The state of Victoria has implemented a compulsory housing mandate for certain chicken flocks due to the ongoing detection of H5N1 avian influenza in newly affected areas. This regulation will be in force for 14 days, until August 21, and will pertain to…
The value of Macao’s retail sales for the second quarter of 2021 totaled 20.70 billion patacas (about 2.58 billion U.S. dollars), up 200 percent year on year, the special administrative region’s statistic department said on Tuesday. The latest report from the…
Online sales accounted for nearly a fifth of total retail turnover last year as lockdowns to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic fuelled a boom in e-commerce, a United Nations study released on Monday showed. Online sales accounted for 19 percent of…
Singapore consumers’ migration from food halls to supermarkets during the Covid-19 pandemic has proven a windfall for grocery operator Sheng Siong Group. Sales for the June quarter surged 75.8 percent to US$304.3 million, gross profit margin improved from…
The Singapore government has reduced the list of “essential services” as part of a tougher clampdown on social distancing as it tries to arrest the spread of Covid-19 in the city-state. The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on last night announced a…
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