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Italian luxury leathergoods specialist Tod’s has opened a new-concept flagship boutique at Paragon shopping mall on Orchard Road. While known for its classic Gommino driving shoes, Tod’s introduces more accessories at its new flagship, featuring a…
Retail data from Suntec City shopping centre shows growth by every measure in the first quarter of this year. Suntec City REIT has recorded a modest increase in gross revenue for the first quarter, as rising retail rents made up for declining office income.…
UNIQLO Singapore today announces that it will be opening two new stores at Downtown East and Great World City towards the end of this year. This brings the brand’s total number of physical stores in Singapore to 28, excluding its online store,…
Singapore is about to have its first zero-waste grocery store, UnPackt. It will sell its goods without any packaging, encouraging customers to take along their own containers. In self-serve gravity bins to reduce food waste, dried food and cleaning supplies…
Singapore Airlines welcomed the world’s first 787-10 aircraft as it arrived in Singapore from Boeing’s production facility in North Charleston, South Carolina. The newest variant of Boeing’s Dreamliner family of aircraft was received at an arrival ceremony at…
Self-collection is now possible at Deliveroo Singapore’s new central kitchen, a first by a food-delivery service provider in the territory. Deliveroo Editions 2, which has just opened in Lavender, embraces seven restaurants that prepare food for Deliveroo’s…
At the stroke of midnight yesterday, droves of Singapore shoppers clicked “Add to Cart” and checked out their purchases. On the first day of Lazada’s Birthday Sale, 24 April, traffic to the online marketplace surged and it saw a 10x spike in orders in…
Coach Singapore has unveiled a 70m print of New York street graffiti along a wall at the Botanic Gardens MRT station. The project was conceptualised in New York City by the US luxury brand to celebrate the symbiotic relationship between fashion and street…
More than 100 Lazada Malaysia sellers have started marketing their products to buyers in Singapore. With support from the Malaysian Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ), small- and medium-enterprise owners in Malaysia can now reach out to Singapore’s population of…
To mark its 10th anniversary, TWG Tea has launched a global e-commerce website, with Singapore being the first nation to experience it (the company is based in Singapore). With a refurbished interface, the site now offers a suite of tools, such as a…
Popular fastfood chain Subway is in the midst of applying for a halal certificate for its outlets across Singapore, the restaurant said on Wednesday (March 21). Subway Singapore said in a Facebook post that it has “initiated a halal certification process” and…
Singapore’s StarHub has announced that it will cease further rollout of its hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) network to new residential and commercial buildings in the city state starting from next month. In a statement, StarHub said it will deliver its broadband,…
Singapore’s last-mile logistics startup Park N Parcel plans offshore expansion after raising US$648,000 in a seed funding round. Park N Parcel’s service provides “parking” for online purchases. Packages are delivered to a registered residential or commercial…
Singaporean telecoms operator StarHub has appointed Peter Kaliaropoulos (pictured) as its next chief executive officer. In a statement, StarHub said Kaliaropoulos will take over as Group CEO on July 9. He replaces Tan Tong Hai, who will step down from his…
After launching its online store, Google Singapore has introduced its smart speaker Google Home. It has taken the technology 16 months to reach SouthEast Asia, and alongside the Google Home Mini the speaker will be sold through retail stores such as…
Telin Singapore has teamed up with the Singapore Internet Exchange (SGIX) to enhance internet connectivity for business customers. Under the agreement, SGIX has set up a PoP within the Telin-3 data center to provide low latency internet peering services to…
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