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Funan, one of the most highly anticipated developments in Singapore opening in 4Q 2019, has signed its first office tenant. CapitaLand Mall Trust Management Limited (CMTML), the manager of CapitaLand Mall Trust which owns Funan, today announced that coworking…
Bot-powered commerce is on a tipping point in Singapore according to the new SAP Hybris Singapore Christmas Shopper Survey 2017. This Christmas, more than half (53%) of Singaporean shoppers are enlisting the help of chatbots for holiday shopping. In fact,…
UNIQLO announces the Uniqlo U Spring/Summer 2018 collection will launch in three phases, on 26 January,and more items will be introduced progressively in March and April 2018.This is the fourth Uniqlo U collection, which embodies the UNIQLOLifeWear philosophy…
Launched early last month, mobile payment app company SpherePay, has acquired over 60,000 users in Singapore and has actively engaged users by running campaigns and strategic partnerships with reputable brands and organizations. With its mission to be South…
E-commerce fraud is becoming more prevalent, says US internet payments technology company Stripe in a new report. Fraudsters repeat online purchases at the same businesses 10 times more quickly than actual cardholders, says the report, which reveals new…
LUMINE opened in Singapore’s Clarke Quay Central with an exciting new shopping experience. Visitors to the mall found a mall-in-mall experience in LUMINE, where they can have their pick of Japan — and eat it too. Both established and younger brands will be…
October Singapore retail sales rose a meagre 0.8 per cent over the same month last year, falling 1 per cent from September. Those figures exclude motor vehicles which typically skew Singapore’s data. Including those, retail sales declined 0.1 per cent year on…
Following a holiday in Singapore last year, a restaurateur couple has returned to open a casual gourmet burger restaurant, Hans Im Gluck, in Orchard Road. The brand’s 50th outlet and first outpost in Asia, it specialises in vegan, vegetarian, beef and chicken…
Short-term home rental service Airbnb on Friday called Singapore’s regulatory framework “untenable” as authorities said they planned to hold discussions with home-sharing platforms and resident groups soon on how such accommodation may be allowed. The…
The Shilla Duty Free has unveiled its 1,375 square meter beauty store in Singapore Changi Airport’s newly-opened Terminal 4. It is the biggest among all the Shilla Central stores at Changi and is part of the airport’s first integrated duty free zone, which…
Spanish frozen yogurt chain Llaollao closed yesterday, being replaced by another European brand, Yole. D+1 Holding, the master franchisee of Ilaollao in Singapore, has not revealed why it has discontinued with the brand. However, the company has acquired the…
To mark the 10th anniversary of its hypermarket format, NTUC FairPrice has launched an experiential concept at its FairPrice Xtra hypermarket in Jurong Point shopping centre. Offering more than 26,000 grocery and household products across 57,000sqft (5300sqm)…
Prominent Chinese co-working space operator UrWork is opening a second Singapore location in the first quarter of next year. The company, which is backed by Alibaba’s Ant Financial and Sequoia Capital among others, launched its first overseas branch at Ayer…
Singapore Post Limited is revising its rates for the international delivery of small packets from Jan 2 next year, following new rates set by a United Nations agency. Also from the same date, it will stop accepting delivery of international small packets by…
Singapore has introduced the world’s first mobile tourist tax refund system, Tourego. Approved by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), Tourego migrates the paper-based tax refund process on to an app, allowing users to receive and store their…
Every year retailers are faced with the challenge of ensuring a positive customer experience when stretched to full capacity. A task made all the more difficult by the fact that a lot of shoppers have already had their nerves worn thin by the stressful search…
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