Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Indonesia, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Filipino fashion retail brand Rusty Lopez has recently opened a new store in Jakarta, featuring comfortable sandals and casuals made from Marikina City, the Philippines’ shoe capital known for producing durable and high-quality footwear, according to the…
Lazada Group’s Online Revolution, also known as 12.12, has again proven to be the biggest online shopping event in Southeast Asia, ringing up US$40.5 million in sales. About 60 per cent of the gross merchandise value (GMV) of the December 12 event came from…
Bank Indonesia predicted that the interest rate of consumer credits including housing credits(KPR) would decline in 2017 as a result of the relaxation of its monetary policy. Director of Macro prudential Policy of the Central Bank Dwityapoetra S. Besar, said…
Hundreds of online stores are taking part in the online shopping national day (Harbolnas) held from December 12 until December 14, 2016. The Harbolnas brings profit not only to customers, but also online shop administrators. For example, Bukalapak.com booked…
Indonesia saw the exports of its palm oil products, which include crude palm oil (CPO), biodiesel and oleochemical, increase by 34 percent month-on-month to 2.45 million tons in October, thanks to rising demand from major export destinations. In September,…
The family of Rezky Yami Putri, 27, born with an imperfect three-fingered left hand half the size of a normal hand, was skeptical when she landed a job at Indonesia’s largest lender Bank Mandiri. They thought she was deceived, because such an achievement…
Control of the Foodpanda business has been sold by parent Rocket Internet, including the remaining Asian operations. German-based online food-ordering service Delivery Hero Holding, which is active in 33 countries, has acquired Rocket Internet-backed Emerging…
State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura (AP) II president director Muhammad Awaluddin said that airports under AP II management are ready to serve passengers in this year’s holiday season. Awaluddin added that three airports have opened new terminals,…
National carrier Garuda Indonesia will operate a direct flight from Jakarta to Mumbai, India, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has announced. The announcement was made during a joint press conference by President Jokowi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Anker, a company based in Seattle, the US, and which specializes in USB charging products, has opened an official store in Jakarta, its first in Southeast Asia, in the hope of reaping benefits from the Indonesian market, the largest economy in the region.…
Global payments and technology company MasterCard is intensifying efforts to tap opportunities in the Indonesian premium market segments by offering a variety of exclusive rewards and services for its premium card holders. Among the select opportunities are…
Garuda Indonesia has opened a new route to connect Surabaya in East Java to Medina in Saudi Arabia in a bid to expand its flight network in the Middle East and tap into the potential umroh (minor haj) market. Introduced on Tuesday at Surabaya’s Juanda…
Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan said Indonesia and Singapore have agreed to cooperate in a number of sectors such as tourism and energy. The fields of cooperation include tourism, development of liquefied natural gas (LNG),…
The nations flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has received a citation of “The Worlds Most Loved Airline” from the Skytrax, the world airline rating agency. Garuda Indonesia President M Arif Wibowo said when receiving the citation here on Thursday that the airline…
National carrier Garuda Indonesia will begin operating wide body aircraft such as the Airbus 330 or the Boeing 777 to Jayapura, in the eastern province of Papua, next year. The operation of wide body airplanes to Jayapura was part of the airlines efforts to…
Lender Citibank Indonesia expects to book single-digit loan growth next year although it believes lending will pick up speed in the second half of 2017, the company’s top management said on Wednesday. “For Citibank, we expect single-digit [lending growth]. It…
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