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Case Study: HK jewellery giant gets its 1000 shops connected by choosing China Telecom’s MPLS-VPN solution
Fast and stable networking and communication facilities can be one of the keys to success in the booming Chinese retail market. China Telecom, with its one-stop-shop network solution "VPN Solutio…
Taking Stock: One-stop-shop IT solution helps retailers conquer the Chinese market with ease
Networks and communications, especially in lower tier regions, can bring a list of challenges to international retailers who want to expand their business in the ever-growing Chinese market. Without e…
Smartphones overtake client PCs in 2011, says Canalys
Canalys has released its full, fourth quarter 2011 country-level smartphone shipment estimates to clients, so completing the picture for the year. One notable result was that total annual global shipm…
India’s Nilgiris climbs out of a tailspin and towards recovery
For the pioneering, iconic retail supermarket chain Nilgiris Dairy – a household name in South India, decades before the Biyanis and Ambanis of the world decided to enter the space – the p…
Amazon spending threatens 1Q profit
Amazon.com Inc warned of a possible operating loss in the first quarter following a sharp drop in fourth-quarter profit, a sign that the online retailer will keep spending heavily on expansion at the …
Survey: Execs in Thailand among most stressed out
Thailand ranks fifth in the world for stress levels felt by business leaders over the past 12 months, according to a Grant Thornton Thailand survey.
A net 55 percent reported an increase in stress, be…
Chinese company “sacked worker after sex harassment complaint”
Chinese-owned mobile handset manufacturer ZTE threatened to send an employee from its Melbourne offices back to China after she complained about sexual harassment, according to an unfair-dismissal cla…
Customer loyalty important to increase retail sales, emphasises Payback
Fifty percent consumer brands are taking their loyalty programmes more seriously, said Florian Wolfframm, head of Marketing and Rewards, Payback India, while presenting the opening inaugural session o…
India’s 2G cancellation ruling sends telecom industry reeling
When Norwegian telecom giant Telenor entered India’s overcrowded and fiercely competitive mobile market in 2009, the Scandinavian firm insisted it would be one of the survivors. Now its investme…