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  • Tata Altroz Spotted In India Sans Camouflage

    Tata Altroz Spotted In India Sans Camouflage

    The upcoming Tata Altroz premium hatchback was recently spotted in India sans camouflage. The spy photo posted by the forum Supercharged is claimed to have been taken at Tata Motors’ plant, and thus we can also see a few Tata Harrier SUVs around it. The car appears to be production ready and comes in the same Yellowish-Gold shade that we saw on the Altroz showcased at the Geneva Motor Show. Expected to be launched around mid-2019, this photo indicates that the carmaker might soon be ready to begin full-scale production of the Tata Altroz.

    Visually, the car appears to be identical to the Tata Altroz unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, which could mean that the India-spec model will be similar to the global-spec Altroz. The model seen here appears to be the top-spec variant, and it seems to come with LED lightings like – LED projector headlamps, LED DRLs, electrically operable ORVMs with turn lights, and LED taillamps. However, the car gets a different set of alloy wheels, compared to the show cars seen at the Geneva Motor Show.

    The Tata Altroz is built on the company’s new ALFA Agile Light Flexible Advanced (ALFA) Architecture and will be the first model to get the underpinnings of this new platform. Furthermore, the design and styling are a part of the company new Impact Design 2.0 philosophy, which was also used for the Tata Harrier. While we do not get to see the cabin of the car in these images, similar to the exterior, the interior too is likely to remain identical to the car showcased in Geneva. Expected features include a floating touchscreen infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a semi-digital instrument cluster, multi-functional steering wheel, and a host of other premium creature comforts.

    Under the hood, the Tata Altroz will borrow its powertrain options from the Nexon, featuring the same 1.2-litre petrol and 1.5-litre diesel engines, along with the option of both, a manual and an automatic transmission. Upon its launch, the car will rival the likes of Maruti Suzuki Baleno, Honda Jazz, and Hyundai i20.

  • MG eZS Electric SUV Unveiled Globally

    MG eZS Electric SUV Unveiled Globally

    MG Motor or Morris Garages took the wraps off its new pure electric SUV, the MG eZS. MG says that the international launch will happen soon and India will be getting it too before 2019 draws to a close. The MG eZS will be one of the first ever fully electric SUVs in India when it is launched. It will subsequently be launched in some other markets like the UK, Germany, Australia, Thailand and the Middle East. The eZS will be MG’s second launch in India after the upcoming MG Hector, which should be launched in the country in the next couple of the months.

    “With a modern design and advanced technology, the MG eZS will herald a new chapter in environment-friendly solutions in India. While the petrol version of the MG ZS had already become a popular choice globally, we are confident that its zero-emissions electric equivalent will bring accessible electric motoring to the customers in India upon its launch by the end of this year,” said Rajeev Chaba, President & Managing Director, MG Motor India. The company further shared that its electric vehicles would have over-the-air (OTA) technology and would go over 250 km in a single charge.

    By the end of 2019, MG Will have a total of 120 sales and service outlets across India and the company said it will also reach out to Indian target audience and educate them about electric vehicles and look to address issues such as range anxiety and charging infrastructure. Like the MG Hector, the eZS will also feature MG’s iSmart Next-Gen connected technology.

    Connectivity will be an important part of all MG vehicles and the upcoming MG Hector will come with a new advanced connectivity system called i-Smart next-generation system, a complete integrated solution that combines software, hardware, connectivity, services and application. The system has been developed in collaboration with several technological partners like Cisco, Unlimit, and Microsoft among others. The iSmart connectivity system comes with advanced technology, smart application, built-in Apps, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Smart Features, Voice Assist, and Infotainment.

  • Vietnamese stocks slide as lack of information hits large-caps

    Vietnamese stocks slide as lack of information hits large-caps

    Vietnamese shares slid yesterday as large-cap companies faced strong selling amidst a lack of supportive information while investors awaited discussions on the amended securities law. The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange fell 0.91 per cent to end at 988.48 points.

    The southern market index climbed 0.84 per cent on Monday.

    More than 165 million shares were traded on the southern bourse, worth VNĐ4.24 trillion (US$182 million).

    Market breadth was negative with 207 declining stocks, while 111 stocks advanced and 45 ended flat.

    Fifteen of the 20 sector indices ended Tuesday on a negative note, dragged by real estate, energy and petroleum, rubber and plastics and consumer staples.

    Those sector indices lost between 1.1 per cent and 3.1 per cent, data on vietstock.vn showed.

