Consumers

Intellectual property businesses are cyclical in nature, and Pop Mart’s toy characters haven’t been around long

There is plenty of pent-up demand for luxury goods in China, Asia, the US, and Europe as consumers benefit from interest rate cuts

Indonesian and Vietnamese consumers are the most optimistic that they will be better off financially this coming year

Shoppertainment is the future of commerce.

However, risks such as China's zero-Covid policy and war between Russia and Ukraine, remain

Consumers are stalling out, and that households and businesses are becoming increasingly pessimistic.

HONG KONG (Feb 4): China’s consumers have cut back on purchases of everything from Apple Inc.’s iPhones to Swiss watches as the trade war with the US hits the economy.

SINGAPORE (May 28): Grab today announced the beta launch of its GrabFood delivery app in Singapore, with further plans to make the app and its services available in five other Southeast Asian countries – Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Ph

SHANGHAI (Oct 17): They’ve made billions of dollars helping sell everything from iPhones to hairdryers on China’s burgeoning online shopping platforms. Now, tech giants led by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s finance affiliate are making money off the l

(Sept 18): Chan Siew Guat, a part-time cleaner in her late 50s, sighs at how the price of her kopi, the oily local coffee brew, has been rising steadily at hawker centres and coffee shops in the CBD, where she works.