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Guardian, a prominent health and beauty retailer, has recently unveiled its revamped flagship store situated at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Revamp Aims at Personalised Shopping Experience The new alterations are aimed at delivering a more…
The Guardian pharmacy chain said that it is reducing prices on more than 500 health and beauty products for the rest of the year, given that customers are “more value-conscious in the face of increasing financial challenges” of the Covid-19 pandemic. Guardian…
Beauty Flash: Grooming giant Guardian’s latest and largest store, christened Guardian Plus, had officially opened at Takashimaya Shopping Centre, and boasts a number of firsts sure to make any beauty buff excited. For starters, the store at 6,000 square feet…
Delivery platform Foodpanda in Singapore is to start delivering health and beauty products from Guardian stores. Guardian is the first major health-and-beauty retailer to be listed on Foodpanda’s Shops, offering more than 280 products and on-demand delivery…
Hong Kong-headquartered healthcare and beauty retailer Watsons is to launch in Vietnam. The first Watsons Vietnam store will open on January 17, in the lower floors of the high-profile Bitexco tower in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The store will take up at…
“Significant challenges” across the Southeast Asian supermarket business are continuing to test Hong Kong-listed multi-format retailer Dairy Farm International. In a management statement discussing the company’s third-quarter performance – which did not…
Customers of 7-Eleven, Cold Storage and Guardian stores in Singapore will soon be able to pay for purchases using WeChat Pay. The owner of the two retail chains, Dairy Farm Group, has worked with NETS to enable visitors from China and Chinese nationals based…
“Underperforming” subsidiaries and rising rent and labour costs are disturbing the chairman of Hong Kong-listed multinational retailer Dairy Farm International – but those factors failed to prevent a solid second-half year performance. Dairy Farm’s total…
Poor trading by Dairy Farm International’s Southeast Asian grocery business hit the company’s bottom line last year, with underlying profit falling 13 per cent. But every other one of the company’s divisions traded strongly throughout the year, according to…
Dairy Farm sales were described as “flat” in the third quarter to September 30. The Hong Kong-headquartered company said improved performances in health and beauty, Ikea, restaurants and Yonghui were offset by lower sales in the food and grocery division.…
Hong Kong-headquartered multi-format retailer Dairy Farm International has celebrated its 130th anniversary with a strong set of results, with food, home furnishings and restaurants delivering higher profits. Total sales, including those of associates and…
Guardian Health and Beauty (Guardian Malaysia) plans to open between 25 and 30 new stores next year as it embarks on an aggressive expansion plan to further strengthen its position in the domestic health and beauty retail market. Chief Executive Officer Peter…
Guardian Malaysia plans to open 30 stores in 2017 and develop an online business as it bolsters its share of the health and beauty market. With 430 stores trading currently, the company has a share of the sector estimated at around 30 per cent. “Domestically,…
Dairy Farm International’s Indonesia operation continues to struggle in food – but Ikea trades above expectations. The Hong Kong-listed company holds a controlling 83.9 per cent share in PT Hero Supermarket Tbk, which operates Giant hypermarkets and grocery…
Convenience store and grocery retailer Hero Supermarket is to exit the troubled Starmart Indonesia business. Hero, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-headquartered Dairy Farm International, has announced the sale of 80 stores to Fajar Mitra Indah, a subsidiary of…
Dairy Farm International Holdings says softer sales growth and steep cost increases led to weakened margins in the third quarter. In an interim management statement, which does not include financial data, the Hong Kong-based pan-Asian retailer says the group…
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