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In an effort to alleviate the burden of rising living costs due to the ongoing Middle East conflict, FairPrice Group, a leading supermarket operator, has announced a price freeze on 100 of its most frequently purchased daily necessities. This freeze, set to…
FairPrice Group (FPG) is stepping into the future of retail with a suite of digital tools aimed at enhancing the shopping experience for travelers in Singapore. This innovative move opens the door for cross-border mobile payment acceptance across more than…
Shoppers in Singapore can now navigate grocery aisles with the help of artificial intelligence, courtesy of FairPrice Group’s innovative ‘Store of Tomorrow’ in Punggol. This flagship outlet is not just a grocery store; it’s a glimpse into the future of…
Shoppers in Singapore can look forward to a transformative retail experience thanks to a groundbreaking collaboration between FairPrice Group (FPG) and Google Cloud. This expanded partnership aims to infuse Singapore’s largest retailer with cutting-edge…
In a warning to its customers, Singapore’s FairPrice supermarket chain has flagged a fraudulent WhatsApp survey that promises a tempting reward of SGD4,000 (approximately US$3,100). In a recent Facebook post, FairPrice clarified that this deceptive…
Cheers, a sub-brand of Singapore’s largest Convenience store chain FairPrice recently launched an AI-powered cashierless store with Cloudpick. This is not the first unmanned convenience store opened by Cheers. The company piloted its first “unattended” store…
Singapore supermarket chain FairPrice Finest has launched an in-store radio network in partnership with SPH Radio. The new channel, live in all 26 stores, will offer FMCG companies another channel in which to advertise to shoppers in-store, as well as music…
Singapore supermarket chain FairPrice has launched a mobile grocery service dubbed ‘FairPrice on Wheels’, delivering essential groceries closer to customers’ homes. With FairPrice on Wheels, customers living far away from supermarkets can now buy products…
The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has released an app rewarding users for sharing pricing information to allow comparisons while shopping. Users of the Price Kaki app, which is expected to launch at the end of this month, can submit photos of any…
NTUC FairPrice has relaunched its e-commerce platform, renaming it FairPrice On. A revamped mobile app and online portal provide a user-interface the grocery describes as “more robust and intuitive” and an automated storage and retrieval system that increases…
Singapore’s retail sector is going through a rough patch. As the economy slows, shops are being boarded up and retail rents are falling. And yet, amid this gloom, consumers continue to spend – though there is a shift in the pattern and quantum of their…
From 2017, retailers of tobacco products will not be allowed to display them in their shops, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on Wednesday (Dec 9). The ministry said it will move to ban stores from displaying such products after amendments to the…
The new Waterway Point Mall in Singapore is already 90 per cent leased, a whole six months ahead of its scheduled opening date. Developer Frasers Centrepoint Malls says the new centre in Punggol won’t be open for business for about six months, but the vast…
Cognizant has partnered NTUC FairPrice (FairPrice), a major supermarket retailer in Singapore, to digitally transform its business and provide customers with a seamless multi-channel shopping experience. By bringing together its consulting, industry and…
Singapore supermarket chain NTUC FairPrice says customers saved more than 9 million plastic bags last year as the company pursued its green strategy. FairPrice said it gave out more than S$450,000 in rebates under its FairPrice Green Rewards Scheme last year.…
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