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Uniqlo launches online platform in the Philippines

It will sell its brands and LifeWear apparel on the platform.

Singapore's retail sales plunged 40.5% in April

Rising online usage is not expected to counter the decline in other clusters in the next few months.

JD.com invests $100m in Gome Retail

They aim to achieve resource sharing in logistics and installation services.

Retail digitainment takes off as Singaporean sellers go online

Some companies have been investing in their own in-house live streamers.

Hong Kong's retail industry faces biggest crisis in history

C&SD says 15,000 retail stores will be closed by the end of 2020.

Hong Kong retail sales down 36.1% in April

The plunge was led by sales of jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts.

Macau's retail sales down 45.1% in Q1

Majority of merchants expect sales volumes to do worse in Q2.

Singapore forms office to push digital adoption for small merchants

It plans to encourage hawkers to adopt SGQR payments in June.

Burpple merchants to join ComfortDelGro's delivery platform

They will also have delivery links on their pages.

Central Retail buys 49% stake in FamilyMart Thailand from Japanese JV

CRC's subsidiary SFM Holding continues to control the 50.65% stake.

Check out Singapore's top 10 retailers: study

Actuals movements amongst retailers showed mixed results.

CapitaLand launches eCapitaMall and Capita3Eats in Singapore

Both the e-commerce platforms will be publicly accessible from 1 June.

China's Meituan Dianping posts $221.27m loss in Q1

The food delivery giant warned that business will be affected by the pandemic in 2020.

Nearly half of Singapore restaurants won't last beyond two months: survey

Delivery and takeaway are not enough to offset revenue loss after the circuit breaker measures.

Slow recovery ahead for Singapore's retail sales: analyst

Shoppers may still have limited shopping venues to visit after the circuit breaker.