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Emirates-based Pure Gold Jewellers has opened the doors of its new store at Singapore’s Changi Airport. The store, the first Middle Eastern jeweller to be granted space at the airport, is located in the duty-free departure area of Terminal 1. Pure Gold says…
Singapore’s Changi Airport has expanded its successful Changi Millionaire promtoion for 2015, as part of its 50th anniverary celebrations. From now until October 31, shoppers and diners can participate in the ‘Be a Changi Millionaire’ campaign for an instant…
Singapore Customs has seized some 700 counterfeit women’s bags and wallets imported from China. Details of the brands were not officially released but the above image provided by Customs shows clearly distinguishable Cath Kidston branding on some of the…
Keppel Corporation says non-executive and independent director Tony Chew Leong-Chee will retire from its board on May 1. Chew will concurrently cease to be chairman of the nominating committee and member of the audit committee. Dr Lee Boon Yang, Keppel…
US fast food company Burger King has posted its best quarterly sales increase in nearly a decade. The company says the sales boost is the result of a promotional ‘two for $5’ campaign, the introduction of the new spicy BLT Whopper and a boost in breakfast…
Ikea Singapore has found itself at the centre of a social media protest over supporting a drama run by a local religious extremist. Ikea is giving members of its loyalty program discounted rates for a show called Vision, which features a homophobic religious…
Singapore foodservice operator Commonwealth Capital Group is to enter Cambodia with two F&B brands – Pastamania Casual Dining Restaurant and Gelatofix Italian Gelateria and Cafeteria. A franchise agreement has been signed between Commonwealth subsidiary…
CapitaMall Singapore’s shopping centres have improved their performance despite a lacklustre first quarter retail market in the city state. CapitaMall Trust Management Limited (CMTML), the manager of CapitaMall Trust (CMT), has reported first quarter…
Vivo City Singapore has finally unveiled its 15,000 sqm basement conversion. The waterfront Singapore shopping centre has added US fashion brand American Eagle Outfitters as an anchor of the new basement retail area. The other tenants are Aéropostale,…
The trial of banning cars from a key section of Singapore’s Orchard Rd shopping strip is finding favour with shoppers and tourists alike. Orchard Rd is closed at night from the Scotts Paterson Junction to Bideford Junction on the first Saturday night of each…
Lend Lease has won a joint venture bid to buy a strategically significant plot of land in suburban Singapore on which it will build a mixed use development. The Australian property developer, which already has extensive interests in Singapore and neighbouring…
Singaporeans’ thirst to be online has seen sales of connected gadgets more than double in just five years. While the connected devices sector in Singapore was valued at only USD 950 million five years ago, it has expanded to more than US$1.8 billion in 2014,…
Department stores Metro and Tangs will close their Singapore outlets all day on Sunday, when the state funeral for the nation’s founder and former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew will be held. Retailers Mothercare Accessorize, Island Shop boutiques, Cache Cache…
Singapore has again been ranked the world’s most expensive city to live in, and now the only Asian city in the top five. The rankings are contained within The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, a relocation tool that compares the…
Just three years after its opening, questions are being asked about the business model of Wheelock Properties’ luxury Scotts Square Singapore shopping centre. The compact but glitzy mall opened in 2012 on the site of the demolished Scotts Shopping Centre. It…
Luxury Italian perfume brand Xerjoff has made its southeast Asian debut at Fragrance Du Bois’ Singapore flagship boutique in the Fullerton Hotel. Founded in 2004, the Turin-based Xerjoff perfume house is expanding its worldwide presence. “We are thrilled to…
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