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Singaporean luxury beauty and lifestyle distributor Luxasia is making moves into Vietnam. The brand will be targeting younger millennial consumers who are thought to be responsive to social media and social media influencers. Luxasia Vietnam is focusing on…
Chinese tea franchise Heytea is launching its first overseas store in Singapore. The six-year-old chain is one of China’s most popular in its category, with each outlet selling 2000-3000 cups per day. It claims to be the franchise responsible for inventing…
Revenue from The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands rose 4.5 per cent during the third quarter, reaching US$44 million, according to the integrated resort’s latest results announcement. Sheldon Adelson, CEO of parent Las Vegas Sands Corp, said retail tenant sales…
Philippines shares regained on Friday after reduction in previous section, while regional markets fell in line with broader Asia. The previous session saw sharp losses in the Philippines and other regional markets, as a tech-fuelled rout on Wall Street…
CapitaLand Mall Trust Management (CMTML), the manager of CapitaLand Mall Trust (CMT), says CMT has achieved a distributable income of S$103.5 million (US$75 million) for the quarter to September 30. That marks an increase of 4.9 per cent over the $98.7…
Customers of 7-Eleven, Cold Storage and Guardian stores in Singapore will soon be able to pay for purchases using WeChat Pay. The owner of the two retail chains, Dairy Farm Group, has worked with NETS to enable visitors from China and Chinese nationals based…
When James Dyson, the billionaire British inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, unveiled a plan to build an electric car plant in Singapore, it raised a few eyebrows. Not only does the land-starved city state have some of the highest average salaries in the…
Singapore’s first Clarks Pure concept store opened its doors today, described as “a classic, understated and uncluttered retail space which reflects the brand’s history and modern spirit”. The new Clarks Singapore store is located in the Ion Orchard shopping…
Malmaison boutique by The Hour Glass in the heart of Orchard Road hosts the exceptional exhibition featuring the 72 pre-selected watches. After Venice and Hong Kong, the 72 watches pre-selected by the jury of the 18th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG)…
BMW is recalling about 1.6 million diesel cars to fix a potential fire hazard in their engines, expanding repairs from just under half a million vehicles in Europe and Asia. The voluntary service action follows a BMW investigation that found coolant could…
Electric commerce or e-commerce is the activity of buying and selling online. Typical e-commerce transaction includes purchase of online books, music purchase and purchase and sales of many other items. Three known major areas of e-commerce include online…
High-end Italian jewellery house Bvlgari has opened a pop-up retail place this month in Singapore. Located on level one of the ION Orchard mall, the “Pop (Up) Corn” shop is decked out in saccharine pink and blinking neon lights and takes inspiration from 60s…
Lazada and Ninja Van have teamed up with the Singapore 7-Eleven convenience store chain to allow online shoppers to designate any of the nearly 350 stores island-wide as collection points. The collaboration will offer the largest network of collection points…
Online grocery service Honestbee has opened a retail space which merges cashless grocery store with a restaurant and a testbed for new retail technologies. Habitat by Honestbee in Pasir Panjang is billed as “the world’s first tech-integrated multi-sensory…
HSBC Singapore appointed Mukhtar Hussain as chairman effective this week, the company said in a statement. The local subsidiary of HSBC includes the retail banking and wealth management business in the city-state. It was formed when the bank incorporated its…
Singapore’s StarHub has started offering prepaid customers free outgoing local calls as long as they have an active data plan. The company will continue offering prepaid customers free local calls for the duration of their data plan, even if they run out of…
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