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Ikea India is set to expand into tier-II cities in the second phase of its development after early success in key markets. The Swedish-headquartered furniture-and-homewares giant has established its presence in Hyderabad and Mumbai and is now working on…
It looks like Google no longer allows users to gift Play Music subscriptions via Android. The move is far from being surprising as the app rarely received updates and those that were pushed out added minor improvements and very few new features. The messages…
Swedish furniture business Ikea has committed to invest further into smart home products and has spun off the Ikea Home smart project team into a dedicated business unit within Ikea Sweden. Ikea Home Smart was initially conceived in 2012 in order to integrate…
Australian retail design firm Public Design Group and retail consultancy Fitch have collaborated to create a “retail experience of the future” for Malaysian telco Maxis. According to Public Design Group, the new Maxis flagship store at Gardens Mall – which…
Australian furniture business King Living has opened its first showroom in Canada, continuing the brand’s global roll-out which has seen stores open in Shanghai, Singapore, Malaysia and New Zealand. Located in a newly renovated 1000sqm heritage building in…
Fung Group subsidiary LF Products will rebrand itself as Living Style Group. The pure-play furniture and home furnishings company said in a statement the rebrand follows the completion of Li & Fung’s strategic divestment of its three product verticals…
Ikea Australia is previewing its highly anticipated collaboration with Sonos in its Tempe store, ahead of the national launch of the Symfonisk range in September. The range, which includes a table lamp and bookshelf with built-in connected speakers, is just…
Google’s music streaming service, YouTube Music is bringing users a brand new feature that will allow them to listen to their favorite songs even when they’re offline. The new feature is called Smart Downloads and will automatically download up to 500 songs…
To fend off increasingly aggressive competition from the likes of Apple, Amazon, Google, and Deezer, the global leader of the music streaming industry is constantly trying new things, going so far as testing in-house hardware that could allow it to control…
Increased competition and the rising price of crude oil had a negative impact on convenience and petrol station owner Caltex’s first quarter earnings. The retailer announced that earnings from both its fuels and infrastructure business and its convenience…
Ikea Australia officially opened its first small-format store on Friday at Warringah Mall on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. The 98sqm store is the retailer’s first Home Planning Studio, where customers can book one-on-one planning sessions with staff to design…
The furniture retailing industry may face a tough trading environment in 2019-20 with revenue expected to decline by 3.3 per cent during the period, according to IBISWorld analysts. Mounting internal and external competition is expected to continue to…
HÀ NỘI The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has assigned a credit growth limit to each commercial bank in 2019, with priority given to those who met Basel II’s capital safety and risk management standards ahead of schedule. According to the current regulation, the…
Australian furniture and lifestyle brand King Living has opened a flagship retail store in Shanghai, continuing its global expansion into China. The new 400sqm space will showcase King Living’s sofa designs, dining ranges, contemporary bed and mattress…
World No.1 selling furniture store brand, Ashley Furniture HomeStore, celebrated the grand opening of its largest flagship HomeStore in Quill City Mall today. Owned and operated by HAUSLIFE Furniture Sdn Bhd (HAUSLIFE), the sole licensee and operator of…
The Asia-Pacific pay TV market is set to experience a period of accelerated consolidation in the face of deteriorating subscriber and revenue growth, according to research from Media Partners Asia. The latest edition of the research and consulting group’s Pay…
