25-08-2017 08:57
NEW YORK: Amazon announced on Thursday (Aug 24) that its takeover of Whole Foods Market will close next week, as it vowed to cut grocery prices and fully integrate the chain into its retail empire.
24-08-2017 11:00
SAN FRANCISCO: Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, and Google, the internet's predominant search engine, are teaming up in an attempt to challenge Amazon's growing dominance in online shopping.
20-08-2017 13:56
Earlier, numerous giants in the retail sector have entered the Vietnamese market and now, many of them are planning to enhance investment and expand their businesses to exploit market potential.
18-08-2017 09:19
HCM City’s annual sales promotion month from September until the end of the year is expected to boost retail sales and attract a large number of foreign visitors.
12-08-2017 07:33
Dragon Capital and VinaCapital have completed the purchase of a 30 per cent stake, equaling six million shares, in FPT Retail, aiming to plunge deeper in the retail sector in general and the mobile retail sector in particular.
08-08-2017 17:12
The State Bank of Viet Nam issued bills worth VND29 trillion (US$1.27 billion) last week, according to a report from the Saigon Securities Incorporation (SSI)’s retail research division.
08-08-2017 16:01
Since the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), Vietnam has become a potential market for regional retailers, which promotes the development of the domestic retail sector, but also alerts domestic enterprises to watch out and continuously improve to not fall behind in this fierce competition.
05-08-2017 09:33
Higher pension and social insurance subsidy, social insurance payment level, and adjustment of the average electricity retail sales come into effect since August, 2017.
04-08-2017 12:05
Korean convenience store chain GS25 plans to open its first store in Ho Chi Minh City this year, marking a foray in the Vietnamese retail market, where competition between convenience store chains is already fierce.
04-08-2017 08:57
The country’s total retail sales and services revenue reached VNĐ2.24 quadrillion (US$98.6 billion) in the first seven months of this year, a year on year increase of 10 per cent.
03-08-2017 08:57
Traders producing and importing milk and food supplements for children under 6 years old will be allowed to self-determine the retail prices for their products, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) announced on Wednesday.
29-07-2017 15:00
Despite being allowed to charge on-net fees for automatic telling machine (ATM) transactions, some commercial banks have recently applied the exemption to on-net money withdrawal and account transfer to attract new customers and develop the retail banking segment.
28-07-2017 19:08
Despite the increasing number of outlets, the market share of mobile retailer The gioi Di dong, which belongs to Mobile World Investment Corporation (MWG), has stayed unchanged at 42 per cent, thus, MWG has to find ways to solve its growth problems.
25-07-2017 11:50
Real estate has become the most popular asset class among retail investors since gold and foreign currencies are not very profitable any more.
20-07-2017 15:27
Shares went on a downward spiral again on Thursday morning after a brief recovery on Wednesday, as big companies in the retail, rubber and plastic sectors tumbled.