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Central Retail invests THB100M in first standalone supermarket

The supermarket is under Tops market for consumers in Eastern Bangkok.

Bulgari launches tailor-made digital store on Tmall Luxury Pavilion

Alibaba and Bulgari joined forces in customizing the store’s interface.

South Korea’s top retailers jump to wine and whisky markets

Lotte and Shinsegae have expressed plans to set up whisky breweries.

JCCU expands sustainable product offerings

This includes 18 products that use whitebait as an ingredient.

CNSC launches duty-free stores on JD Worldwide

The store allows purchases from visitors to Hainan as early as 30 days before departure.

Weekly News Wrap: Lawson mulls supermarket chain IPO; GoTo soars 23% in market debut

And Zilingo suspends its CEO amidst a probe on its accounting practices.

Boosting retail business operations through innovative digital strategies and solutions

The people’s involvement is critical in every business’ digital transformation journey.

Fast Retailing profit grows 12.7% to ¥189.2b in H1 2022

The company also projected an 8.4% growth in 2022.

Thai furniture spending to grow 3.1% in 2022

This is following a 1.1% increase last year.

UNIQLO Japan profit sees ‘considerable dip’ in H1 2022

Its operating profit stood at ¥80.9b, a 17.3% drop.

Social causes key in APAC marketing efforts

Around 60% of APAC marketers consider diversity and inclusion important to their organisations.

APAC marketers plan to increase ad spending by 34%

Social media is the top advertising platform for marketers.

Over half of Hong Kong SMEs remain optimistic amidst fifth wave: CPA Australia

Some 55% respondents expressed confidence that they can overcome the fifth wave.

JD.com appoints company president Lei Xu as CEO

Outgoing CEO Richard Liu will continue focusing on the company’s long-term strategies.