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A lot of Hong Kong retailers are talking about technology right now, but before they even started, Pricerite founder and chairman Bankee Kwan was already embracing it. Now home to the first Pepper robot on customer service duty in a Hong Kong store and…
The surge in world pepper prices in the 2013-2015 period led local growers to expand their farms uncontrollably. Vietnam plans to slash its black pepper growing area by 26.7 percent in response to falling global prices, the chairman of the country’s pepper…
With supply exceeding demand, farmers are being told to hold on to their stocks and wait for prices to rise. Vietnam’s pepper shipments are forecast to reach around 101,000 tons for the first six months of 2017, up 13 percent on-year, but revenue is likely to…
Industry leaders have called on distraught and anxious pepper farmers to remain calm and refrain from selling their produce at low prices, saying the current price plunge is most likely a fleeting phenomenon. Do Ha Nam, Chairman of the Vietnam Pepper…
Indonesia is the world’s second largest pepper producer. In 2013, Indonesia’s pepper production reached 88,700 tons, or an 18.8 percent worldwide market share. Indonesia has the world’s largest pepper production area with 178,000 hectares. However, the…
Domestic white pepper prices have fallen sharply in recent weeks, losing a hefty RM12,000 per tonne or 24% year-to-date after sustaining at an all-time high level of RM50,000 per tonne for months. Kuching Grade 1 white pepper dropped to RM38,000 per tonne on…
Pizza Hut Asia and MasterCard have partnered to bring Pepper, SoftBank Robotic’s humanoid robot, to restaurants by the end of this year to enhance in-store customer service. Pizza Hut Asia will be piloting Pepper for order-taking and what MasterCard describes…
