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Singapore forms office to push digital adoption for small merchants
Singapore forms office to push digital adoption for small merchants
It plans to encourage hawkers to adopt SGQR payments in June.
Burpple merchants to join ComfortDelGro's delivery platform
They will also have delivery links on their pages.
Central Retail buys 49% stake in FamilyMart Thailand from Japanese JV
CRC's subsidiary SFM Holding continues to control the 50.65% stake.
JD.com opens two 7FRESH supermarkets in Sichuan
One of the stores span over 8,000 sqm.
Check out Singapore's top 10 retailers: study
Actuals movements amongst retailers showed mixed results.
CapitaLand launches eCapitaMall and Capita3Eats in Singapore
Both the e-commerce platforms will be publicly accessible from 1 June.
China's Meituan Dianping posts $221.27m loss in Q1
The food delivery giant warned that business will be affected by the pandemic in 2020.
Nearly half of Singapore restaurants won't last beyond two months: survey
Delivery and takeaway are not enough to offset revenue loss after the circuit breaker measures.
Slow recovery ahead for Singapore's retail sales: analyst
Shoppers may still have limited shopping venues to visit after the circuit breaker.
Over 15,000 Hong Kong shops may close without rent relief
Most are only willing to cut rents by 10% to 20% instead of the requested 50% by retailers.
Deliveroo posts 104% jump in vegan orders in 2020 YTD
An increase in the number of vegan restaurant partners has also been seen.
DFS Group exits Changi Airport's liquor concession
South Korea-based Lotte Duty Free will take over the concession.
Luckin Coffee sacks CEO and COO after sales fraud
The sales amount associated with the fraud hit $310m.
Deliveroo rolls out tipping function
This will match the first 10,000 customer tips until 1 June.
Locals to dominate China's consumer spending
Luxury and cosmetics segments are tipped to benefit the most.
7-Eleven to open first Cambodia store in 2021
It signed a master franchisee agreement with CP ALL, which operates 7-Eleven in Thailand.
Japanese apparel chains' sales tipped to fall 50-60% in April
Ecommerce channels are not enough to buoy sales.
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