    The energy and petroleum sector was the worst-performing one on the stock market.

    Petro stocks such as PetroVietnam Gas (GAS) and PetroVietnam Drilling and Well Services (PVD) reversed after oil prices encountered volatility on Tuesday.

    GAS shed 1.9 per cent while PVD slipped 3 per cent.

    Real estate firms also dragged the market down, with the industry index falling 2 per cent.

    Among the worst-performing property developers were Vincom Retail (VRE), Vingroup (VIC) and Hòa Bình Construction Group (HBC).

    According to MB Securities Co (MBS), the VN-Index slid as leading stocks moved in different directions and pressured market sentiment.

    Foreign selling also caused negative movement for the stock market, which ended at a net VNĐ277.4 billion, MBS said in its daily report.

    In addition, gloomy earnings forecasts for 2019 for listed companies weighed on investors’ confidence ahead of the National Assembly Standing Committee meeting on April 10-18, in which the draft on amended Law of Securities will be discussed, MBS noted.

    “The stock market is clearly in its instability stage as large-cap stocks are still heavyweights. It is likely the VN-Index will fall whenever large-cap stocks are hit by strong selling,” Thành Công Securities Co (TCSC) said in a note.

    In addition, listed firms are experiencing a lack of supportive information, making investors unwilling to buy their stocks and reducing market liquidity, TCSC said.

    Therefore, the VN-Index may struggle at the current level of 990 points in the next trading days with focus shifted to companies with positive first quarter earnings, the company said.

    On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index slid 1.12 per cent to end at 107.71 points.

    The northern market index climbed nearly 1 per cent in the first trading day of the week.

    Nearly 48 million shares were traded on the northern bourse, worth VNĐ669 billion.

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  • Emirates offers summer promotion tickets

    Emirates offers summer promotion tickets

    Emirates offers summer promotion fares for customers from Vietnam who book tickets from now until April 22 and travel from April 15 until November 30, 2019.

    Economy Class fares start from VNĐ17,189,000 (US$747) to Dubai, VNĐ19,999,000 ($870) to Paris, VNĐ21,809,000 ($948) to London, VNĐ23,819,000 ($1,035) to Amsterdam, VND25,189,000 ($1,095) to Madrid, and VNĐ27,179,000 ($1,181) to Boston.

    The Early Bird promotion also offers very attractive Business Class fares, only from VNĐ66,079,000 ($2,873). Business Class passengers traveling on the Boeing 777 can enjoy unprecedented levels of comfort with wider and more ergonomic seats that recline into a lie-flat position for a restful sleep.

    In addition, Emirates passengers from Vietnam who purchase Economy Flex or Flex Plus fares can enjoy 30kg and 35kg baggage allowance, respectively. When booking Flex or Flex Plus fares, Skywards members earn more Skywards and Tier Miles, allowing them to earn the next reward or reach the next tier faster.

    Emirates currently operates daily non-stop flights between HCM City and Dubai, and daily non-stop flights between Hà Nội and Dubai. Through its Dubai hub, Emirates offers passengers travelling from Việt Nam convenient connections to an extensive global network in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, the US and South Asia.

     

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  • Game of Thrones exhibition flown in for Cityplaza

    Game of Thrones exhibition flown in for Cityplaza

    PCCW Media’s OTT entertainment platform Now E is staging a Game of Thrones exhibition at Cityplaza’s second-floor atrium and centre bridge for a fortnight, starting today.

    The mall promotion has been created in partnership with HBO and heralds the approaching end of the cult TV series hit.

    An Iron Throne has been flown into Hong Kong to become the centrepiece of the Game of Thrones exhibition and eight interactive zones have been set up to recreate scenes from the TV series.

    The final season of Game of Thrones premiers in the US and Hong Kong on Monday (April 15).

    The Now E x HBO Go: Game of Thrones Ultimate Experience’s interactive exhibition zones, each represent classic scenes and characters from the show.

    Mall visitors will be invited to sit on the Iron Throne and take pictures with 3D Stereoscopic Paintings.

    Another exhibition highlight will be Viserion, a six-metre-long ice dragon weighing more than 1360kg.

    Exhibition goers will be able to have photos taken with characters in front of a display wall, or pretend to be a White Walker in an interactive photo zone.

    In another feature of the installation, fans can get their own House Sigil Leather Coasters to represent their favorite kingdoms.

    On arrival at Cityplaza, visitors will each receive a Game of Thrones exhibition passport and receive a limited-edition Four House Sigil sticker by collecting all four stamps at the interactive zones.

