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04-Jul-19 Malaysia’s Petronas has signed an MOU with UK company Plastic Energy, to collaborate in addressing plastic waste that cannot be recycled by conventional means. The collaboration marks the first step towards a circular economy optimising the plastics value chain. [image: Plastics Today]
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21-Jun-19 Tesco Thailand is opening up to 750 more convenience stores, which would be a 50% expansion. In light of its success in Thailand and Malaysia, the company is considering expansion in other Asian markets including South Korea and China. [image: The Thaiger]
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16-May-19 Japanese department store Takashimaya is looking to expand overseas, with a focus on Southeast Asia. Its CEO hinted at opening stores in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Takashimaya opened a store in the IconSiam development in Bangkok late 2018. [image: Takashimaya]
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13-May-19 Lazada has extended its edge as the most popular e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia despite a decline in visits in the first quarter of 2019. The Alibaba-backed company scored the highest monthly users in Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Singapore. [image: SCMP]
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22-Mar-19 In countries where more than half the workforce have upper secondary education there is a strong positive relationship between capital investment and productivity. Seven countries with well educated populations and low fixed capital per worker are investing above average in fixed capital, and therefore look to be opportunity markets. Conversely there are eight countries which have a good standard of education but are not investing enough to fully leverage it in future. [image: Global Demographics Ltd]
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