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Chinese consumers can now use Alipay at the Mall of Asia stores thanks to a joint venture between Ant Financial Services and SM. Technology to allow retailers to accept Alipay has been installed at almost half the mall’s stores already, with the rest to…
South Korean cosmetics giant Amorepacific is ramping up its Asean expansion, opening the first Innisfree and Laneige Philippines stores. Amorepacific established Amorepacific Philippines in Metro Manila in August and has since opened the first Innisfree…
Ikea Philippines says its first store will take up an enormous 65,000sqm space, making it the world’s largest. The current largest Ikea store globally opened in Seoul in December 2014 and takes up 59,000sqm. Local franchisor Inter Ikea Systems, which operates…
Bicycle brand Specialized has opened the first of three stores planned for the Philippines. The first Specialized Manila store is trading now at SM by the Bay at the Mall of Asia in Pasay City. More are planned for Quezon City and Pasig by the end of this…
Innisfree Philippines is opening its first doors, at SM Mall of Asia in Manila. The store is currently being fitted out, but the corner site on the ground floor of the mall already carries signage of the South Korean beauty brand. While the opening day has…
Ikea Philippines will open its first store next to Mall of Asia in Manila in 2020. Inter Ikea Systems announced in February it had appointed Ikea Southeast Asia (Ikano) as Philippine franchisee, the same company that holds the rights to Singapore, Thailand…
The SM Mall of Asia and Museo del Galeon are set to launch the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Museum in Pasay City in the third quarter of 2016. The dome-shaped museum will feature the history of the 250-year old global trade route where the Philippines and Mexico…
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