Retail

Japanese beauty brand KOSÉ to open store in LazMall

Synagie will facilitate the store’s management and operations.

Retail sales down 1.3% to $3.6b in August

Auto sales saw the steepest decline with a 19.1% crash.

How Singapore's second billion-dollar startup is revolutionising retail

Trax offers real-time product tracking services and counts Coca-Cola and Nestle amongst its clients.

CCCS sets out price transparency guidelines

It will require suppliers to include mandatory fees in the headline price.

Chart of the Day: Rental gap between suburbs and central narrows in Q2

From around 11.3% in Q1 2015, the gap has narrowed to roughly 1.9% in Q2 2019.

Retail sales rebounded 2.6% in July after two-month decline

Auto sales jumped 23.7% compared to last month.

Chart of the Day: Orchard Road ground-floor rents fell 1.5% to $40.6 psf in H1

The rental decline came as several brands downsized their businesses. This chart from Colliers International show that ground-floor rents on Orchard...

Retail space supply to drop sharply after 2019

The total amount of future private retail supply from 2020-2022 is estimated at 0.39 million sqft.

New hawker stallholders to pay lower rents

New stallholders will also enjoy a 10% rental remission until February 2020.

Singapore nabs sixth top Swiss watch export destination in July

The nation saw double-digit growth compared to the 0.7% growth in 2018.

Shopee rises as most downloaded shopping app in Q2

It had 2.8 million monthly average visitors.

Best World International profits leapt 193% to $26.75m in Q2

Revenue from the franchise segment resulted in a 78% increase in the profit margin.

Sheng Siong recovery looms as same store sales rebound

Same-store sales are expected to bounce back 0.5% after a 0.6% decline in H1.

Retail sales down 8.9% to $3.5b in June

Motor vehicles industry sales led the decline.

Dairy Farm profits up 0.2% to $244.86m in H1

Revenue was affected by the deconsolidation of Rustan’s in Q4.