Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Malaysia, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Hong Kong-based magnificence merchandise retailer Sa Sa has elevated gross sales regardless of the home market challenges. The group’s complete turnover elevated by 2.7 per cent from HK$eight.756 billion to HK$eight.993 billion within the yr to March 31.…
Malaysian pet store Pets My Coronary heart has launched on-line utilizing a singular subscription-based retail mannequin. In contrast to most different pet outlets in Malaysia, Pets My Coronary heart will supply merchandise for cats and canine on…
A new cell phone was uncovered by SNS Company in Malaysia powered by an Intel Atom x3 “S0FIA” chipset. JOI Phone 5, is a mid range cell phone with dual SIM abilities which will be available through GLOO’s retail company in Malaysia. The device is powered by a…
Listed retailer 7-Eleven Malaysia says it is going to open 200 new shops across the nation this yr – and refurbish 200 extra. A 3rd of these might be within the Klang Valley, the guts of larger Kuala Lumpur. The enlargement and rejuvenation, estimated to…
US informal eating chain Buffalo Wild Wings is within the means of securing grasp franchisees in at the very least six extra Asian nations as its first foray into the area pays off. In January BWW opened its first restaurant within the continent, in Manila,…
KWC Fashion mall has grow to be Malaysia’s first wholesale bodily mall to go surfing, after partnering with eCommerce newcomer 11street. 11Street , already one of many largest on-line marketplaces in Malaysia, and KWC Fashion mall, certainly one of Kuala…
Tesco Malaysia has chosen NCR self-checkout know-how for introduction into its hypermarket community. The 2 corporations says the know-how will supply “a quicker and extra handy checkout choice” for its clients in Malaysia. “Clients will now have the liberty…
House buying channel Astro Malaysia says its gross sales have risen 50 per cent between the January and April quarters. Astro GS Store is a three way partnership between cable TV community operator Astro Malaysia and South Korean multimedia retailer GS…
The Malaysian attire retail business has posted compound annual progress price of 9.9 per cent between 2010 and 2014. In accordance with a brand new report the sector achieved complete revenues of US$1.eight billion in 2014. However one of the best is but to…
In conjunction with the upcoming Raya festivities, 11street (www.11street.my), one of the largest online marketplaces in Malaysia today announced that its Hari Raya campaign is officially launched to give relief on consumers’ festival shopping. The Hari Raya…
France’s ecology minister, Ségolène Royal, caused a stir following her comments in an interview late on Monday on Canal+: “We have to replant a lot of trees because there is massive deforestation that also leads to global warming. We should stop eating…
A Singaporean funding firm has taken a strategic stake within the Malaysian licenceholder of Japanese division retailer model Sogo. Singapore-listed LTC Company, by way of a wholly-owned subsidiary, has taken a 50 per cent share of USP Fairness in equal…
Trend is a worldwide enterprise, and the world is a burgeoning market. The US$1.5 trillion trend commerce is on a double-digital progress trajectory pushed by creating economies, and large retailers will not be the one beneficiaries. Begin-ups and smaller…
The Confederation of Malaysian Tobacco Producers (CMTM) at this time refuted strategies that safety marking provider Sicpa had contributed to the most important drop within the historical past of unlawful cigarettes in Malaysia. Sicpa is a Swiss-based safety…
Shopper confidence in Asia-Pacific elevated in 9 of 14 markets within the first quarter of 2015, in comparison with solely three that rose within the fourth-quarter 2014, in accordance with the Nielsen International Survey of Shopper Confidence and Spending…
Listed comfort retailer operator 7-Eleven Malaysia says gross sales soared 23.7 per cent within the first quarter, previous to the April 1 introduction of GST. And the corporate, in a press release to the inventory trade, expressed optimism in its instant…
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