Retail in Asia

How retailers should appeal to women

Retailers targeting a female audience need to understand the critical difference between men and women, according to Bob Deutsch of a US marketing firm Brain Sells. Namely, women cycle and men consumm…

Global hotel prices drop 14 percent

Hong Kong hotel prices have posted double-digit falls as Asia-Pacific destinations become more affordable to travellers.
The average price of a hotel room around the world fell by 14 percent in 2009, …

UN rejects bluefin-tuna ban

Member nations of an international wildlife-protection body on 18 March rejected a proposed ban on trading of Atlantic bluefin tuna, handing a surprise victory to Japan, the biggest importer of the ov…