Japan’s Summit supermarket will open first outlet in Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi this month, with two more stores expected to open next year. The Vietnamese Summit stores will be operated by Fujimart Vietnam Retail, a joint venture between Summit parent…
Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation will buy a 22 per cent stake of Simple Mart, the second-largest supermarket company in Taiwan. The trading company will pay around ¥4.5 billion yen (US$41.1 million) for the stake in a transaction set for August, the two sides…
This year’s winners of the Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Welfare Foundation (MSIWF) research grant, awarded for exceptional insight and potential, comprised of some of Singapore’s leading researchers that aim to make a difference by solving Singapore’s key…