Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Indonesia, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Net1 Indonesia, provider of 4G LTE broadband data services, holds an exciting digital activity named #MauAda4Gdimana meaning “where should 4G access exist?”, from May 7 – July 7, 2018. Basically, this is a competition to invite people playing an active role…
Indonesian ride-hailing app Go-Jek will officially launch in Vietnam this July, bringing more competition to the market currently dominated by Grab after it had acquired Uber’s Southeast Asia operations in March. Founded in 2010, the Indonesian transport…
Indonesian jewellery brand John Hardy has inaugurated a new Miami flagship store, signalling the Made in Bali-brand’s retail strategy shift toward the US. The New York-headquartered brand has opened a boutique inside Florida’s Aventura Mall, much like its…
SMS is not dead – not yet anyway. Ovum’s Mobile Messaging Traffic and Revenue Forecast: 2017-22 forecasts global revenues from application-to-person (A2P) SMS will finally exceed revenues from person-to-person (P2P) SMS by 2022, totalling $43 billion, even…
With its exclusive retailer Time International, US lifestyle brand Tory Burch Asia has launched its first boutique for Indonesia at Tunjungan Plaza 4 in Surabaya. Joining a champagne toast for the occasion were Time International president/CEO Irwan Danny…
Thai Lion Air, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s largest private airline, Lion Air, increased its Jakarta-Bangkok service from once a day to twice on Monday. The additional SL116 flight, which uses a Boeing 737-900ER, will depart from Don Mueang International…
AirAsia and Garuda Indonesia have cancelled a total of at least 26 flights to and from Yogyakarta after the eruption of Mount Merapi forced the ancient Javanese city’s airport to close. The cancelled AirAsia flights are AK 346, AK 347, AK 348 and AK 349…
The country’s largest private low-cost carrier, the Lion Air Group, has opened a new charter route from the East Java capital of Surabaya to Haikou, the capital of the Chinese island province of Hainan. Flying once a week, the fleet’s Boeing 737-900 ER…
KLM’s Country Manager for Indonesia, Wouter Alders said that the move to terminal 3 will enhance the experience for KLM customers travelling on its daily flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur. He said, “KLM has been looking forward to relocate to…
Bank BRI Syariah has been listed as an issuer at the Indonesia Stock Exchange today, May 9. With the code BRIS, BRI released more than 2.6 billion new shares or 27 percent of its paid up capital. BRIS IPO price was set at Rp510 per share. The SOE Ministry’s…
Rice exports rose 27 percent to $1.57 billion during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year as exporters pushed fresh cargoes to Indonesia, Kenya and other markets during the period, an industry official said on Wednesday. Rice exports amounted to…
Indonesia Airline Garuda holds promo for “empty legs flight” or non-passenger flights during the month of 2018 Ramadan. “‘Empty legs flight’ is a term for when, as an example, a flight from Solo to Jakarta is packed with passenger but there is no demand for…
With more than 190 million customers, Telkomsel is currently the largest mobile operator in Indonesia. Telkomsel has consistently implemented the latest mobile technology and was the first to commercially launch 4G LTE mobile services in the country. Entering…
Many website links recently suggested that Garuda Indonesia offering two free tickets in the celebration of its 69th anniversary. However, the state-owned airline management denied the news. “Garuda Indonesia ensures that such promotion info was invalid and…
The National Payment Gateway (GPN) may burden both consumers and banks as Bank Indonesia (BI) requires all bank customers to have at least one GPN card, the University of Indonesia’s Institute for Economic and Social Research (LPEM UI) has said. LPEM UI…
The Jakarta administration launched at City Hall on Monday a new smartphone app named JakEVO to simplify the procedures for obtaining business permits (SIUP) and registration certificates (TDP). Jakarta One-Stop Integrated Service Agency (PTSP) head Edy…
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