Budget airline pioneer Tony Fernandes has built AirAsia Group into a benchmark for aviation in Southeast Asia in the 17 years since he founded the company. No longer satisfied with just flying passengers from A to B, Fernandes wants to use the data collected…
Global surf brand Billabong and its family of brands is positioning its supply chain to support transformation of its wholesale and retail businesses. Billabong said it will connect suppliers and trading partners in a cloud based network using the GT Nexus…
Mobile wallet may be a new concept, but Indians seemed to have adopted the mechanism faster than credit cards. While there are about 10-12 companies operating in the mobile wallet space, Noida-based Paytm has more than 20 million active users. The number is…
Taiwan’s consumer price index rose 1.2 percent in 2014, the sixth consecutive year it has risen by less than 2 percent, according to government statistics released Tuesday. Lees ook: Is Singles Day still the world’s biggest retail event?
Hong Kong ranks as the world’s most expensive high-street retail destination, surpassing New York, Paris, London and Tokyo by a substantial margin, according to the latest research from CBRE. CBRE’s regular quarterly ranking of the world’s prime global retail…
Motorists in Australia have celebrated cheaper petrol prices by going shopping. Pump prices have fallen to the lowest point in four years, giving consumers something to be cheerful about following a run of bad economic news. The Australian Retailers…
While most consumers grappled with the escalating cost of living, the Malaysian government’s subsidy rationalisation programme and the impending introduction of the goods and services tax (GST) also took centre stage. The government’s decision to reduce…
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