Donuts from Indonesia coffee shop

Donuts franchise success from Indonesia [video]

Indonesians, especially the younger generation, are becoming very fond of sweet pastries like donuts. To benefit from this shift towards more leisure and going out with friends, local and foreign companies are rushing to grab their share of the new “café culture” in the country’s large young population.

Online and offline shopping in Singapore

Online and offline shopping in Singapore

Often considered to hamper traditional stores, the development of e-commerce can sometimes actually reinforce them. This infographic summarizes how online and offline commerce grow together in Singapore, pushing shops and malls to provide an enhanced, “omnichannel” experience to consumers.

Home-made food distribution in Malaysia

Home-made food distribution success from Malaysia

Getting sold in a supermarket is a big step forward for food or other B2C products manufacturers. Scaling up the production without loosing quality and developing the right marketing, brand, promotion and distribution channels, will however be determining factors in the ultimate commercial success.

Female consumers in Asia

The rise of female consumers in Asia

Rapid economic growth and fast changing behaviors are two factors that foster the empowerment of female consumers in Asia. This report presents how the rising income of women and their increasing independence to use it are making them a very attractive segment for retailers and particularly, online retailers.

Asia retail and wholesale

Overview of the retail and wholesale sector in Asia

Part of the series of reports on the dynamic sectors of Asia, the Economist Intelligence Unit provides us with another great report on the state of the retail and wholesale sector. Evaluating the importance of Asia and outlining promising opportunities, this business barometer presents an exciting view for retailers and wholesalers.

Malaysia e-commerce: online merchants' characteristics

Malaysia e-commerce: online sellers’ characteristics

Presentation that details the characteristics, needs and concerns of online sellers in Malaysia. All those interested in learning more about the profiles of online sellers, such as developers and marketers for online shops will find crucial elements to learn more about the requests of current and future online merchants.

Malaysia e-commerce shoppers

Malaysia e-commerce: online shoppers’ habits

This very well designed presentation details the consumer behavior and profiles of online shoppers in Malaysia. Anyone interested in the demand side of the Malaysian e-commerce landscape will find very useful and interesting data to grasp the preferences, psychology and uses of online buyers of Malaysia.