Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Singapore, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Food retailers in some of Asia’s fastest-growing economies are expecting solid growth this year as expanding populations and rising income levels drive up demand, according to research commissioned by DHL Supply Chain. The logistics operator surveyed more…
Apple unveiled two new iPhones – iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus – during a special event held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. As with any iPhone with a “S” moniker, the new iPhones are incremental upgrades to its predecessors. The biggest feature being…
Coinbase, one of the biggest bitcoin exchanges and wallet services in the United States, has unveiled retail buy-and-sell operations in Singapore and Canada. The operations is part of the San-Francisco-based company’s expansion into Asia to make digital…
Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila) and Tigerair (TR, Singapore Changi) have secured Singaporean anti-trust regulatory approval for their enhanced joint venture on flights between the Philippines and Singapore. Under their original agreement filed in September of…
DHL Express has announced the opening of a facility in Singapore that will host a new global quality control centre and serve as a centre of excellence for global service quality and business IT activities. “Quality is one of the main sources of…
It seems that taxi drivers in Singapore are fearful of Uber, which threatens their livelihood by using private drivers to pick up passengers. While they didn’t riot in the streets or overturn cars (Singapore clamps down hard on unruly behavior), they’ve…
The new Girard-Perregaux Singapore boutique is the Swiss watchmaker’s first Southeast Asian flagship. The Girard-Perregaux Singapore boutique is a partnership with The Hour Glass, Singapore’s exclusive distributor of Girard-Perregaux in Southeast Asia. The…
Japanese beauty products giant Shiseido has created a Global Travel Retail (GTR) marketing team based in Singapore. The company said that the new team is aligned with the Group Vision 2020 and reflects the priority role of travel retail in the expansion of…
Korean dessert concept Churro 101 is to open its first store in Singapore on October 3. Churro 101 Singapore will debut at Bugis Plus on Victoria St, serving up churros – a fried-dough pastry snack popular in Spain, France, the Philippines, Portugal, and the…
Singapore’s government has unveiled ‘part 2’ of a Retail Productivity Plan for the city state. In a speech to the 24th Singapore Retail Industry Conference, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Lee Yi Shyan said while the original Retail…
In Hong Kong, HMV is enjoying a renaissance. But HMV Singapore appears about to become extinct. The last surviving store bearing the brand in the city state will close on September 30 after the company decided not to renew its lease on the Marina Square…
Consumer prices in the Republic fell 0.8 per cent in August, the biggest year-on-year drop since November 2009. The decline, which came after a 0.4 per cent fall in July, was mainly due to the lower cost of private road transport, according to a joint news…
Retail investors will enjoy a boost in protection with new rules for investments linked to gold and other physical assets. The enhancements also allows flexibility for accredited investors (AIs) to decide on the level of regulatory protection they want to be…
Apple Inc. said Monday that its latest smartphones, the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, will be available at the technology giant’s retail stores at 8 a.m. local time on Friday, September 25. The company also noted that more than 50 percent of existing devices…
Singapore-listed Silverlake Axis has reached a deal to buy local firm SunGard Ambit (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (previously known as System Access Limited) for $12 million. Silverlake, that provides digital economy solutions and services, told the Singapore…
NTUC FairPrice has officially launched FairPrice Hub, its new headquarters and high-tech distribution centre. The $350 million complex is equipped with technological innovations to manage increasing consumer demand for the next 20 years. The building was…
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