KUALA LUMPUR: Retail Group Malaysia (RGM) has lowered its retail sales growth rate from an earlier 4.9% to 4.1% for 2021 due to the re-implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO) in the January to February. In its report issued on Monday, it said the forecast was also based on other factors where more retail […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economy is expected to remain on the positive growth trajectory moving forward despite uncertainty on the global economic front, as the country still has ample liquidity buffers. Inter-Pacific Asset Management Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Datuk Dr Nazri Khan Adam Khan said despite a surge in the US inflation recent, Malaysian bonds, […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The concept of ‘inclusive intelligence’ is vital for brand building and customer relationships. Inclusive intelligence means the ability of brands to incorporate new views, values and behaviours into their value proposition against a backdrop of widening inequality and ethical complexity. Dentsu International has released a global report on dentsu consumer vision titled “The […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Despite the optimism of the ringgit strengthening against the US dollar this year, the local currency is likely to stay weak against its Asean peers in the medium-term dragged down by structural weaknesses within Malaysia’s economy. Omni Capital Partners Sdn Bhd managing director Scott Lim (pic) explained that the structural weakness in the […]
Read MoreSOME emerging markets managed to stage a great escape from the ravages of Covid-19 by deploying all sorts of clever and ambitious monetary policy tools. Others behaved exactly as you’d expect amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, with central bankers scrambling to avoid a massive rout. The elusive dividing line between these […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: Go big in digital or risk being left behind. The government took full cognisance of this, which saw it roll out the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint or MyDigital recently. It dove deep into the national digitalisation journey since 1996 when the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) was initiated and picked up on several weaknesses […]
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