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Cigar house J. Cortès is intensifying its cooperation with commercial animation company, Part&Ma, at Lagardère Travel Retail stores at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport following good growth in 2015. This year, the partnership will reach a higher level to…
Singapore shares closed 1.57 percent lower on Wednesday, as investors were catching up with the fall in the U.S. stock market earlier this week amid a global sell-off. Trading resumed on Wednesday after the Lunar New Year break. Investors looked to U.S.…
Food takes centrestage during Chinese New Year, like most festive celebrations. But in the lead up to the occasion this year, retailers selling festive goodies say business is more lacklustre compared to 2015. Family-run bak kwa (sliced barbecued pork) stall…
Over 90% of trading volume came from a small group of investors. Singapore Exchange (SGX) urged investors and potential investors to exercise caution when dealing in the shares of Zhongmin Baihui Retail Group Limited (ZMBH). The SGX said that the share price…
Amid the economic uncertainty caused by falling oil prices and slowing growth in China, Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) are safe havens, DBS Group Research said yesterday. S-Reits have outperformed the local benchmark Straits Times…
Capitaland Retail China Trust (CRCT) reported on Thursday (Feb 4) a 4.4 per cent rise in distribution per unit (DPU) to 2.59 Singapore cents for its fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2015 from 2.48 cents for the year-ago quarter. Gross revenue increased 6.7 per…
When retail boss Terry O’Connor first joined Courts Singapore, he looked at its first managing director Christopher Wade and felt he could never emulate his record. Yet, he has done just that. Mr Wade is something of a legend around Courts. He was sent here…
In the two weeks leading up to the Chinese New Year, eCommerce sales in Asia grew by 40 per cent with 25 per cent more consumers shopping online. Three in 10 transactions were completed on a mobile device, according to performance marketing technology company…
The Singapore Airshow will once again feature spectacular flying displays, and also one of the widest range of business, commercial, and military aircraft at the static aircraft display area that will captivate and thrill visitors at the Changi Exhibition…
DHL launched its Asia Pacific Innovation Centre (APIC) in Singapore, its first innovation centre outside of Germany. Located at DHL’s Supply Chain Advanced Regional Centre building at Tampines LogisPark, the S$10 million facility is also the company’s first…
China’s economic growth may have been at its weakest rate in a quarter of a century last year, but some Singaporean firms with operations there are finding pockets of opportunity as the world’s No 2 economy matures from one based on industry to one fuelled by…
Some changes could be afoot at Capitol Singapore after it has been hit with a depressed retail environment. Landlord Perennial Real Estate on Friday (Feb 5) said it is looking at ways to help tenants. CEO of Perennial Real Estate Holdings Pua Seck Guan, said:…
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Singapore is planning to transfer its retail banking and wealth management (RBWM) division to a locally incorporated subsidiary named HSBC Bank (Singapore). Expected to become operational from 9 May this…
For 15 years, Ms Lim Sock Leng, who has intellectual disabilities, has been travelling from her home in Woodlands to a car wash in the southern part of Singapore for work. The trip takes her more than an hour, but she looks forward to seeing her friends at…
*Scape, a youth hangout which opened next to Orchard Cineleisure just six years ago, has been given a $2.5 million makeover. After completing the revamp late last year, it now offers facilities such as a 100-seater indoor gallery to host film screenings,…
At least 51 strata retail transactions have crossed the $10,000 psf mark, based on URA’s caveat data so far. These transactions took place as far back as 2005 at just nine developments: Alexandra Central, Centrepoint, Far East Plaza, Lucky Plaza, Novena…
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