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Vietnam is the first stop for Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Asia, after 85 locations in Europe and the Americas. The world’s largest car rental servicer, Enterprise Holdings, recently announced that its Enterprise Rent-A-Car service is now available in Vietnam.…
Home appliance companies are building their rental service businesses as the trend is for consumers to value experience more than ownership. With the growing size of the local home appliance rental market, some companies have started management services to…
A growing community of Korean women primarily in their 20s to 40s prefer renting high-end goods from subscription services such as Series Eight, The Closet and Reebonz Korea. Asked why they chooses to rent their wardrobe, they said the introduction of luxury…
The rental service market in South Korea is rapidly expanding into every corner of South Koreans’ life with items ranging from fashion accessories to digital cameras and furniture, as a growing number of consumers are willing to borrow products at affordable…
South Korean Rental services, which in the past were typically limited to water purifiers or bidets in South Korea, are rapidly embracing other products. According to big data analysis firm Daumsoft, online mentions of “rental service” on blogs and Twitter…
Young companies looking for their first home are spiking the demand for small-sized office space. Tan, a self-employed real estate broker, paid $5,000 per month for the use of a six-story building in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. He then turned it into 15 office…
There’s nothing particularly new with coffee places opening in Phnom Penh. There is a different brand of coffee shop at just about every corner. But the recent launching of the Starbucks Reserve brand in Phnom Penh seems to mean something significantly more…
eHi Car Services Limited rentals and car services provider in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016. Third Quarter 2016 Highlights Net revenues increased by 47.8% year-over-year to RMB582.1…
With vacancy at less than 1% in Hong Kong’s prime shopping malls, is it any wonder why brands, particularly those new to the market, are opting to grab a slice of the action by entering the market by doing a pop-up store. So what is a pop-up? Pop-up retail,…
Building on the global success of the sharing economy and its poster child Airbnb, a team of experienced entrepreneurs is building GuestReady.com to professionalise hosting on home-sharing platforms. The service, which is aimed at busy Airbnb hosts launches…
The average office rental rate in the Philippines is much cheaper than anywhere else in Asia-Pacific but this segment is very lucrative because brisk demand from business process outsourcing (BPO) is driving growth at a “healthy” pace, experts from global…
In a review of the Hong Kong office and retail property markets today, DTZ/Cushman & Wakefield, a global leader in commercial real estate services, pointed out that office rents in core business districts continued to rise in Q1 2016, with Prime Central and…
Hong Kong International Airport is currently tendering three retail contracts in the merchandise areas of fashion accessories, audio visual/electronics and gifts/souvenirs and toys. The first consists of a fashion or fashion accessories shop opportunity…
China’s accelerating slowdown has put shopping mall operators already struggling to fight off the inroads of e-commerce under the gun. But not all is doom and gloom as a wave of consolidation may allow some to thrive. “The supply of mall space in China is…
Luxury international retail group Kering says it expects to be paying less rent in Hong Kong by the end of the year. Kering is the owner of a raft of luxury fashion brands, including Yves Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta and Gucci, the latter of which comprises…
Prices and rentals of retail space both dipped by 0.5 per cent in the second quarter of this year, according to data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority on Friday. It was the second straight quarter of rental decline and comparable to the level seen early…
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