SHAMPOO sales alone made up half of Indonesia’s 17.3 trillion rupiah (US$1.2 billion) haircare product market in 2019. And shampoo products are tipped to hit their peak market share in Indonesian by 2024, when the haircare market could be worth 25 trillion rupiah in all. Indonesians’ per capita consumption of shampoo products was higher than […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE under the People’s Action Party (PAP) in the next five years will see efforts stepped up to transform and grow the economy to make it more innovative and resilient, the party said on Thursday night in the first of two political broadcasts made available to the contenders of this General Election, which is called […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Property investment sales in Singapore slumped in the first half of this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, though the market showed signs of stabilising in the second quarter, a report from Cushman & Wakefield on Thursday (July 2) showed. Investment sales for January to June fell 45 per cent to $6.13 billion from […]
Read MoreFrom dumb-bells to bubble tea pearls, consumers are now looking for things they may not have previously wanted, as they adjust to the “new normal” amid the coronavirus pandemic. Groceries and food, indoor exercise equipment and gaming tools have emerged as the most popular categories for online shopping. Experts say this trend towards online shopping is set […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Payment delays among firms in Singapore have risen for another quarter, with retail and services posting the highest jumps out of all sectors, amid the economy’s coronavirus-induced partial lockdown. Slow payments, defined as those made at least 30 days above terms, increased to 45.78 per cent in the second quarter, […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Prices of private homes slipped for a second straight quarter as demand was suppressed during the nearly two month-long circuit breaker period. Flash estimates from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Wednesday morning (July 1) showed its overall price index for private residential properties declined 1.1 per cent in the second quarter from the previous three […]
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