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09-Mar-18 Hong Kong's Octopus tries to win e-wallet users with HKD8 lobsters, as rivals Alipay and WeChat Pay compete by offering everything from free taxis to discounts at food retailers. [image: Campaign]
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07-Feb-18 Following in the footsteps of Debenhams, Clarks and Gap are counting their last days in Indonesia, following sales declines of 50% from 2015. However, while household consumption continues to decline, domestic airline passengers in 2017 grew 11% from 2015. [image:Wataru Suzuki / Nikkei Asian Review]
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02-Feb-18 The Seven & i Holdings, parent company of 7-Eleven, reported a store count of 20,033 in Japan, up by 54 from the end of Dec-17. By comparison, Japan has about 24,000 post offices. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]
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01-Feb-18 "New retail" is Alibaba's latest buzzword. It refers to combining online and physical retail into a seamless, data-driven consumer experience, and is starting to give rise to new businesses such as cashierless convenience stores and automated pickup centers. [image: AP / Nikkei Asian Review]
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15-Jan-18 The use of electronic payments combined with delivery has helped McDonald’s develop a unique growth strategy in China that could serve as a role model for its home market in the United States, say corporate investors in the company. [image: AP / SCMP]
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