  • Michael Hill Sales Suffers

    Michael Hill Sales Suffers

    Jewellery retailer Michael Hill’s revised operating model is showing some encouraging signs, with sales falling at a slower rate in the March quarter compared to prior periods.

    Over the three months to March 31, 2019, total sales fell by 0.8 per cent to $117.5 million, and same-store sales fell by 1.5 per cent to $110 million.

    When compared to the 11 per cent decrease in same-store sales in Q1, and 2.9 per cent fall in Q2, Q3 suggests the jewellery retailer’s operations are stabilising.

    “We are particularly encouraged by the early results achieved from our new integrated customer-led retail operating model, which was introduced in March and saw some same store sales growth for the month,” Daniel Bracken, Michael Hill International chief executive,  said.

    The business indicated it would shift its business model toward a “more sophisticated and integrated” customer-led experience in February, in order to better personalise the shopping experience for its customers.

    “We have already seen the potential for the new integrated model to lift customer engagement and sales, as well as improve operational efficiencies,” Bracken said.

    “This is an exciting time for the company as we continue to deliver on our strategic initiatives and make fundamental improvements to the way we operate.”

    Michael Hill’s same-store sales in Australia fell 3.4 per cent in the quarter, with conditions remaining challenging for retailers, to $61.8 million – compared to the $64 million seen in the same period of 2018.

    While one store was opened during the period, three were closed. The retailer ending the period with 71 stores trading.

    In New Zealand, same-store sales fell 6.3 per cent to NZ$24.73 million ($23,42 million), with the end of March seeing an overall slowdown in consumer sentiment and spending in the region. One store was closed, leaving a total of 52 stores trading across New Zealand.

    E-commerce sales over the period contributed 2.9 per cent, or $12.5 million, of the business’s total sales over the nine-month period to March 31, 2019. This reflects a 53 per cent increase on the same nine-month period the previous year.

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  • New-Gen Volvo S60 Coming To India

    New-Gen Volvo S60 Coming To India

    Volvo Auto India has had a great 2018-19 Financial Year. The company recorded a 25% growth during this time. However, the company had grown by 30% in the last financial year, this time around the rising input costs and low buying sentiment added to the company’s worries. No matter. The company is bracing the new year with equal confidence and wants more cars to come to the country and of course the new Volvo S60 is all set to be launched in the country. Speaking to carandbike Charles Frump, Managing Director – Volvo Car India said “I think with the S60, we are all excited that it’s coming to the country. The car is currently being produced in the United states and we are looking at the possibility of bringing it to India. Chances are that now it’s going to be in 2020 rather than 2019. But certainly that car will be coming”

    Volvo India had already announced that it will be introducing 4 new electrified cars in the country in the next 3 years. In its commitment towards the environment and electrified future, Volvo Cars plans to slowly phase out conventional powertrains and focus only on electrification. This announcement places electrification at the core of Volvo’s future business. It also paves way for the complete phase-out of combustion-engine-only models. The company has already committed to a goal of featuring some form of electric propulsion in its models from 2019 onwards and now India too is part of this plan. Every new Volvo from 2019 onwards will be electrified.

    Frump said, “If we look farther out into the future then we have a line up of plug-in hybrids coming. So we’ll start with the XC90 and that will happen this year, it will be locally assembled and then we’ll locally assemble a range of plug-in hybrids. The next thing that we’re thinking about is pure electric cars and that’s clearly a direction that the Indian government and Volvo is heading towards. By 2025 we want to have a million electric vehicles on the road.”

    The decision to move to electric vehicles couldn’t have come at a better time for Volvo as it readies its EVs and PHEVs for launch in the country and the support of the Government of India is of utmost importance. “We had great news just before the budget where they took the customs duty, if its assembled in India, from 30% to 15% and that has really improved the business case for us. The moment that happened, I got on to a phone with Sweden, asking them, how can we make this happen even quicker. It’s had a big impact and it’s very much appreciated by us.”

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  • DHL Express named Best Workplace in Asia for 2019

    DHL Express named Best Workplace in Asia for 2019

    DHL Express, the world’s leading international express service provider, has been named the Best Workplace in Asia for 2019 by Great Place to Work (GPTW), the global people analytics and consulting firm known for its annual Best Workplaces list.

