Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Indonesia, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Amid allegations of widespread abuses on its plantations, including the use of child labor, three NGOs this week lodged a formal complaint against Indonesian palm oil giant Indofood, calling for two of its subsidiaries to be suspended from the industry’s…
Lojel has opened a flagship store in Jakarta. The first Lojel Indonesia store, it is located on the ground floor of the Lotte Shopping Avenue. Founded in 1989, Lojel is now an international brand producing high-quality luggage and travel accessories. It is…
Mazda Motor Corporation has appointed Eurokars Motor Indonesia, a member of Eurokars Group, as the distributor of Mazda vehicles in Indonesia following its decision to leave the country. Eurokars Group spokesperson Angeline Tan said Mazda’s distribution…
Indonesia`s creative industry is considered to have the potentials to contribute to national economic growth, according to Head of Research and Industry Development of Industry Ministry Haris Munandar. “Currently, the contribution of t creative industries is…
Kaskus founder Ken Dean Lawadinata has resigned from his position as chairman of PT Darta Media Indonesia, the operator of the Kaskus online community. Ken plans to invest in property and commodities instead of Information Technology (IT). Ken released his…
Financial Services Authority (OJK) Chairman Muliaman D. Hadad said that the OJK is in the process of exploring the possibilities of expanding Indonesian banking industry overseas. “The most possible [cooperation] is with Thailand, because there have been two…
PT Astra International has added one more award to its collection after Hong Kong-based magazine FinanceAsia named the widely diversified business group the best non-financial company in Indonesia for the past two decades. The magazine’s publisher, Jonathan…
Fishing captain Wahyu Sumantri used to helm a 700-tonne vessel that sailed the Celebes Sea from North Sulawesi. These days, he can be found peddling mie ayam, or chicken noodles, from a push cart in his home town of Kerawang, in West Java, about two hours…
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Saturday opened the main event of Sail Karimata 2016 which took place at Pulau Datuk beach in Sukadana, North Kayong District, West Kalimantan. “I want to remind that 71 percent of Indonesian territory is made up of sea water…
Axiata Group has no plans to downsize its operations in any of its eight markets, according to CEO Jamaludin Ibrahim. Last months, reports suggested that the company is considering selling stakes in its Indonesian, Cambodian and Sri Lankan operations, leading…
Daimler Trucks, the world’s leading truck manufacturer with a strong foothold in Asia, is enhancing its position in commercial vehicles in its core market Indonesia. The Daimler Trucks subsidiary FUSO (Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, MFTBC),…
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and business partners Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), PT Krama Yudha (KY) and Mitsubishi FUSO Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) reached a basic agreement on restructuring MMC-brand vehicle sales operations in Indonesia in…
State lender Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) posted a net profit of Rp7.72 trillion in the third quarter of 2016, up 28.7 percent from the same period last year. The double-digit profit growth was fueled by net interest income after credits grew by 21.1 percent…
Now into its second day, the Trade Expo Indonesia event has generated a total of US$186.69 million worth of transactions in the form of trade contracts. “Transactions worth US$178.7 million were signed on the first day while US$7.99 million worth of deals…
State-run energy giant Pertamina officially received a cargo of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Iran on Thursday, marking Iran’s first shipment as a new supplier of LPG to Indonesia. Pertamina president director Dwi Soetjipto welcomed the 44,000 metric…
Tokyo-based craft products retailer DigitalStudio has launched Discovery Japan Mall, a cross-border eCommerce venture. Specialising in Japanese brands, the mall’s initial catalogue includes mainly toys, fishing gear, cosmetics, food, watches and fashion.…
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