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Hermès and Nike have revealed new collaborations with Apple, to produce exclusive co-branded Apple Watches. Hermès introduced new Apple Watch styles and an expanded assortment of wristbands that incorporate its signature palette alongside a series of bold new…
Jacobson Pharma Corp, Hong Kong’s largest generic drug firm and maker of the Po Chai Pills used by generations of the city’s residents, is seeking to raise HK$750 million in an initial public offer. The company will sell 437.5 million shares at a price range…
Indonesia has invited Taiwan to invest in the maritime sector to help bring to reality the governments vision of making the country a world maritime axis. Director of Investment Planning in the Agribusiness and Natural Resources of the Capital Investment…
Taiwanese Point-of-Sales terminal brand Posiflex announced that they have entered into a purchase agreement with Kiosk Information Systems (Kiosk), a provider in self-service solutions. Posiflex will offer Kiosk a cash purchase for all outstanding ordinary…
HappyFresh, the Jakarta-based grocery delivery platform, announced yesterday it has raised an undisclosed Series B round while also revealing it will be consolidating operations and pulling out of the Philippines and Taiwan. The round was led Dubai-based…
In a world first, Carrefour Taiwan has launched the supermarket’s first digital voucher service. Carrefour Ticket Xpress enables both retail and mobile payments, and was launched jointly with international payment service Edenred. Partners in Taiwan include…
Taiwan is eyeing as many as 200,000 tourists from Indonesia to visit Taiwan this year, or an increase from that in 2015, where at around 177,743 Indonesian tourists visiting Taiwan. Taiwan Tourism Bureau Director David Tsao said that to meet the target, it…
Taiwan Mobile plans to offer enterprise IoT services in the Taiwanese market using the Cisco Jasper Control Center platform. The operator plans to offer plug-and-play IoT services that can be configured to provide analysis, automation and diagnostic…
South Korean fashion brands are featuring in an online pop-up store on regional sites of online fashion portal Zalora. It’s all part of a concerted bid to expand recognition of Korean fashion bards across the broader Asia-Pacific region. Launched in…
7-Eleven Inc., the largest convenience retail chain in the world, keeps getting bigger with the opening of its 60,000th global store. The Irving-based company traces its roots to the 1927 opening of Southland Ice Co. in Oak Cliff, Texas. In 1946, with stores…
On the agenda for October are four major events in the World Design Capital® (WDC) Taipei 2016 program of International Signature Events: the International Design House Exhibition, International Design Week Forum, International Design Policy Conference, and…
Kantar Worldpanel has formed a global partnership with Facebook that brings Facebook mobile ad exposure data into Kantar Worldpanel’s Consumer Mix Model (CMM) service. In Asia, the service has launched in South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, and…
Taiwan’s APT has launched what it is calling the market’s first IoT dual-network multi-platform, named IoT by Gt Smart Life. The platform combines LTE connectivity from APT with a LoRa network deployed by network operator FHNet. APT has already rolled out 500…
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