    “We are extremely honored to be recognized as the leading employer and best-practice workplace in Asia Pacific,” said Ken Lee, CEO, DHL Express, Asia Pacific. “It is important that our employees are always motivated and engaged because they determine the success of our company. We treat our employees the way we would like them to treat our customers, by fostering a culture of authenticity, responsibility, dignity, performance and results. This award is testament to the passion and energy that each one of us brings with us to work every day to make DHL a special place to be.”

    DHL Express received GPTW’s prestigious award for the fourth time since 2016, naming it the Best Workplace in Asia in 2016 and 2017 as well as the runner-up in the same category in 2018. This year’s honor came amid positive recognition of its workplace culture across 15 countries and territories in Asia Pacific. DHL Express garnered commendable scores on both the Trust Index and the Culture Audit, which canvassed direct feedback from employees to determine workplace levels of fairness and equity, diversity, and talent development.

    “DHL’s success as an organization hinges on the unique background, experiences, and perspectives that each of our employees brings. Our strength in respecting and empowering the individual ensures everyone works together as a tightly-integrated whole to strive for exceptional performance,” said Mateen Thiruselvaam, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, DHL Express, Asia Pacific. “Feedback mechanisms like the annual Employee Opinion Survey make sure that everyone is heard, and enable us to assess and fine-tune our culture so that we constantly reach toward and extend beyond our full potential.”

    In 2018, DHL won a total of 50 awards for its workplace culture, bringing the total number of awards won since 2014 to 192.

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  • Ford Might End Its India Business

    Ford Might End Its India Business

    News has emerged that Ford India could end its India business as it looks to sign a new deal with Mahindra. According to a Reuters report, Ford could enter into a new joint venture in India in which it will hold 49 per cent stake, while Mahindra will own 51 per cent. The American carmaker could transfer most of its India business to the joint venture including its assets and employees.

    carandbike reached out to Ford India for a comment and the company responded by saying, “We do not comment on speculation. Ford remains committed to India. On the strategic alliance with Mahindra, teams from both companies continue to work together to develop avenues of strategic cooperation that help us achieve commercial, manufacturing and business efficiencies for the future.” Mahindra hasn’t confirmed the news either and has refrained from commenting on speculations.

    Ford and Mahindra entered into a strategic alliance in 2017 under which they will share platforms and build new models together. Mahindra Electric, a completely owned subsidiary of the Mahindra & Mahindra which expertise in electric vehicles will lead the alliance by providing the technology to develop new electric vehicles. Mahindra Electric will supply the electric powertrains, battery packs and software technology while Ford will share platforms with Mahindra.

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  • Australian Dollar Slips

    Australian Dollar Slips

    The Australian dollar has fallen Wednesday, buying 71.23 US cents from 71.44 US cents on Tuesday.

    The local currency rose on Tuesday morning, buying 71.24 US cents from 70.99 US cents on Monday. It was at 71.07 US cents Monday morning, dropping from 71.25 US cents on Friday.

  • Online reviews are terrible and useless

    Online reviews are terrible and useless

    Online reviews sound good in theory. In practice, however, they don’t work so well. Reviews were initially important as proxies of trust for e-commerce businesses, but they have now well and truly spilled over to bricks-and-mortar businesses, where the weakness of the review system is being amplified as some consumers have figured out how to weaponize it.

    The general idea is that users provide their personal and honest feedback and other users are able to make more informed choices (like avoiding scammers). Even the business owner can use “learnings” to improve the business.

    It just doesn’t work.

    Amazon is plagued by fake reviews and trolls. In the book space, for instance, small groups and even bots target specific authors over spurious disagreements the trolls may have, and downvote their books accordingly so that they never appear in algorithmically-driven searches.

    On AirBnB and Uber, providers and users review each other. Another great idea, but in practice, since no one can afford to be given a 1-star review (the host wouldn’t get guests and the guest wouldn’t get accommodation) – the unspoken rule is that everyone gives each other 5-star reviews all the time. A 4-star review should set alarm bells ringing.

    Reviews are not a fair representation of the business, because reviewers have suspect motives, are unqualified, unreliable and the process is flawed and without proper context.

    The problem with online reviews

    Here are just a few of the drawbacks with online reviews, as they currently exist:

    • The motive of the reviewer is not always apparent, and neither is it always pure. Even positive reviews may have little to do with the actual service experience, and people who are motivated to review, often have an axe to grind.

    • Those who prefer not to review products and services are often bombarded by reminder emails until they relent, only to give a less than well-thought-through review long after the fact.

    • You usually only get one side of the story in a review.

