Stores
Top reasons to embrace shops that pop
With the explosion of pop-up retail spaces and events, it certainly seems like this temporary format, sometimes referred to as flash retailing, is...
Amazon announces Prime Day 2018 in Singapore
For the first time ever, Amazon’s "highly-anticipated" annual shopping event, Prime Day will be available for Singapore Prime members.
Shopee partners with SIRS to make e-commerce more accessible
E-commerce platform Shopee has partnered with Nanyang Polytechnic’s Singapore Institute of Retail Studies (SIRS), to offer full-day e-commerce...
Akamai, MUFG announce blockchain-based payment network
Cloud service provider Akamai Technologies and Japanese financial services company MUFG announced plans to offer a new blockchain-based online payment...
Chameleon Cold-Brew launches multifaceted sustainability programme
American coffee company Chameleon Cold-Brew announced recently the debut of its sustainability programme, which in its inaugural year will establish...
Alibaba launches ‘Malaysia Week' in China
Alibaba Group has announced the launch of ‘Malaysia Week’, a special online promotion initiative that seeks to attract Chinese consumers to buy all...
Food retailer Ahold Delhaize enhances personalised customer experiences
Software company MuleSoft announced recently that international food retail group Ahold Delhaize is leveraging MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform to build...
John Lewis pilots pick up 'buyback' service for unwanted clothing
To help reduce the 300,000 tonnes of clothing which gets sent to landfill each year in the UK, in an industry first, department store company John...
Howard Schultz bids farewell to Starbucks after 40 Years
Starbucks Corporation has announced that Howard Schultz is stepping down as executive chairman and member of the Board of Directors and will take on...
Commentary
Traceable, regenerative, profitable: The new rules of food retail in Asia
Packaging the future: Why Asia’s F&B sector must treat sustainability as strategy