 small_1.jpg)
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which emerged as the world’s top smartphone maker last year, said on Thursday that sales of its flagship Galaxy S II topped 20 million handsets since its launch in Ap…
.
Your one-stop source for retail intelligence in Asia
In Trends
Esprit up despite profit slide
Fashion retailer Esprit Holdingssurged as much as 25 percent on Thursday, despite a plunge in earnings after the company said efforts to restore the brand had achieved initial success.
Esprit rose 25…
Smartone’s Macau operating profit soars
SmarTone Telecommunications saw its Macau operations posting a strong performance for the six months to December.
Macau operations reported an operating profit of HKD42 million (USD5.4m), up by 163 pe…
LG budgets USD58.98m for marketing push in Thailand
LG Electronics (Thailand) Co will spend THB1.8 billion (USD58.98 million) this year to increase marketing and improve production efficiency at its Rayong factory.
Some THB1.2b will be used to promote …
Why mobile shoppers want real-world stores
Mobile shopping is one of the most exciting new developments for retail in years, and "apps" that allow brick-and-mortar-store shoppers to check competing online prices have surged in popula…
HK Harbour City hosts panel dscussion with social media experts in Asia-Pacific
Social Media Week is a multi-city global conference connecting people, content and conversations around emerging trends in social and mobile media. Hong Kong is one of 12 cities participating in this …
Tide rides convenience wave
Procter & Gamble Co. is betting consumers are ready to pay a higher price to do their laundry…if the chore is made easier.
This week, the consumer-products giant is rolling out Tide Pods &nd…
HK’s unemployment rate down 3.3pc from Nov to Jan
Hong Kong’s unemployment rate decreased from 3.3 percent in October to December 2011 to 3.2 percent in November 2011 to January 2012, according to the latest labour force statistics released on …
Unicom Payment and MasterCard signed a MOU for future business collaboration
Unicom Payment, a subsidiary of China Unicom, and MasterCard have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the establishment of a mutually beneficial relationship to explore future business coll…
Seizing the opportunity of retailing in Asia-Pacific
The World Retail Congress Asia Pacific, which will be held in Beijing on 28 and 29 March, is now offering a special 25 percent discount to Retail in Asia’s readers. …