India is all set to become the global manufacturing hub of the food industry, and to establish its presence and showcase its capabilities, the World Food India 2017 is being held in New Delhi, from 3r…
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Social media fatigue spreading among Korean users
The explosive popularity of social media among Korean users is starting to subside amid a sense of fatigue on excessive information from the new medium, according to industry sources.…
A sophisticated e-commerce model attracts 8 major supermarkets
Honestbee, Asia’s leading online grocery and concierge service, where professional concierge shoppers handpick and deliver fresh groceries from top local stores, has announced partnerships with eight …
Sébastien Béal on helping out retailers with Locarise in Japan
We interviewed exclusively Sébastien Béal, French founder & CEO of Locarise, company based in Tokyo, Japan that offers solutions for retailers.…
China’s retail crossover
With the tenant mix gravitating away from straight retail towards entertainment, food and lifestyle concepts. The catalyst for change – adopting to the needs of the millennial shopper and counte…
Au Bon Pain bakery bound for Cambodia
The Au Bon Pain bakery chain is to expand into Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam by the end of the year, to serve growing middle classes in the region.…
VIDEO: Loic Bizel, founder of Le-Biz Tokyo Fashion Consulting on trends in Japan
Le-Biz Consulting is a Japanese company founded in 2001 in Tokyo by Loic Bizel. As a fashion consulting enterprise based in Asia, it mainly identifies and reports Japanese trends for international bra…
Chanel’s pop-up Coco Café is finally in Hong Kong
Coco Café is finally landing in Hong Kong next week. After its eye-poppingly Instagrammable stops in Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore and Shanghai, Chanel’s pop-up café will be taking over the Causeway Bay bra…
VIDEO: Mark Eve, co-founder of beauty brand 3ina, talks about its expansion to Asia
Beauty brand 3INA continues its retail furore. The sassy British makeup brand has teamed up with distribution firm Bluebell Group to develop the brand in Southeast Asia this year, with plans to open s…
Michael Kors to shut over 100 stores
Michael Kors, the once-popular retailer that has been trying to turn itself around, said it expected same-store sales to continue to fall in 2018, and that it would shut more than 100 full-price retai…