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Despite speculation, Singapore operator StarHub has no intention of acquiring or merging with struggling rival M1, according to reports. StarHub’s management does not plan to acquire M1, Singapore’s smallest major operator whose major shareholders recently…
Courts has recently unveiled its plans to capitalize on the growth of e-commerce in Southeast Asia by rebuilding its online business, originally launched in 2012 with an offering of 7,000 products that has increased to 14,000 today, through a partnership with…
Singtel has launched an optimized internet service promising to provide enterprises with up to ten times faster access to cloud applications. The operator’s new ConnectPlus Optimized Internet Service provides assured internet connectivity between enterprise’s…
A Whopper-flavoured toothpaste and a weekend staycation where you can chill in a panda costume… those were the first two April Fool’s Day pranks orchestrated by marketers this silly season. Putting aside for a moment the question of whether launching such…
Singapore’s Katrina Group, an F&B business specialising in multi-cuisine concepts, has taken a step toward opening So Pho restaurants in China and Hong Kong. It has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with fast-casual restaurant group Ajisen…
Japanese eyewear chain Zoff is expanding into Southeast Asia with a flagship outlet at Orchard Central in Singapore. Zoff, known for consistently introducing two collections every month, has more than 200 stores in Japan and China. Its Singapore flagship…
DFS Group and the Changi Airport Group celebrated the sixth annual Masters of Wines and Spirits event (MOWS) in Singapore last Saturday (25 March) with a collection of more than 60 Cognac expressions, plus wines and whiskies from more than 50 houses. This…
A Samsung outlet in Singapore caught fire this morning, causing neighbouring shops in the mall to close temporarily for safety and cleaning, reports Channel News Asia. It’s not the first time Samsung has had trouble with fires. The company had to kill the…
Singapore-based fintech startup OOjiBO has raised a S$5 million (US$3.6 million) in a Pre-Series A round led by Centurion Private Equity. Wong Kok Hoe, Director at Centurion, managed the investment and joined OOjiBO’s board of directors. The mobile payments…
CapitaLand, through its wholly owned shopping mall business, CapitaLand Mall Asia, has signed a contract to manage the upcoming mall at the new SingPost Centre. This is the third mall management contract that CapitaLand has inked in slightly over six months,…
CapitaLand, through its wholly owned shopping-mall business CapitaLand Mall Asia, has signed its first third-party shopping centre-management contract in Singapore to run the new SingPost Centre. Described as a world-first, Singapore Post is currently…
DHL eCommerce, a division of the world’s leading logistics company Deutsche Post DHL Group, has launched a new commercial international shipping product facilitating Singapore-based e-tailers, online merchants, manufacturers, and traditional ‘brick and…
Singapore’s UOB Asset Management has partnered with a prominent U.S fund manager to tap into the current enthusiasm around all things tech. UOB Asset Management (UOBAM) has partnered US-based T. Rowe Price International Ltd. (T. Rowe Price) to offer retail…
China’s Alibaba Group has teamed up with online retailer Lazada to bring popular shopping site Taobao to Singapore, in a move to deepen the reach of the Chinese e-commerce giant into Asia ahead of US rival Amazon. Last year, Alibaba made headlines with a US$1…
Singapore’s Singtel and Indonesia’s Telkomsel have teamed up to launch a real-time mobile remittance service to Indonesia. The new service is being offered by SingCash under the Singtel Dash brand. It will allow customers in Singapore to send money to the…
Singapore’s mobile operators will commence the process of switching off their 2G networks on Sunday as part of a scheduled sunsetting of the aging networking technology. Operators M1, Singtel and StarHub plan to conduct the switch-off in stages, and complete…
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