Which platforms matter in Laos, how buyers pay, why cash on delivery still shapes the economics, and what a delivered order really costs. Online retail in Laos does not look like a Western e-commerce ...

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Rebel's 3,000sqm Hobart flagship, its largest in Tasmania, creates 40 jobs and anchors a key CBD site vacated by H&M. The new interactive Customer Experience format aims to defend physical store sales ...

A middle-income, mall-dense market with strong halal expectations and a real operational split between peninsular Malaysia and the Borneo states. Availability, not assortment, is what usually limits ...

Bangkok aims to generate $150 billion in annual chip revenue and add 230,000 jobs by shifting from assembly into wafer fabrication and design.

Anthropic's A$14.5 billion commitment to Queensland signals a major shift in data centre investment towards regional hubs. Asia-Pacific operators will face severe metro grid constraints, intensifying ...

Philippine DOJ recommends reviewing Suggested Retail Price policy, citing undue market interference and lack of adequate governing rules. Current enforcement practices, including threats of ...

A large, English-speaking, mall-centred market where remittances, family shopping trips and social commerce shape demand. Property is the biggest fixed commitment a retailer makes, and it is the ...

First fully electric Coles supermarket in Melbourne provides a 25% grid electricity reduction, cutting high-tariff utility overheads. Property owners face physical and capital hurdles for similar ...

Retailers gain direct margin relief as food consumption tax drops from 8 per cent to 1 per cent for two years from April 2027. This seven-percentage-point cut immediately lowers register prices, ...

Taiwan phishing losses surged to NT$54.51 million last month, quadrupling from a year ago, mainly targeting Shopee and Momo users. Fraudsters are shifting from broad investment scams to targeted ...

ACCC findings confirm Woolworths and Coles control 67% of national supermarket sales, prompting 70% of shoppers to cross-shop. Independent chains like IGA and Harris Farm are expanding with ...