Asia
Asia, World news - January 2017
Retail sales plummet in India
In India, an array of retailers predicts a sales drop of two-digits over the next few months. For Vivek Bali, Business Director...
Asia, World news - December 2016
China faces a million-baby boom…
As the one-child policy was relaxed in October 2015, allowing couples to have 2 children, the government announces that the birth rate...
Asia, World news - December 2016
Malaysia will house Asia’s biggest outlet centre…
The 2nd construction phase of the Mitsui Outlet Park KLIA has started in Sepang, near Kuala Lumpur airport. Developers are Mitsui Fudosan...
Asia, World news - December 2016
Esprit will sell online in India…
The fashion retailer Esprit has signed an exclusive partnership with online fashion retailer Myntra (owned by Flipkart, India’s largest online retailer by...
Asia, World news - December 2016
Can Aldi succeed in China?
According to an Aldi’s spokeswoman in Australia, the German discount retailer will make inroads in China in the 1st half 2017, starting...
Asia, World news - December 2016
China is the 1st market for connected appliances…
According to Euromonitor, China will account for half of the world’s market of connected appliances this year, with 15 million units sold...
Asia, World news - December 2016
Fashion retailers refine their strategy
For Etam Group (women’s fashion and lingerie, more than €1.3 billion in sales in 2015), the Chinese business model...
Asia, World news - December 2016
Yum wants to invest in delivery
The fast-food operator Yum-China (7,300 KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants in China, more than US$8 billion in sales last year) has changed...
Asia, World news - December 2016
Triming the fat at Hong Kong flagships…
As retail sales decreased by 0.6% in Hong Kong in the first nine months of 2016, Abercrombie & Fitch will close its...
Asia, World news - December 2016
Dyson aims to make inroads in India
The U.K. home electrical retailer Dyson Group plans to open fully owned stores in India before June 2017, to sell an innovative...
