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Dover Street Market has finally opened its doors in Singapore, the fifth location for the Japanese fashion retailer, conceived by fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, the founder of luxury label Comme des Garçons. Located inside an old army barrack, the latest…
The Cheers outlet at Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) looks like its a normal store – with shelves and fridges stocked with food and drinks – except there is no cashier or assistant in sight. The convenience store, fully managed by NYP students, is fitted with at…
Singaporean start-ups eyeing the Indonesian market can now look to a new innovation hub in its capital. Block71 Jakarta, a 1,500 sq m facility in the Kuningan district, officially opened its doors yesterday to 24 businesses from both countries. Operations had…
Singtel has introduced a new virtual Visa account on its all-in-one mobile payments app Dash. New and existing Dash customers now receive a Dash Visa Virtual Account that can be used for mobile payments at over 50,000 merchant points across the island. To…
Amazon.com has today formally announced the launch of Prime Now in Singapore, following an industry tip yesterday the service was about to be introduced. Prime Now offers free two-hour delivery on tens of thousands of items right that can be ordered via…
A range of limited-edition watches that pay tribute to the history and tradition of Singapore are being launched by Swiss brand Louis Moinet. FreshOut.Today reports the watches will be revealed on Singapore’s National Day, August 9, the city state’s 52nd…
Danish urban juice bar and coffee concept Joe & The Juice has bought back the brand’s franchise rights for Singapore and Hong Kong from Singapore’s Norbreeze Group. Norbreeze was running the brand’s network in both cities. Branches had opened in shopping…
Amazon is said to be coming to Singapore and as soon as this week, according to a report by TechCrunch, marking the US e-commerce giant’s entry into Southeast Asia. A close familiar with the matter told the tech publication that Amazon plans to launch Amazon…
Muji has just opened its 423rd store outside of Japan, officially beating the number of stores it has in its domestic market. The milestone was reached as it cut the ribbon on its Southeast Asia regional flagship, in Singapore’s Plaza Singapura mall on key…
Changi Airport is on track to open its new Terminal 4 (T4) later this year with nine airlines, including AirAsia Group, moving their operations there. Besides AirAsia Group, Cathay Pacific, Cebu Pacific, Korean Air, Spring Airlines and Vietnam Airlines will…
Balmain Singapore has launched the first Southeast Asian outpost for the French fashion house with an emporium at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands. It houses men’s and women’s ready-to-wear pieces from Balmain’s seasonal collections, including bags, shoes and…
VivoCity will host two food workshops for children next weekend led by Chef Mong from team-building company Cookyn and food artist Shirley Wong, also known as “Little Miss Bento”. Each workshop is limited to 30 teams comprising a parent and a child, and is…
Bata Singapore has officially reopened its renovated concept store at VivoCity in line with the company’s global modernisation and its “Me & Comfortable with it” manifesto. Covering 241 sqm, the store carries Bata’s latest Insolia and Made-in-Italy…
United Overseas Bank is the first Singaporean institute to be given a license to start up shop in Vietnam. The State Bank of Vietnam has granted a license for Singapore’s United Overseas Bank Ltd (UOB) to open a fully-fledged foreign-owned bank in Vietnam,…
The new company is expected to improve logistics services at Vietnam’s northern port city of Hai Phong. Quang Binh Import and Export Joint Stock Company has inked a joint venture deal with Transworld GLS Vietnam Ltd, a unit of Transworld Singapore Group, to…
Huawei has entered a strategic partnership with Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) to accelerate the nation’s digital economy thrust. The company has likewise entered agreements with Keppel Data Centres, and Ascent Solutions also related…
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