PETALING JAYA: Positive consumer sentiment on the back of better economic growth is expected to spur car sales in 2021. Vehicle sales growth is also anticipated to remain steady even if the sales tax exemption that ends this month is not extended, say analysts. According to Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific mobility consulting analyst Nur Afiqah […]
Read MoreAfter the lockdown this year, shopping malls began to be busy again in the ‘new normal’ situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. At many shopping centers, people can be seen wearing protective masks, queuing for temperature checks and washing hands with antiseptic. Child care rooms and automatic mobile phone charging points are frequently disinfected. These […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: The reopening of the domestic economy and the potential mass vaccine rollout by various countries have seen investors shifting to more cyclical sectors like banks – the proxy to economic growth. Since end-October, banking stocks have rallied by more than 20% versus the FBM KLCI’s 11% rise, largely on optimism that positive news […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The food delivery apps are becoming familiar with Vietnamese people. Food delivery apps have become more important for both business owners and their customers as more people order takeout during the coronavirus pandemic in Vietnam. According to a survey conducted by Q&Me in December, with the participation of about 1,000 people aged 18 […]
Read MoreThe lockdown of Samut Sakhon due to a new surge in Covid-19 infections will cause about 1 billion baht a day in economic damage, says Amphai Harnkraiwilai, chairwoman of the Samut Sakhon Chamber of Commerce. She said the province’s seafood industry with sales amounting to 400 to 500 million baht a day, as well as […]
Read MoreThe annual rate of inflation in Myanmar, based on the Consumer Price Index, continued dropping to 5.21 per cent in October 2020 as consumer price fell amid the COVID-19 impacts, according to the inflation report released by the Central Statistical Organization, under the Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry. There was a slump in consumer […]
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