Singapore’s transport firm ComfortDelGro’s ride-hailing service is now available for booking via the Lazada app. The new booking service is placed alongside Lazada’s hallmark features like LazMall, RedMart and LazLive. Screenshot from Lazada The e-commerce giant routinely had various partnerships with ComfortDelGro. For example, it offered S$ 5 off to …
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The more expensive the food, the smaller its portion may be on your plate. This would be a familiar experience for those who enjoy fine dining. Sometimes these meals barely even fill you, but they come in small portions because of how expensive the ingredients may be. Furthermore, fine dining …
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Not too long ago, the Forbes’ 35th annual list of billionaires for 2021 saw 4 Malaysian faces new to it added. They are the Tan brothers of MR DIY Group (M) Bhd, Tan Sri G. Gnanalingam of Westports Holdings Bhd, and Tan Eng Kee of Greatech Technology Bhd. The Tan …
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Homegrown multi-label retailer Naiise will be closing its last and largest outlet at Jewel Changi Airport this Sunday due to an “ongoing struggle to pay its vendors.” This news came following a spate of outlet closures last year. In the first half of 2020, it has apparently shut down three …
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“Malaysia is 5 to 10 years behind in telemedicine as compared to countries like the US, India, and China,” stated Maran Virumandi, DoctorOnCall’s (DOC) managing director and co-founder in an older interview. DOC is one of Malaysia’s first digital health platforms providing online appointment bookings, medication deliveries, telehealth consultation, etc. …
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Earlier in January, Singapore financial services startup GoBear suddenly announced that it is ceasing operations. It cited the failure to raise additional funds from existing or new investors as the primary reason for closure, adding that the COVID-19 pandemic made the operating and fundraising environment “very challenging”. Other factors included a …
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Celcom and DiGi announced today that they’ll be merging through their parent companies, Axiata Group Berhad and Telenor Asia. A press release stated that both parties will have equal ownership estimated at 33.1% each. Axiata together with Malaysian institutional investors will own over 51% of the merger. As part of …
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When the circuit breaker took place in April last year, many businesses were impacted following forced closures as part of government regulations to curb the Covid-19 virus. However, it’s a different story for Nikhil Charan and Robert Rajeswaran, who both embarked on a new business venture at the thick of …
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Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, more Singaporeans have been shopping online and eCommerce has seen a boom. With the gradual reopening of the economy however, businesses have picked up the pace to draw customers back to their physical stores especially since shoppers are heading out more to shopping …
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