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Indian dealers set records and boost Thai tourism with $4.5m event Record-setting event on Koh Larn highlights India–Thailand ties and incentive travel Y [1]

From EVs to Meituan food deliveries and Mixue bubble tea, newcomers push out rivals Printing company sees demand for character products from Japanophiles Fast Retailing says tariffs will have 'limited' impact on full year profits Port of Rotterdam to... (confirmed by 2 sources) [2]

Continuing its mission to empower Thailand’s food industry and strengthen the local economy, GO WHOLESALE – the food wholesale centre under Central Retail – has officially opened its 14th branch in Rayong. [3]

Investors prize profitability over merely cutting losses International shoppers reap fruits of weak yen at Tokyo department stores China-founded cross-border platforms have taken each other to court multiple times Paetongtarn takes office with growth... (confirmed by 2 sources) [4]

JAKARTA -- Global payment provider Visa is in discussions with Southeast Asia's ride-hailing company Gojek to bring a pay later service to the platform and new capabilities to pay in instalments, with the aim of reaching more customers. [5]

CompaniesIndonesia's GoTo says Q1 net loss narrowed 40% on cost cutting Revenue more than doubled, led by fintech and e-commerce businesses GoTo was formed in May 2021 through the merger of ride-hailing and food delivery company Gojek and local e-com... [6]

HANOI -- Chinese retail giant Alibaba has, through its unit Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group (AIDC), agreed to buy a minority interest in Vietnam-based cosmetics and beauty chain Hasaki, DealStreetAsia has learned. [7]

JAKARTA -- Cutthroat rivals that have helped to drive Southeast Asia's rapid digitization by burning through cash and preventing each other from moving toward the startup world's new goal, profitability, are now talking about a common solution. [8]

Sources
[1] TH thethaiger.com · 2025-12-14 · 85% match

Indian dealers set records and boost Thai tourism with $4.5m event

Indian dealers set records and boost Thai tourism with $4.5m event Record-setting event on Koh Larn highlights India–Thailand ties and incentive travel Y

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-07-12 · 42% match

Retail

From EVs to Meituan food deliveries and Mixue bubble tea, newcomers push out rivals Printing company sees demand for character products from Japanophiles Fast Retailing says tariffs will have 'limited' impact on full year profits Port of Rotterdam to

[3] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 51% match

GO WHOLESALE Expands to Rayong, Energising Local Economy

Continuing its mission to empower Thailand’s food industry and strengthen the local economy, GO WHOLESALE – the food wholesale centre under Central Retail – has officially opened its 14th branch in Rayong.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-08-22 · 50% match

Consumer

Investors prize profitability over merely cutting losses International shoppers reap fruits of weak yen at Tokyo department stores China-founded cross-border platforms have taken each other to court multiple times Paetongtarn takes office with growth

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-11-12 · 50% match

Visa in talks to bring pay later service to Gojek

JAKARTA -- Global payment provider Visa is in discussions with Southeast Asia's ride-hailing company Gojek to bring a pay later service to the platform and new capabilities to pay in instalments, with the aim of reaching more customers.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-04-28 · 48% match

Indonesia's GoTo says Q1 net loss narrowed 40% on cost cutting

CompaniesIndonesia's GoTo says Q1 net loss narrowed 40% on cost cutting Revenue more than doubled, led by fintech and e-commerce businesses GoTo was formed in May 2021 through the merger of ride-hailing and food delivery company Gojek and local e-com

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-11-20 · 48% match

Alibaba unit to invest in Vietnam beauty, personal care company Hasaki

HANOI -- Chinese retail giant Alibaba has, through its unit Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group (AIDC), agreed to buy a minority interest in Vietnam-based cosmetics and beauty chain Hasaki, DealStreetAsia has learned.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-02-28 · 47% match

Gojek-Grab merger makes sense but hurdles mar its path

JAKARTA -- Cutthroat rivals that have helped to drive Southeast Asia's rapid digitization by burning through cash and preventing each other from moving toward the startup world's new goal, profitability, are now talking about a common solution.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-01-29 · 46% match

Southeast Asia's top drugmaker sets its sights on consumer market

JAKARTA -- A glimpse of the future of health care that Kalbe Farma, Indonesia's largest pharmaceutical company, envisions can be seen in shopping malls, rather than hospitals.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-06-15 · 45% match

India's infrastructure and logistics transformation is for real

Malavika Mysore is a Mumbai-based senior associate for South Asia at The Asia Group, a strategic advisory firm headquartered in Washington. Gopal Nadadur is the company's New Delhi-based vice president for South Asia.

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