Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Singapore, updated continuously by our newsroom.
The bourse has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese wealth manager and asset manager GF Securities to expand its reach and services in Singapore and the region. As part of the MOU, which was announced at the 11th Singapore-Guangdong…
French beauty brand Clarins has opened its first kiosk-style concept store in Singapore, its fourth boutique in the city. Located in the heart of the Nex shopping center, the store occupies just 20sqm, but offers a wide range of products, including the…
Apple Singapore’s new ‘floating store’ built in the harbor in front of the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort has not yet opened – but already it has taken over social media. Designed by London-based Foster + Partners architecture studio, the store is Apple’s…
Decathlon Singapore is opening a new experience store in Orchard Rd, the brand’s fifth experience store in the city. Located at the Centrepoint shopping mall, Decathlon Orchard spans two floors, occupying a 3200sqm area. The store will feature some 5000…
Singapore’s third-largest real estate company, with more than 4,300 agents, OrangeTee & Tie Pte Ltd (“OTT”), has entered into a strategic partnership with Juwai IQI, Southeast Asia’s largest proptech group and operator of real estate super-brands, Juwai and…
Singtel and Great Eastern today announced their partnership to launch a range of general insurance products spanning home, motor and travel, jointly developed by both companies. These innovative insurance offerings, underwritten by Great Eastern, seek to…
The Singapore joint venture will serve both retail and institutional investors from the globe with a more transparent and secure settlement solution. Bangkok-based fintech Lightnet’s partnership with SEBA will strengthen its remittance settlement capabilities…
Cosmetics & skincare retailer The Body Shop is launching an “activist workshop” store in Singapore at the Ion Orchard shopping center. Building on the brand’s reputation for being environmentally aware and natural, the store has been transformed into an…
AirAsia resumed its Kuala Lumpur to Singapore flights today, allowing cross-border travel for essential and official travellers, following the implementation the Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL) scheme by both countries. AirAsia Malaysia CEO Riad Asmat said both…
Foot Locker Singapore has opened its largest store yet on Orchard Rd, celebrating basketball culture. Located at Orchard Gateway @Emerald, the Foot Locker store spans five stories, three of which are retail spaces, offering a multi-branded basketball…
The co-branded solution to address investor needs during times of stress and uncertainty and has a built-in dollar-cost averaging feature. French asset manager Amundi and OCBC Bank on Wednesday announced the launch of the Amundi-OCBC Momentum Fund – a…
Amazon has expanded its anti-counterfeit program Project Zero to seven new countries, including Singapore and Australia, taking the number of operational territories to 17. The project combines Amazon’s technologies with brands’ knowledge of their own…
The bourse is adding 13 Asia ex-Japan and emerging markets Asia regional and single country futures to its shelf of benchmark equity derivatives. The new futures are based on Net Total Return (NTR) and Price Return indices calculated by FTSE Russell, which…
Today, fast-growing logistics technology company Shippit, announced a new partnership with Singapore Post (SingPost), Singapore’s leading homegrown e-Commerce courier. The deal allows Shippit to empower small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to scale by…
The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands has revealed a list of store openings and new brands for the shopping center this year. In the childrenswear category, Italian label Monnalisa has opened its first Southeast Asian standalone store, following the opening of Fila…
A Singaporean director of Citadelle Corporate Services has been charged for falsifying letters related to Wirecard. R. Shanmugaratnam, a director of Citadelle, has been charged by Singapore authorities for «willfully and with intent to defraud» falsifying…
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