China
Traditional groceries remain critical in China's rural areas: report
Nearly half of China’s grocery sales go through traditional trade.
Traditional groceries remain critical in China's rural areas: report
Nearly half of China’s grocery sales go through traditional trade.
Weekly News Wrap: Suning's shareholders to sell 20%-25% stake; Tim Hortons China to add over 200 shops in 2021
And Reliance Retail’s Mukesh Ambani was hailed as the wealthiest man in Asia.
Four retail trends that emerged in Asia during Lunar New Year
Retailers such as JD rolled out products catering to a rising eat-at-home trend.
Weekly News Wrap: China's e-commerce firms fight against looming food crisis; Amazon revealed to dodge Indian regulators
And community grocery app Xingsheng Youxuan bags $2b in funding round.
E-commerce to dominate retail sales in China in 2021
The rise of social commerce contributed to this global historic first.
British fashion house Burberry banks on APAC to stay afloat
Strong performance in the region helped offset its weak Q3 sales.
Apparel brand Canada Goose picks Scott Cameron as APAC president
Cameron was previously the president of its Greater China operations.
VF Corp moves centre of Asia operations to Shanghai
It is also relocating its product supply hub from Hong Kong to Singapore.
Dufry to co-develop duty-free shop in Hainan
The first phase is planned to open before the Spring Festival in 2021.
Tencent invests $100m in online grocery startup Xingsheng
Analysts expect the startup’s current funding round to be followed by an IPO.
China's FMCGs suffer lower selling prices in 9M 2020
Leading e-commerce players have focussed more on bargain-conscious consumers.
Huawei sells Honor business to consortium of agents, dealers
Its consumer business took hit from an unavailability of needed technical elements.
Weekly News Wrap: China drafts rules on livestreaming sales; Diwali festival boosts lacking for India's jewelry stores
And Alibaba and JD.com hit a record $115b sales in Singles Day event.
Strong recovery ahead for Asia's luxury sector
Majority in Asia have plans for leisure travel in the next 12 months.
Sa Sa's turnover down 55.3% to $89.75m in Q2
The lack of tourists affected its sales to mainland customers.
How Alibaba addressed international merchants' hurdles of accessing the China market
They rolled out an English-language customer-service and self-service registration system.
Weekly News Wrap: China offers glimpse to post-pandemic retailing; Eviction looms for Hong Kong's stores
And gold rally boosts Malaysia’s jeweler stocks.