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Beauty salon booking app Vaniday, backed by eCommerce giant Rocket Internet – the company behind fashion eTailer Zalora – has launched its first Asian platform in Singapore. Following in the footsteps of five other countries, the app now covers the city…
Mrs Madelaine Wong buys new clothes for her three children every fortnight. The 37-year-old, a regional director of sales, shops for them during lunch time or after work. While Mark, six, Lauren, four, and Jude, one, are at a stage of their lives where they…
Singapore Changi Airport has formally reported that it achieved an 8% record increase in retail and food and beverage sales worth S$2.2bn ($1.56bn) in 2015, compared with the previous trading period in calendar year 2014. The Changi Airport Group includes 350…
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is forecasting a 0-2% rise in the range of S$22bn to $22.4bn ($15.6bn to $15.9bn) in tourism receipts in 2016 and international visitor arrivals in the range of 15.2m to 15.7m (0 – 3%). This follows what the STB describes as…
Ikea is reviewing its entire $444 million global media account, which is currently split between a range of agencies across five different holding companies. WPP’s MEC retained Ikea’s media planning and buying duties in the U.S. following the last media…
Pincon Spirit Ltd today said it has acquired Singapore-based Orbitol Solutions, engaged in merchant trading and agriculture business. The company’s business is dispersed through Southeast Asia. Pincon Spirit did not disclose financial details of the…
Singapore on Monday announced it had begun to feed solar power into its retail electric grid for the first time, as it seeks to reduce emissions and prepares to fully liberalize its electricity market. Singapore, one of the sunniest cities in the world,…
TheWellDressedSociety.com began with one dream– to evolve the Singapore fashion scene by bringing the best of Australian designers to Singapore and the rest of Asia. The site has launched with leading Australian designers that are few to be seen in the Asian…
The Republic’s economy expanded by 2 per cent in 2015, the weakest annual growth since 2009 when the economy was hit by the global financial crisis, according to figures released by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on Wednesday (Feb 24). The figure…
Providing an environmentally friendlier alternative to power generation fired by coal or natural gas, home-grown Sun Electric kicked-off its first live distribution of solar power today (Feb 29) to local businesses. The solar power is distributed through…
German watchmaker Glashutte Original is rapidly building its network of Asian boutiques as it tries to build its share of global luxury watch sales. During the last three months, Glashutte has opened three new stores in Asia, including its first in Southeast…
Honolulu Coffee Shop, known in Hong Kong for its egg tarts with flaky pastry, will open a 50-seat restaurant in Singapore in April. At The CentrePoint in Orchard Rd, the restaurant will go head to head with Hong Kong’s Tai Cheong Bakery, which is known for…
Home furnishing and accessories shop iwannagohome will close its outlets in Singapore, its parent company confirmed on Friday (Feb 26). Both its branches at Tanglin Mall and Great World City will be closed, said a spokesperson for the brand, which debuted in…
Christian Dior has officially re-opened its duplex ladies boutique at ION Orchard, its largest flagship boutique in Singapore measuring over 700 square meters, and the first ladies duplex boutique in South-East Asia. The newly-minted retail space provides a…
Local prices mirror global trends. There is no evidence to suggest that petrol companies conspire to control oil prices in Singapore, according to a study by the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS). The study showed that local oil retailers base their…
As a first step toward growing its international presence, Indian fashion brand Wildcraft has launched into the Middle East and Southeast Asia. It has formed partnerships for its foray into the UAE, Oman and Muscat markets, and online partnerships for Hong…
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