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Vietnam’s largest private company, Vingroup, has established pharmaceutical company Vinbiocare with a charter capital of VND200 billion ($8.6 million). Its focus will be on medicine, vaccines. Vingroup owns 69 percent of Vinbiocare Biotechnology JSC, its…
Every business is bound to face some rock bottom numbers at some point — sales are not always going to be well above average and there are indeed going to be certain dry spells at times. In times like these, it is important to step back and take up new…
Following a successful Series B funding round, SME lending platform Validus Capital is launching in Indonesia. SME lending platform Validus Capital has launched in Indonesia, its first Southeast Asian market outside its home country of Singapore, the firm…
Cebu Air reported its net income plunged 50.6% to P3.9 billion in 2018, from P7.9 billion in the previous year, due to the “challenging macro environment.” In a statement over the weekend, the operator of Cebu Pacific noted the high fuel prices, volatile…
Swedish furniture and homewares retailer Ikea plans to launch furniture rental services in all of its main markets. The Ikea leasing strategy is twofold: firstly it addresses the budgetary constraints of customers who move frequently and cannot afford to…
Tealive parent Loob Holding, is planning an IPO to fund ‘aggressive expansion’. The company is looking to open 1000 Tealive stores in 15 countries by the end of next year. Along with another 150 new outlets in India by 2024. China is still its focus market,…
Canada Goose Holdings announced its financial results for the third quarter, highlighting a surge in revenues after new store openings both physical and online. For the quarter ended December 31, 2018, the North American outdoorwear company said total…
Vietnamese brewery Sabeco has contributed 46 percent of the revenues of Thai parent ThaiBev in the first quarter of 2018-19. For the quarter ended December 31, 2018, it reported sales of VND13 trillion ($560.58 million) as ThaiBev announced net profits of…
ELSA has raised $7 million in a Series-A round from Google’s AI Fund Gradient Ventures and other U.S. investors. The investment round for ELSA, a mobile app that uses artificial intelligence and speech recognition technology to help language learners improve…
US investment company Flacks is considering making a bid for Malaysian-owned, British fashion retailer Laura Ashley. The firm is in the “very preliminary stages” of a takeover bid for the brand. Any possible takeover offer will be limited to 2.748p in cash…
Malayan Banking Bhd’s (Maybank) registered highest ever net profit of RM8.11 billion for the financial year ended December 31, 2018 (FY18) from RM7.52 billion a year ago, mainly underpinned by higher loans growth, lower overhead costs as well as lower…
New research from market intelligence agency Mintel has suggested that convenience will drive the future of the Chinese smart-home market. However, affordability is the biggest barrier to purchasing, in an environment where today’s Chinese consumers are…
Most Vietnamese banks fall short of international capital adequacy norms and have to focus on attracting foreign capital this year, Moody’s has said. The credit rating agency said in a release Monday that “the underdevelopment of the domestic capital markets”…
Nintendo, the Kyoto-based game company, returned to Korea. After almost disappearing over the past decade in the storm of mobile and online games, it is returning to the market with Switch, a retro console that marries the latest technology with old…
Thai restaurant operator Zen Corporation secured THB975 million (US$31.35 million) via an IPO issued last Wednesday. The firm sold all 75 million shares on offer, representing 25 per cent of its registered capital, at THB13 each. Its stock price grew 17.69…
Foot Locker has announced a US$275 million capital expenditure program for this year, with Asia singled out as a target market. The investment is $75 million more than the US-headquartered sports-shoe and apparel retailer allowed for last year. “The capital…
