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DFS Group’s Singapore Changi Airport duplex duty free liquor and tobacco store in Terminal 3 was recently voted Travel Retailer of the Year in the 2016 ‘Icons of Whisky Awards by Whisky Magazine. As reported many times, the store was opened last May as part…
Singapore’s M1 has joined rival SingTel in offering 10Gbps residential fiber broadband services. The operator has extended its 10Gbps XGPON service, launched for the corporate segment last August, to the consumer market. M1 is offering the service for S$189…
Store-based retailing will continue to rule. The rise of e-commerce will be insufficient to dethrone brick-and-mortar shops in Singapore, according to a report by RHB Research. RHB noted that even if the popularity of online shopping continues to grow,…
SingTel was forced to temporarily suspend the functions of its mobile app after a software glitch resulted in users viewing the personal information of another account. Customers logging into the My Singtel app were able to view and the personal details of a…
A price war has erupted in Singapore for the first time in four years, as operators seek to stay competitive by lifting their data allowances. SingTel recently introduced a new add-on plan giving customers the option of doubling their mobile data allowance…
Analog television broadcasts in Singapore will stop by the end of 2017, according to the Ministry of Communications and Information. Public broadcaster Mediacorp converted all seven of its free-to-air (FTA) TV channels to the digital terrestrial transmission…
StarHub has signed an MoU with China Mobile and TrueMove covering hand-in-Hand collaboration. Under the agreement, China Mobile Communications Corporation, the world’s largest telco, will play host to the collaboration in five areas: device collaboration on…
Singapore is to become the first offshore market for Australian consumer electronics product information platform Product Lighthouse. Electronic goods retailers upload product information to the content distribution platform, and its data-validation tools…
With mobility growing at an unprecedented pace, user dependence on smartphones and tablets has intensified. The mobile device, with its dynamic messaging, video conferencing, and voice options, is playing an enabling role to empower communication within the…
The cost of living makes Singapore one of the toughest countries to retire in, according to a new report. It found that about two in three workers here who are 45 or older would like to retire in the next five years but 48 per cent of them say they would not…
Singapore operator StarHub has acquired a 9.05 percent stake in film and TV content producer MM2 Asia for SGD 18.04 million. StarHub will collaborate with MM2 to expand and differentiate its pay TV offerings through original content creation. In addition,…
South Korean jeweller Stonehenge has opened its first overseas store – on Level 1 of Singapore’s Takashimaya Shopping Centre. Stonehenge is showcasing its full range of earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings and timepieces, which come in silver, rose gold,…
French luxury brand Eres has opened its first boutique store in Asia – at the Four Seasons Hotel Singapore. It is the 43rd boutique worldwide for the brand, founded in 1968 and known for its graphic swimsuits in bold colours, and form-enhancing lingerie. In…
Luxury French brand Longchamp sees Asia as a major contributor to the brand’s global growth in coming years. CEO Jean Cassegrain says 25 per cent of the brand’s business now comes from Asia – and 50 per cent of its customer base is Asian. In an exclusive…
For the fourth year running Singapore Changi Airport has been voted the World’s Best Airport by air travellers at the Skytrax 2016 World Airport Awards, held at the Passenger Terminal EXPO in Cologne, Germany. The Skytrax awards are the most comprehensive on…
She is a loyal Asos customer who has ordered from the UK website not once, not twice, but a total of 19 times so far. But the latest experience for Ms Bernie Low, a local blogger, has been nothing short of frustrating. Ms Low, 22, is just one of many…
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