Female shoppers in India are becoming increasingly affluent and independent, offering considerable opportunities for brands, a study has argued. IMRB International, the research firm, surveyed 9,000 w…
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Japan’s retail sales growth in Jun buoys hopes of recovery
Japan’s retail sales rose in June, exceeding all economists’ forecasts, adding to signs that the economy is bouncing back from an initial post-disaster plunge.
Sales rose 1.1 percent in Ju…
Malaysia may post 4.3pc 2011 GDP growth
Malaysia could record a 4.3 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth this year, says chief economist of Allianz Group, Prof Dr Michael Heise.
Its growth will be driven by very buoyant investment ac…
Australia’s inflation accelerates on rising food prices
Australia’s consumer prices rose more than forecast in the second quarter as high cost of food and fuel put pressure on inflation.
Prices rose by 3.6 percent in the three months to the end of Ju…
Japan Jun retail sales signal recovery in consumption
Japanese retail sales rose 1.1 percent in June from a year earlier, government data showed on Thursday, pointing to a recovery in consumption after a large earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in …
Stats: Latest HK’s weekly National FootFall Index increases, Experian FootFall
Experian FootFall has released the latest National FootFall Index (week 29, 18 July 2011) detailing the footfall patterns of consumers in Hong Kong over the past six weeks in comparison to t…
Singapore’s Jun CPI falls slightly from last month
Singapore’s consumer price index in June 2011 fell slightly by 0.2 percent over May 2011, according to data released by the Department of Statistics Singapore.
The decrease is primarily due to …
Philippine imports growth slows
Philippine imports grew at their slowest rate in one and a half years in May, largely due to a steep decline in oil and cereal purchases, the government said on Tuesday.
Total imports for the month ro…
S Korea 2Q growth slows, outlook clouded
South Korea’s economic growth eased slightly more than expected in the second quarter as export growth weakened and economists said the outlook was for more uncertainty due to a potential slowdo…
Australia’s retail in doldrums
Poor retail conditions across Australia were likely to persist into the first quarter of the 2011-12 financial year, according to a new retail-linked logistics report.
The second edition of the Austra…