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Fashion
2 min read

Luk Fook upbeat despite plans to trim Hong Kong store network

Hong Kong-headquartered Luk Fook group has followed its archrival Chow Tai Fook in revealing plans to shutter stores in the territory’s tourist areas – but it sees growth opportunities in Macau. “The group will reduce the number of shops in areas which are…

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E-Tailing
3 min read

Alibaba Stimulates China’s Rural Online Retail

Using its strengths in marketplace, big data and logistics, Alibaba Group will help rural communities sell their products to cities dwellers so they can stock up on Spring Festival supplies and along the way help give rural economies a lift. At the same time,…

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Logistics
2 min read

Asian postal services adapt to post-mail era

With the pre-Christmas rush at its peak, a serpentine network of conveyor belts at Singapore Post’s new logistics centre moves parcels destined for addresses across the world in time for the festive season. It is a scene repeated in sorting offices around the…

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Telecom
1 min read

Australia plans controversial rural NBN levy

The Australian government is planning to impose a monthly levy on rival networks to the state-funded National Broadband Network (NBN) to help fund the roll out of the NBN to rural areas. Communications minister Mitch Fifield said the government will seek to…

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Telecom
1 min read

New Zealand to extend rural broadband initiative

The New Zealand government has allocated a further NZ$150 million ($107.1 million) towards improving broadband connectivity in rural areas. The government has announced the next phase of the rural broadband initiative (RBI), a project to boost broadband…