Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Malaysia, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Fast-food chain Texas Chicken Malaysia has opened its first outlet on the Southern Peninsular with its new store in Johor Bahru’s City Square Shopping Mall. The new outlet, Texas Chicken’s 48th restaurant nationwide, is managed by local franchisee Envictus…
Expanding its wings even further, AirAsia marked another milestone by celebrating its new international inaugural flights from Hanoi in Vietnam and Phuket in Thailand, into its Penang hub at the Penang International Airport (PIA) here today. Its three-hour…
The opening at the Malaysian gateway, in association with travel retailer Dimensi Eksklusif, consolidates the Amore Pacific-owned beauty firm’s airport influence in Asia, having already established a footprint at Hong Kong International and Singapore Changi.…
Melissa Chi, 30, remembers when her wardrobe was full of H&M clothing and accessories. After discovering the Swedish brand during an internship in Washington, the Singaporean, who runs an online healthy lifestyle store, quickly became a fan of its smart…
Tealive owner Loob Holding Sdn Bhd will file an application for a stay and for leave to appeal to the Federal Court after the Court of Appeal granted an injunction by Chatime franchisor La Kaffa International Co Ltd against Tealive from continuing its…
French luxury label Chanel has opened a pop-up store in Kuala Lumpur this month, as its KL flagship location undergoes renovations for relaunch in late 2018. Located in Suria KLCC, the 400 square-metre temporary store stocks Chanel’s range of product,…
A proposal for a new low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) to be developed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) was made last year by a company called Citaglobal Airports Sdn Bhd, a move which looks to have had the backing of the AirAsia group, the largest…
Items seized from six premises linked to ousted Malaysian leader Najib Razak, including cash, a vast stash of jewelry and luxury handbags, are worth up to $273 million, police said Wednesday. “The total cost of all the items, the retail price, will be…
Malaysian palm oil futures fell at the midday break today, as weak export demand and losses in US soyoil weighed. The benchmark palm oil contract for September delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was down 0.8% at RM2,266 per tonne, its…
AmInvestment Bank has cut the banking sector’s core earnings growth forecast to 7.6% from 9.2% after lowering expectations for banks’ non-interest income. The earnings growth will be contributed by an increase in revenue and improvement in operating expenses.…
Looking to earn extra income for Malaysians has just become easier with the launch of DuitDo-it. Working like the dating app Tinder, job seekers can apply for part-time and contract or freelance work with just one swipe. DuitDo-it is developed and owned by…
Aeon Credit Service (M) Bhd is targeting to launch its cashless payment service Aeon Wallet in August, which will become another core business segment for the group. Aeon Credit, a subsidiary of Aeon Financial Service Co Ltd Japan, is principally engaged in…
The Malaysia Retailers Association (MRA) forecasts retail sales to be 5.3% for 2018, an improvement from the 4.7% growth in its March survey, boosted temporarily by the zero Goods and Sales Tax in June. The MRA said for the first quarter of 2018, the Malaysia…
Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) is committed to supporting Sarawak’s aspiration to become a major player in the petroleum industry and has so far invested RM183 billion in the upstream sector in the state alone via production sharing contracts (PSCs).…
Shares of Telekom Malaysia Bhd slumped as much as 12.1% this morning to a low of RM3.19 in anticipation of a drop of at least 25% in broadband prices by year-end. At the noon break, the stock fell 39 sen or 10.7% to RM3.24 on 39.82 million shares done.…
AirAsia Group Bhd (AAGB) lambasted the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) first information report (FIR) lodged against the low-cost airline, based on information from an unnamed “reliable source.” “We question the motives of the unnamed person,…
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