American footwear and apparel brand, Skechers, ended its distributorship agreement with its local partner in a bid to establish its own presence and directly operate its business in the Philippines under a new entity called Skechers USA Philippines, Inc. The...
Malaysian retailers continue to strike multi-channel partnership deals with various parties to take advantage of the opportunities brought by pandemic-posed challenges for the traditional channel. This includes Lotuss Stores Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Lotuss Malaysia),...
To diversify the retail business ecosystem in Vietnam, AEON Vietnam – the subsidiary in charge of the general retail business of AEON Group (Japan), continues to expand investment in small and medium-sized supermarket chains called AEON MaxValu. Each AEON...
Decathlon, the world’s largest sports retailer, and SM Supermalls, the Philippines’ largest mall developer, consolidated their partnership with further Decathlon store openings at key SM shopping malls – SM City North Edsa in Quezon City and SM Mall of...
Paris Baguette (PB) and Erajaya Food & Nourishment (EFN), which is part of Indonesia’s leading distributor and retailer of mobile phones Erajaya, have officially entered into a joint venture partnership. Through this partnership, Paris Baguette, a fast-casual...
According to the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA), in 2020, e-commerce in Thailand was ranked as the 26th largest market globally, with revenues of USD8 billion. In 2021 it is predicted that the sector will become a USD 120 billion industry with a...
Hayat, a Turkish FMCG firm, has officially launched its flagship diaper brand Molfix in Vietnam. The company announced earlier in 2021 that it plans to invest USD 250 million to increase the capacity of its factories in the Southeast Asian country to produce and...
In its twelfth year of operation, with 26 stores in Singapore and approximately 1,400 employees, Uniqlo now plans to open more brick-and-mortar stores in the country. Despite the importance of e-commerce, the company considers the offline channel to be a “very...
Yeo Hiap Seng (Yeo’s), Malaysia’s leading food and beverage firm, has announced its investment of MYR 20 million (USD 4.8 million) in a high-speed combi production and filling line in Malaysia. The first of its kind in Malaysia, the new combi and filling line intends...
The Institute of Grocery Distribution estimates that Indonesia has one of the biggest grocery markets in Asia, with a value expected to reach around USD 170 billion in 2022, up from USD 140 billion in 2019. The country is also projected to become the fourth-biggest...
Boxed, an e-commerce grocery provider based in New York has inked a partnership with AEON Co, one of the largest hypermarket retailers in Asia to launch an end-to-end software and services platform in the Malaysian market called myAEON2go. MyAEON2go will be powered by...
Alfamart Philippines, the SM Group’s minimart chain, announced that the company is on track to expand its retail footprint to over 1,200 stores this year with the opening of at least 200 stores across Luzon in 2021. In 2020, Alfamart opened 267 stores within Metro...
