Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Thailand, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Ant Financial’s Alipay and ride-hailing company Grab have partnered to allow Chinese travelers to take advantage of cross-border payment when using Grab’s services in Singapore and Thailand. Starting today, Alipay users in Singapore and Thailand can pay for…
With Asian retail sales projected to reach more than $10 trillion by 2018 – twice the figures for North America – trends and developments will be discussed at a three-day Bangkok retail show in August. Regional sales are projected to be the fastest worldwide…
A new H&M athleisure wear range is to be launched in July, developed with input from the Swedish Olympic team and fronted by personalities including Caitlyn Jenner. The launch of For Every Victory makes H&M one of the first major multinational fashion brands…
Travelers looking to experience Thailand like locals can now find ideas and inspiration in Visa’s #notatourist platform. The “Visa #notatourist: See Thailand through Local Eyes” campaign aims to woo residents to share the many local experiences that otherwise…
WearYouWant, Thailand’s leading online fashion and beauty marketplace is fast becoming a trusted digital partner for industry brand names and distributors; creating a solid online presence in Thailand’s booming internet industry. Working with large,…
Increased use of electronic payments, including credit, debit and prepaid cards, added US$3.18 billion (approximately THB 113 billion) or 0.19% GDP growth to Thailand’s economy from 2011 to 2015, the largest weighted average increase in Asia, according to…
N.C.C Exhibition Organizer Company Limited or NEO, Thailand’s leading organizer of international trade and consumer exhibitions, is organizing the e-Biz Expo 2016, an exhibition dedicated exclusively to all aspects of e-Business and online technology . Held…
During the 12 months ending in the first quarter of this year, on average, the booking window of international travellers to Thailand stretched over a month (36 days), |with an average length of stay per booking at three days, according to a survey by |online…
King Power, the Thai duty-free conglomerate, has bought a US$225 million (S$305 million) stake in Thai Air Asia, the country’s largest budget airline. The purchase allows King Power’s billionaire owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha to further tap into Thailand’s…
A decade after its first aborted foray into Thailand, UK-founded furnishing and homewares retailer Habitat is thriving in Bangkok. Habitat Thailand has just opened what – for the time being – it is describing as its flagship store under the management of…
Controversies continue to hound Miniso, a retail chain in mainland China that projects the image of a Japanese fashion brand. Critics have accused it of piggybacking on Japanese retail giants Daiso, Muji and Uniqlo, reports the Hong Kong Economic Journal…
Thailand’s Dtac has announced a major prepaid brand revamp and introduced new promotional tariff plans as part of efforts to attract at least 1 million digital consumers to its prepaid subscriber base. As part of the revamp, Dtac will replace its Happy…
POP-UP restaurants are a growing trend in Bangkok shopping malls and in suburban main streets. These are temporary restaurants that can operate from any location where there are customers and that is safe for cooking and serving food. While beer gardens…
Shopping mall developer Central Pattana, which runs 29 malls in Thailand, plans to open its first foreign outlet in Malaysia in 2018. It will work through a joint venture with a Malaysian company in which it holds a 60 per cent stake. The new mall, under the…
Radware, a provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, has opened its new office in Bangkok, Thailand. Located in the Ratchada area in Bangkok, the new office equips training and demonstration facilities, and will support Radware’s…
Against an unfavorable economic backdrop, coupled with growing competition in the Bangkok retail market over the past couple of years, developers have been postponing projects, says property company CBRE Thailand in its retail market review for first quarter.…
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