SWEDISH meatballs and home furnishings by Ikea are set to arrive in Singapore’s western region, when the retailer opens an outlet at Jem shopping centre in 2021. This will be its first small-store concept in South-east Asia, whereby the Swedish home goods giant becomes a tenant within a mall instead of establishing another of its […]
Read More[SINGAPORE] A new mobile commerce solution will help more than 2,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) set up their own virtual store and have access to a wide network of customers. The initiative, which aims to help SMEs such as heartland merchants deal with challenges in the retail landscape amid the Covid-19 pandemic, was announced […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – The project completion period (PCP) for eligible residential, commercial and industrial developments will be extended by six months with immediate effect. That means if the projects were originally required to be completed on Feb 1, they must now complete them by Aug 1. Married Singaporean couples will have one year instead of six […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is pushing a new policy for the export of new agricultural products. The Department of Livestock Development has been continuously coordinating with the Singapore Food Agency until they agreed to expand the scope of Thai products to include chilled poultry meat. In the past, Thailand was able to export […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Takings at the till in March sank by the most since 1998 as the coronavirus crisis escalated with safe distancing and stay home curbs, but worse is yet to come with tough circuit breaker measures kicking in only in April, said experts. Retail sales dropped 13.3 per cent compared with the same period last […]
Read MoreA month into Singapore’s circuit breaker, which has led to most stores being shut, retailers have two options: adapt or die. When the dust finally settles, the retail landscape is likely to be less vibrant as smaller players disappear, and those that survive will have to respond to new shopping habits, industry observers say. While […]
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