and drivers. Under the agreement, Singtel will offer GOJEK drivers who subscribe to its Combo mobile plans data-free…
Hyflux said that creditor Maybank was terminating its collaboration agreement with the troubled Singapore water infrastructure player with immediate effect due to its failure to reach a binding deal with a bidder or investor. This constitutes a breach which…
Indonesia’s XL Axiata has engaged Infinera to modernize both its South Sumatra terrestrial network and its Singapore-to-Jakarta subsea network for the 5G era. Under the agreement, Infinera will provide its XTC platform for the South Sumatra terrestrial…
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