Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Thailand, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Thailand’s sole distributor of Converse footwear and sportswear, Rich Sport has submitted its filing for an IPO on the Stock Exchange of Thailand this year. It is hoping to raise funds to expand internationally. Rich Sport has been making and distributing the…
Thailand’s Central Group is set to acquire the Dean & Deluca chain of deli-cafes outside the US from Thai luxury property developer Pace Development for US$50 million. The deal is in the due diligence process, says Pace, which acquired the chain through its…
Multiple reports from Thailand tip the opening of the first Bangkok Apple Store in 2018. The move began as a rumour when recruitment advertisements appeared in the country seeking creative, expert, “genius”, managers, store leaders and business leader roles…
Within two months, the number of suppliers and products trading through new Thailand online marketplace Passion Delivery has doubled. Directly connecting customers with local producers and importers of artisanal food and drink products, cookware and healthy…
A Bangkok Mi store has been announced, not long after the Chinese electronics brand Xiaomi launched in Thailand. The authorised Bangkok Mi store will open on October 8, in partnership with Fanslink, at Imperial World Samrong. Xiaomi is also strengthening its…
Paragon Shopping Centre on Orchard Road has branched into robotics and virtual reality for its latest fashion promotion. Shoppers can watch fashion runway shows projected onto the floor, and with virtual-reality goggles can have a 360-degree view of a fashion…
Thailand has seen an explosion of Internet shopping in recent years as consumers become more tech-savvy. If that is anything to go by, e-commerce in South-east Asia is taking off as well. Online retail sales in Thailand of everything, from washing machines…
After a decade in Bangkok, Muji Thailand has opened a flagship store at CentralWorld. Covering 1000sqm, it is the Japanese brand’s biggest outlet in Bangkok, offering for the first time clothing lines like Found Muji, which borrows materials and techniques…
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), which owns Boots health-and-beauty chain, plans to continue expanding its business in Asia because of the growing middle class. As Boot Thailand celebrates 20 years, WBA co-COO Ornella Barra says Asia, particularly China, South…
Downtown Bangkok’s first sports community mall, Stadium One, is planned to open in November. Developed by Sportsociety Co, the retail project is at the Banthat Thong intersection opposite Tesco Lotus hypermarket and near National Stadium, Chulalongkorn…
Hong Kong on-demand delivery app Lalamove has gained more business clients since introducing its fleet of high-top pick-up trucks. Its vehicles are now standardised and branded, while the drivers wear Lalamove uniforms, introduced last month. The trucks are…
Tariff cuts under a regional trade deal are making cars from Southeast Asia more affordable in Vietnam. Indonesia dethroned Thailand to dominate Vietnam’s car market in August, with Toyota and Ford among the most popular brands, according to Vietnam Customs.…
Hitachi has teamed up with Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Office to apply digital technologies including IoT to establish an innovative environment to promote development of the corridor. Under the agreement, the EEC Office and Hitachi will be…
AirAsia will operate direct flights to Bangkok from Visakhapatnam either from October or from November this year. The airline submitted a letter to Airport Director of Visakhapatnam International Airport requesting for time slots. Tour and Travel Operators…
Thai-headquartered fashion and lifestyle online marketplace Zilingo has raised US$17 million in a fresh investment round to fund expansion. Much of the funding came from Zilingo’s original investor, Sequoia India, with Burda Principal Investments (BPI),…
SUPERNAP International today announced the opening of one of the largest, most advanced data centers in the ASEAN region, SUPERNAP Thailand, The Bangkok Campus. The opening of the campus is a major catalyst for propelling the success of “Thailand 4.0” – the…
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