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Xiaomi Mi Mix now available via Lazada in Singapore Xiaomi fans in Singapore are in for a treat as the Mi Mix concept phone is now available for purchase via Lazada. Although the phone’s availability is officially limited to China, some enterprising stores…
Online office supply company Service Partner ONE have released the 2016 Coffee Price Index, detailing which cities offer the best value coffee worldwide. The research, which took into account 75 cities from 36 countries across the globe, found that Rio de…
American lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret opened its first South-east Asian flagship store – a head-turning pink glass confection – at Mandarin Gallery yesterday. First in the queue of about 100 shoppers were mother-and-daughter duo Mandy Lo, an office…
It invested $192.4m in the 28-floor retail complex. Singapore’s state-owned investment firm GIC invested $192.4m (USD 136m) in G-Square City Retail Complex in Seoul Korea. Tha complex, which was completed in 2012, spans 238,248 sqm across 8 floors. The…
What’s Michael Kors up to these days? The designer has been visiting Asia, where he celebrated the opening of his Singapore Mandarin Gallery flagship store. While there, he was presented a dendobrium orchid genus from Kirk Wagner, US Ambassador to the…
Frasers Centrepoint Trust has entered into two sale and purchase agreements for the acquisition of the retail podium of Yishu 10 Cinema Complex. The deal is worth $37.8m. One of which was with Goldvein Trading Pte. Ltd., for the acquisition of units #01-01,…
Millennials demand faster and easier ways to pay. It seemed awkward at first, as J.D Power Director Gordon Shields recalls it, having to pay using his phone at a local supermarket in Singapore. He tells how the checkout assistant confusingly shouted “Apple…
Leading private carrier Jet Airways will operate a daily service to Singapore from here from December 14 to expand its connectivity in the Asean region, the airline said on Monday. “The new flight is introduced to meet the demand for a direct flight to…
Bridgestone China & Asia Pacific has appointed M&C Saatchi Singapore as its agency of record (AOR) from January 2017 following a closed-door pitch involving four global agencies. This win follows the agency’s recent wins as AOR for Shell Retail Singapore and…
John Little, the oldest department store in Singapore, will close its last outlet by the year end. The store has operated since 1842, and the Plaza Singapura branch since 1979. Robinsons Group, which manages John Little, said that the brand may live on as a…
The extended season will lead to an eleven percent ($9.1 billion) increase in online sales to a total of $91.6 billion, according to Adobe’s 2016 Digital Insights Shopping Predictions report. Large retailers expected to account for the bulk of the growth,…
Changi Airport Group (CAG) has issued retail tenders across fashion and jewellery categories, as well as for a short-term tenancy shop. CAG has opened two individual commercial opportunities in fashion, in search for established mid-price fashion names to…
Senjō Group, a privately held investment firm, unveiled today its new global headquarters in Singapore. The leading financial technology investor has leased the entire 56th floor of One Raffles Place in Singapore’s Central Business District.Established in…
Just like real estate is about location, location and location, private banking is about scale, scale and scale – it is what’s needed to cope with the high cost of the business, say industry players. Monday’s surprise move by DBS Bank to snap up most of ANZ’s…
Qlik, a leader in visual analytics, today announced its technology partnership with Esri Singapore, the country’s leading Geographic Information System (GIS) technology provider. The collaboration will see Esri Singapore and Qlik working together to educate…
Consumers can look forward to shopping for electricity the way they choose a phone plan. Electricity retailers are preparing a buffet of options for consumers, as the Energy Market Authority (EMA) plans to fully open up the electricity retail market to…
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