Tag: Retail
Manila, Philippines – British retailer Marks & Spencer, operated in the Philippines by Rustan Marketing Specialists Inc., has announced it will close all its stores in the country on 2 May 2026. As confirmed by STORES SPECIALISTS, INC., a wholly owned subsidiary of SSI Group Inc., in a BusinessWorld...
Bangkok, Thailand – Lotus’s has opened Lotus’s Oasis Pattanakarn 30, a new community mall in Bangkok’s Pattanakarn 30 area, expanding the lifestyle-focused retail portfolio of parent company CP AXTRA. The development adopts a pavilion concept built around a Lotus’s Go Fresh supermarket. The project targets...
The trend is expected to intensify in 2026, when Ramadan and Chinese New Year fall in the same week, creating a more compressed festive retail window.
Bangkok, Thailand – Big C has expanded its partnership with ThaiNamthip Coca-Cola to roll out localised activations across 130 Big C Food Court locations nationwide. Under the agreement, ThaiNamthip Coca-Cola has been appointed as Big C’s authorised beverage partner, granting the company exclusive distribution...
Manila, Philippines — Nearly half of consumers surveyed globally (45%) now use artificial intelligence tools during their shopping journeys, even as 72% continue to make purchases in physical stores, according to a new study by the IBM Institute for Business Value in collaboration with the National Retail...
The performance was supported by efforts to strengthen the presence of Malaysian brands, including Oriental Kopi, Kapten Batik, Serai, Jibby Chow and Little Malaysia.
According to the companies, the campaign is designed to tackle operational challenges caused by carts left in parking bays, which can block spaces and reduce cart availability for incoming customers.
Singapore – Criteo has introduced its ‘Agentic Commerce Recommendation Service,’ a new solution designed to power AI shopping assistants with accurate, commerce-grade product recommendations built on real-world shopping data. As large language models evolve into AI shopping assistants and retailers deploy...
The proposed timing reflects stronger investor sentiment in the region, alongside optimism about Malaysia’s equity markets and an increasing pipeline of consumer and retail listings domestically.
The initiative targets both domestic and international visitors, leveraging AEON’s retail footprint to increase visibility for the VM2026 campaign while encouraging tourism-related spending.
