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Pie Face is planning to open 100 stores in South Korea and 40 in the Philippines, with the first stores expected to open in the first quarter of next year.

Retailing is not what it used to be, with rising operating costs, many alternative ways to shop and the increasing sophistication of customers.

Singapore is a country with an advanced Internet population. Some 80% of Internet users – that is about 3.3 million people – are online daily. It is not surprising therefore that online shopping is increasingly popular in tech-savvy Singapore.

SingTel Advertising has a portfolio of outstanding digital assets that advertisers can leverage to reach different target audiences.

The combination of good research, big data analytics, pre-campaign customer feedback, and effective reach platforms make up an integrated and efficacious integrated campaign that can help the retailer reach out to the desired target consumer group in the right place and at the right time, resulting in higher rates of conversion from targeted audience to purchasers.

In the brave new digital world, SingTel Advertising offers retailers a diversified portfolio of mobile, digital, IPTV and direct advertising platforms as well as unique marketing solutions enhanced by rich data insights. Anthony Shiner, Chief Revenue Officer of SingTel Group Digital L!fe, shares with Sharon Tian how retailers can reach out to their segmented customers at the right place and at the right time. 

The following 10 winners each won a copy of “Store Wars: The Worldwide Battle for Mindspace and Shelfspace, Online and In-store” by Greg Thain and John Bradley. The book contest is brought to readers by Retail Asia and Wiley. 

At the RETAIL ASIA Leadership Forum on November 10 in Singapore, keynote presenter Greg Thain, CEO of Storewars International, and other panellists shared engaging views about how retail will change, the use of technology, and new consumer trends. Sharon Tian reports.

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Global brands are expanding into Asia Pacific at an unprecedented rate as a result of rapid urbanisation and a growing middle class. But which country will reign supreme as Asia’s retail hotspot? Lee Fong, senior manager at JLL Research Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong,explores trends shaping the region’s key shopping destinations. 

NEC Asia Pacific has introduced a 4K Ultra High Definition Videowall solution, suitable for branding applications in the retail sector.

Lift12, a Singapore-based fashion company, aspires to be as successful as Zara. Just over a year in operations, Lift12 has already established a foothold in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, and it plans to expand into the Australian market.

Home-Fix, Singapore’s leading home improvement and lifestyle store, has introduced a new concept store, Elements by Home-Fixat Marina Square. Beyond the hardware, the new store offers ‘software’ that transforms a house into a home, including consulting services and professional solutions.

Years of working on her retail entrepreneurial business, Poetree Creations, has given Jessie Wong a hard-nosed understanding of what modern consumers appreciate in a product.

Clarks, one of the world’s oldest footwear brand and known for its ‘Everyday Footwear’, is set on a new marketing and distribution strategy to expand its presence in Asia Pacific, particularly China. Retail Asia finds out more from Doug Searle, vice-president of Operational Development for Clarks Asia Pacific. 

As the consumer, retail and development boom goes on across most of Asia, it is an exciting time for the shopping centre development industry throughout Asia, said Michael P. Kercheval, President & CEO of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).