Fast Retailing Co, operator of the Uniqlo fashion brand from Japan, is set to expand further in Thailand after today’s official opening of Southeast Asia’s first Uniqlo roadside store on Phatthanakan Road in eastern Bangkok. Uniqlo Phatthanakan has a sales space of 1,440 square metres and expects to draw 2,000 visitors a day. The investment value […]
Read MoreDEMOGRAPHICS are important for investors. The number of people in a country, their income and their household composition affect how they shop and spend. We have studied the differing urbanisation rates, household composition and ageing in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), plus marriage and fertility rates. The region is diverse, but urbanisation is […]
Read MoreMalaysia Tourism Council and Culture of Malaysia tourism promotion group cooperated with AirAsia to invite Cambodian and Lao reporters from 10 news outlets to visit Malaysia. The purpose of the trip was to demonstrate the nation’s achievements in its tourism sector. The participating journalists visited many famous tourist sites, including: KL Tower, which is 420 […]
Read MoreSHANGHAI – Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Monday it will appoint one of its founders as head of Lazada and inject another $2 billion into Southeast Asia’s leading online shopping firm, boosting its regional expansion. Alibaba, which already owns 83% of Lazada with two investments totalling $2 billion as of June last year, has been […]
Read MoreSoutheast Asia has become a hot spot for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, which has led to stepped-up international efforts to strengthen national and regional pandemic preparedness capacity. Socio-economic, demographic and environmental factors are driving the emergence of more disease outbreaks in the region, according to a report by the World Bank and its partners. These include […]
Read MoreSYDNEY: The leaders of Australia and Singapore closed a regional summit on Sunday with a stand against against protectionism, arguing in favour of multi-nation trade deals as fears mount that US plans for new tariffs could stoke a global trade war. “We strongly believe that a free, open and rules-based multilateral trading system is key […]
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