Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Singapore, updated continuously by our newsroom.
The 5G Asia event held in Singapore brought together the industry’s best and brightest names to discuss the invaluable influence that the 5G phenomenon is having all over Asia and across multiple enterprises. Pamela Clark Dickson, the practice leader for…
KrisShop has collaborated with Enterprise Singapore to open a pop up Singapore souvenir store featuring the city’s most distinctive trinkets. The new store displays products from different local brands ranging from Singapore gin to its ubiquitous satay, with…
The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has released an app rewarding users for sharing pricing information to allow comparisons while shopping. Users of the Price Kaki app, which is expected to launch at the end of this month, can submit photos of any…
The Amazon Web Service cloud service had recently received one of its biggest consumers from Singapore, but it was quickly discovered after a small investigation that the user was impersonating several US-based personalities and thus using the computing power…
Dash cam firm Thinkware is opening a flagship store in Singapore. The Thinkware Singapore store will provide a suite of services including troubleshooting, warranty services, dash cam maintenance and repairs. In addition to after-sales services, Thinkware…
F&B firm Jumbo Group has opened the second Singapore outlet of its Tsui Wah restaurant at The Heeren. The locations are the brand’s sole Tsui Wah venues outside of greater China, with the new 4800sqft Tsui Wah Orchard Road restaurant opening around 15 months…
Starbucks has launched its mobile order & pay (MO&P) service at 32 selected Singapore outlets ahead of a city-wide launch by March next year. MO&P allows customers to order in advance and pick up at their chosen Starbucks store. The new feature is also…
Singapore’s assets under management increased at a slower pace of 5.4 percent year-on-year in 2018, with growth driven by inflows and valuation gains across private market asset classes. Despite a challenging year in the global financial markets, Singapore’s…
In Singapore, more and more people are connected to the Internet and the number of online shoppers follows the same trend. Back in 2014, Visa stated that approximately 26% of Singaporeans used to shop online on weekly basis and recent surveys from Hootsuite…
While Singapore might be the world’s most competitive economy, its workplaces have a long way to go, ranking close to bottom in terms of diversity and inclusion, and a quarter of employees reporting bullying, according to surveys by Refinitiv and Kantar.…
Singapore retail sales in July fell by 2.4 percent after motor vehicles were excluded from the data. Month on month, sales were down by a marginal 0.7 percent. Total Singapore retail sales in July were estimated at about S$3.6 billion, with online sales…
UBS inks a 10-year deal with Singaporean utilities and marine group Sembcorp which will supply renewable energy to power the bank’s Singapore offices. The deal includes the sale of 15,000 rooftop solar panels – exclusively bought by UBS – with 6.3…
The bank has announced three senior appointments to support the growth of its insurance business, as it ramps up its manufacturing and distribution activities in Singapore. HSBC is boosting management oversight on key units of its insurance business in…
The second DFS Group cocktail festival has begun its run at Singapore’s Changi International Airport. The event runs for eight weeks until late October, across Terminals 1, 2, 3 and 4, providing travelers with an opportunity to taste and recreate cocktails at…
Southeast Asian e-commerce platform Shopee will open its new regional headquarters in Singapore at Kent Ridge. The firm characterized the move as a reflection of the homegrown company’s commitment to invest and innovate in Singapore and the region. “Shopee’s…
Singapore’s national e-payment system, «PayNow», currently boasts a nearly 70 percent penetration of the city-state’s population with monthly volumes exceeding S$1 billion, an MAS board member recently shared with parliament. Ong Ye Kung, minister of…
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