Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Singapore, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Board-game creator Cool Mini or Not – best known as Cmon – is opening a flagship store in Singapore this Saturday. Located on Henderson Road, the store will bring the latest board games such as Game of Thrones-inspired A Song of Ice & Fire Miniatures Game,…
Strategic hires follow the digital payments firm’s $40-million series B funding round in February. Silicon Valley-based fintech-as-a-service platform Rapyd has hired Richard Oh as its APAC Senior Director of Network Management and Larry Lee as Senior Director…
DBS has partnered with a local edutech to enhance its app-based management system with real-time payment features. Over 160,000 parents in Singapore will soon be able to purchase uniforms, pay for field trips and sign up for extra-curricular classes for their…
The bank’s consumer banking products can now be applied for, approved and used instantly. OCBC Bank is making getting a card or loan more accessible and convenient by enabling digital applications and instant approval and use of its key consumer banking…
MyRent, Singapore’s first peer-to-peer on-demand rental marketplace, has formally launched. MyRent allows Singaporeans to rent items including photography and sporting equipment to seasonal apparel and video games. For Singaporean consumers, you can now, for…
The last Dome Cafe Singapore cafe is to close next month. The Australian casual-bistro concept which specializes in light meals and coffee will exit Singapore after 20 years on June 23 when the last outlet, at Parkway Parade, shuts its doors. Opened in 1993,…
Honestbee Singapore is to halt food deliveries from Monday. The company said in a statement it would also suspend laundry services on the same date. The changes come as part of an in-depth strategic review of the business launched after the departure of…
Singapore retail sales slid by 1.5 percent in March, after excluding motor vehicle sales from the data. According to Statistics Singapore, most retail categories recorded lower sales for the month compared with the same period last year. Sales of optical…
Singtel Group has reported a 44% slump in net profit for the financial year ending in March, partly as a result of lower contributions from the group’s regional mobile associates. Net profit declined to S$3.10 billion ($2.26 billion), despite revenue…
Singapore retail sales slid by 1.5 percent in March, after excluding motor vehicle sales from the data. According to Statistics Singapore, most retail categories recorded lower sales for the month compared with the same period last year. Sales of optical…
Japanese beauty brand SK-II has partnered with The Shilla Duty-Free to bring Future X Smart Store to Changi airport. According to SK-II, the smart store merges the latest digital technology with in-store experience to deliver “a convenient and pressure-free…
American burger chain Five Guys is to open in Singapore later this year. According to an unidentified F&B industry source, the chain also plans to open in Malaysia. The Singapore branch will be Five Guys’ second outlet in Asia, following the one which opened…
Singapore-based online food store Grain has raised US$10 million in series B funding. The cash will be used to accelerate growth in Singapore, and expand into Thailand. To do that, the company will be cooperating with Thailand’s Boonrawd Brewery group’s…
The eleventh edition of OCBC Cycle featured new initiatives associated with the environment, adding on to those implemented last year. About 6,800 cyclists, ranging from casual riders to competitive athletes, participated in the OCBC Cycle event held on…
Sincere Fine Watches has opened a multi-brand boutique at Jewel Changi Airport. The only luxury multi-brand watch store at the newly opened airport shopping center spans 183sqm and was inspired by Jewel’s dome-shaped facade and modern architecture. Glass and…
Switzerland-based fashion house Philipp Plein has opened its first single-brand store in Singapore. Located at Marina Bay Sands, the two-level flagship store spans 236sqm with separate entrances for the men’s and women’s areas. Menswear is located on the…
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