    • Most people doing the reviewing have zero insight into the business’s operations, and criticisms and expectations are often unrealistic. Negative reviews are not merely limited to articulating a personal negative experience, but often are about perceptions of staffing levels, time, production, etc.

    • Compulsive reviewers operate under the misguided belief they are helping other consumers, but they are usually on a power trip.

    • Is ANY consumer really equipped to judge and compare Bunnings to McDonald’s?

    • Is the person’s subjective experience actually useful? Does the fact that a person doesn’t like a burger mean no one else will? Or vice versa?

    • A business would need to have thousands of reviews across different times, different experiences and different contexts for the sample to be considered statistically relevant. I suspect the average small business would rarely reach this sample size. Few real world, independent retail businesses boast sufficient reviews, so the results are invariably skewed. It takes more than a hundred or so reviews for the law of averages to apply, but whether a rating is valid or not does not deter the reviewing platform, with most of them showing reviews after a handful has been received.

    • Different people have different standards – what one reviewer considers value for money, another will consider expensive another to cheap. That is, the reviewer does not necessarily reflect the market that the operator seeks to attract.

    • Generally speaking, our culture – and it is amplified in the online space – has a tendency to reward victimhood.

    • It is impossible for different people with different expectations to apply the same standard. Can you have a 5-star experience at a 3-star motel, and is the average punter equipped to make that distinction?

    Any run-of-the mill establishment gets reviewed as well, whether they like it or not. If you want to exist on Google Maps, you get Google Reviews. TripAdvisor has excellent SEO juice, so any business reviews will come up with your own listing at all times. If you want to keep a recent poor review off the top of your results, it will set you back $70 per month to feature a good review instead.

    What now?

    Review results are statistically and psychologically unreliable, but there is no way of avoiding them. They are here to stay, flawed or not.

    Retailers should learn how to play the reviewing game, and the options are to (a) ignore and (b) embrace or (c) fight.

    Our strategy has been:

    1. Avoid channels where the trolls feed in vast numbers (Facebook: reviews disabled; Twitter: no account; Instagram: no account).

    2. On Google and Tripadvisor, respond to every review positive or negative to at least put both sides of the story out there.

    3. Resist seeking positive reviews or attempt to ‘game’ the reviews and don’t display/promote any reviews, even positive ones.

    4. Learn what you can from a review as objectively as possible – in some instances, reviews are simply the old “world of mouth” now made visible and there is a benefit in knowing what is being said.

    In the early days of e-commerce, when consumers were still sceptical, a 5-star review simply meant the product was as advertised and arrived when promised.

    Any scammer who wanted to take money without sending the goods wouldn’t last long. These trust issues are not as prevalent, and there are different mechanisms to root out the bad apples today.

    Businesses – and the delivery of customer experience – are too complex to be reduced to a simple star system or a subjective comment.

    Maybe that is an opportunity for an entrepreneur.

  • AirAsia to Launch Flights Between Bangkok and Ahmedabad

    AirAsia to Launch Flights Between Bangkok and Ahmedabad

    AirAsia is to launch flights between Bangkok and Ahmedabad, the capital of Gujarat state and India’s first UNESCO World Heritage City. The airline will operate the route four times per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, from 31 May 2019.

    AirAsia Thailand CEO, Santisuk Klongchaiya, said, “India is a strategic market that is fast becoming an important contributor of inbound tourists for AirAsia Thailand. To fully leverage on this, we plan to regularly introduce routes connecting the two countries, focusing particularly on India’s burgeoning metros. Thailand’s own worldwide fame for hospitality should attract travellers from Ahmedabad, which is the capital of Gujarat state and India’s fifth most populous city.”

    According to Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand welcomed 1.5 million Indian visitors in 2018, up 12% on the previous year.

    Thai AirAsia has recorded a load factor of up to 87% on its India routes, with passengers travelling between Bangkok and existing destinations in India increasing 7% year-on-year. Indian nationals made up 85% of passengers on those routes.

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  • Vietjet advances the second dividend payment of 2018 at 10%

    Vietjet advances the second dividend payment of 2018 at 10%

    Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company (HOSE code: VJC) Board of Directors announced on 8 April its approval to advance the second dividend payment of 2018 at the rate of 10% (receiving VND1,000 per shares). The final registration date is 24 April 2019, corresponding to an ex-right date of 23 April 2019.

    Consequently, Vietjet will pay more than VND542 billion (approximately US$23.3 million) to advance this second dividend payment of 2018.

