Wal-Mart seeks re-entry into Indonesian market
After an absence of over a decade in Indonesia, The US retail giant Wal-Mart has reportedly entered the bidding for Indonesia-based retail company Matahari Putra Prima’s hypermarkets and superma…
Japan electronics retailers to sell Mitsubishi’s i-MiEV
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will start selling its i-MiEV electric vehicles through Japan electronics retailers, officials said on Thursday.
The automaker has agreed with major electronics retailer Bic Ca…
China’s next fashion retailers
Home-grown Chinese retail fashion entrepreneurs such as Metersbonwe billionaire founder Zhou Chengjian have thrived amid the country’s spending boom owing to fast execution and great ambiti…
2011 Green Car of Year finalists revealed
Green Car Journal in the US has announced the five finalists for its 2011 Green Car of the Year award. They are the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, 2011 Ford Fiesta, 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, 2011 Lincoln MKZ …
ProStores introduces Clickable online advertising
eBay’s ProStores, a customisable e-commerce website for small- and medium-size businesses, has introduced ads from the US-based marketing-software provider Clickable, which aims to make it easy …
CORT furniture network continues expansion in Asia and world
The US’s leading furniture rental company, CORT, has expanded its Global Furniture Network to include more than 60 countries, with Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Ph…
TradeTuber targets need for integrity in e-commerce
According to the latest statistics released by the WTO, China’s exports accounted for 9.6 percent of the global total in 2009, up from the previous year’s 8.9 percent, meaning the country …
Bharti to launch 3G in India by year end
India’s largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel will commence its 3G services by the end of this year. This will make it the third operator after Tata Teleservices and Vodafone-Essar to announce …
Coca-Cola reiterates strong commitment to Malaysia
The chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, Muhtar Kent, on Thursday reaffirmed the company’s strong commitment to Malaysia during a special visit to the country.…
GSK Consumer’s net profit up 31pc in Q310, attributes to new Horlicks prods.
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, which sells Horlicks brand of health drinks and biscuits, on Tuesday said its net profit rose by 30.90 percent to INR78.57 crore (INR785.7 million. USD17.67 millio…