Retail
Strong labor market to boost retail sales in 2011
Strong labor market to boost retail sales in 2011
Retail sales will this year find support from good job prospects and rising wages, said HSBC.
Retail sales decreased 12.1% year-on-year in February 2011
On a month-on-month seasonally adjusted basis, retail sales decreased 3.6 per cent.
Singapore Mercantile Exchange to launch cash-settled gold, silver, copper futures contracts
This will be in contract sizes of 100 troy ounces for gold, 5,000 troy ounces for silver and 5 metric tons for copper.
Govt sets new parameters to define SMEs
The Government of Singapore declared new parameters for what defines a Small and Medium Enterprise.
Singaporeans and tourists are scaling up spending:HSBC
The January retail sales numbers was one of the surprises Singapore has delivered over the past few months.
Seasonally adjusted retail sales decreased 2.9% in January 2011
However, January still showed strong retail sales in nominal terms with an increase of 2.9 per cent compared to January 2010.
Retail sales may have expanded 2.5% in January 2011
The January retails sales is due later today, said OCBC.
Spendthrift Singaporeans helped push retail sales up 2.7% in December 2010
Favorable labor market conditions and booming tourism is keeping retailers happy.
The future is bespoke for luxury
The rising perception of luxury will have a lasting effect on the retail landscape.
5àSec to open new franchises in Singapore
5àSec focuses on Asia to open new master franchises, including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, China and Vietnam.
Singapore retail sales down 2.4% in 2010
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Singapore BMW sales volume jumped 21% in 2010
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Singapore October retail sales down 2.8%
Yet, excluding car sales, growth came in at 5.3%, suggesting that people are not just window shopping.
Singaporeans' spending at a standstill
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Colgate brushed aside by Google as Singaporeans favorite brand
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What's up Doc: Singapore launches Year of the Rabbit Chinese almanac coins
500 sets of 3-in-1 coin set which consists of 1 troy ounce 999.9 gold proof coin, 2 troy ounce 999 silver piedfort coloured coin and cupro-nickel...
Car sales in Singapore on a downhill
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