    According to the resolution of the Annual Shareholder Meeting 2018, the planned dividend payout ratio is 50% in both shares and cash. Thanks to its high and continuous growth, and abundant cash resources, Vietjet’s Board of Directors submitted to its shareholders a 2018 dividend payment at a rate of 55%, higher than the previously approved plan.

    The new-age airline has established a good track record of paying high dividends from year to year, from 50% to 70% in both cash and shares. With its 2019 business plan, it is believed that Vietjet’s Board of Directors will continue to submit a high dividend payout ratio of 2019 at the coming Annual General Meeting of shareholders.

  • Sunway Pyramid Launches First Real-Time Indoor Navigation Mobile App In Malaysia

    Sunway Pyramid Launches First Real-Time Indoor Navigation Mobile App In Malaysia

    Navigating through a shopping mall has never been this easy – and rewarding! The newly launched Sunway Pyramid Mobile app is the very first shopping mall app with real-time in-mall navigation, set to revolutionise the shopping experience.

    With over 1,000 exciting specialty stores available in Sunway Pyramid, making one’s way around the 1.8 million sq ft of space that spans over four main shopping levels can prove to be quite the challenge.

    Sunway Pyramid is working closely with the Google Indoor Maps team to integrate their mobile app with Google’s map engine for the upcoming versions of the app – shoppers can say goodbye to spending more time searching for a physical counter or directory to get to their desired location.

    “As a shopping mall that listens to the needs of our customers, this is a great way to provide them with peace of mind as well as personalized content and exclusive rewards & offers for a better and more enjoyable experience – all at their fingertips. We hope that the introduction of the Sunway Pyramid Mobile App gives them more reason to continue choosing us as their preferred lifestyle destination,” said Kevin Tan, Chief Operating Officer of Sunway Malls.

    That’s not all as shoppers will be rewarded for their usage of the app, giving them better value for their time spent in the mall. App-exclusive rewards await them at participating tenants such as YSL, Laneige, Sulwhasoo, Yves Rocher, Chanel, Dorothy Perkins, Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge, Burton Menswear London, Nelissa Hilman, Hush Puppies, Love Bonito, JD Sports, NY Steak Shack, Genki Sushi, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Mr Roti Canai, Brotzeit, O.W.L, Gem Studio and Tomei.

    The fun does not stop there, as users can take a quiz in the app to determine their shopping persona. Find out if you are a Trendsetter, Digital Genius, Family Hero, Smart Spender or Golden Groover by answering a few simple questions – this information along with the shoppers’ navigation patterns, redemption and browsing behaviour will be considered to further personalise content that is relevant and targeted for each user.

    To find out more about what the Sunway Pyramid Mobile app can do, shoppers can join in the fun by visiting the on-ground event at the Water Feature on G Floor from 12-28 April.

    Upon downloading the app and registering, shoppers can scan their Member ID to enjoy rewards and gifts such as samples from Laneige, L’occitane, Clinique, Sulwhasoo, cash vouchers from Genki Sushi, complimentary milkshakes from NY Steak Shack and shopping vouchers amongst many others. Other activities include multiple photo op areas with a photo booth and even a relaxation lounge with massage chairs!

    The Sunway Pyramid Mobile App will be available for download via the Google Play Store and Apple AppStore on 12 April 2019. For a full tutorial on how to use the app, please visit YouTube link here.

  • Asics Singapore E-commerce Platform Launched

    Asics Singapore E-commerce Platform Launched

    Asics Singapore has launched an online store, with other Southeast Asian markets to follow soon.

    The one-stop destination for all Asics products introduces an integrated shopping experience with shoes exclusive to the online store and a seamless check-out experience.

    The e-commerce site will strengthen Asics’s omnichannel retail strategy in Singapore, providing avid runners with easy access to shoes across all categories and a platform to browse for new purchases while on the move.

    Shoppers can choose to collect their orders directly from the stores or have them delivered.

    Asics’ brick-and-mortar stores will have tablets accessible to customers who want to  experience the Asics.com portal while in store.

    During the next eight weeks, shoppers can collect Asics shopping vouchers at pop-up vending machines across the island. By answering the questions posted weekly on the machines, shoppers can receive an eight-digit code to obtain the vouchers.

    This month, vending machines will be placed at SAFRA EnergyOne Toa Payoh from April 8 to 17; at SAFRA EnergyOne Yishun from April 18 to 27; and at Singapore Polytechnic (InnoMall) from April 28 to May 5. More locations will be revealed on the Asics Instagram account.

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