Photo by Dragana Gordic / Shutterstock.com America’s new favorite grocery store is a familiar name: Amazon. The online retail giant jumped two places to take the top slot in the fourth-annual Dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index for grocery. The consumer data science firm compiled its rankings based on a survey of …
Read More »Trash To Treasure: This 22-Year-Old S’porean Set Up A Thrift Store To Sell Unwanted Clothes
Singapore is well-known as a shopping paradise, with shopping malls and retail stores dotting the nation. Most recently, thrift shopping has become popular, especially with the rise of sustainable fashion. The latest addition to the growing list of thrifting options in Singapore is Threadlightly, a quaint store tucked away at …
Read More »How This S’porean Transformed His Family’s Snack Store Into A Popular Brunch Cafe At Only 20
Tucked away in a nondescript neighbourhood along Crawford Lane is a cafe that is constantly bustling with customers. Singaporeans are known to be foodies and can suss out a good spot easily. Thus, the snaking long queues seen outside Tolido’s could be a testament to the quality of their food. …
Read More »Apple purges 39,000 game apps from China store to meet year-end licence deadline
Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More (Reuters) — Apple removed 39,000 game apps from its China store Thursday, the biggest removal ever in a …
Read More »Sony offers Cyberpunk 2077 refunds and delists the game from online store
When players discovered that Cyberpunk 2077 ran like garbage on older consoles, CD Projekt Red suggested that they ask for refunds. At first, many had a hard time doing just that. Today, Sony has clarified that it will offer a refund to anyone who bought Cyberpunk 2077 on its digital …
Read More »Cheers Has Opened An Unmanned Store With No Staff: Is This The Future Of Retail In S’pore?
Convenience store Cheers has just opened a new and completely unmanned outlet at Our Tampines Hub last Saturday (Dec 12). At the Cheers store, customers can just walk in, grab the items they need and walk out without having to take out their phones, credit cards or cash to make …
Read More »Longer Trips to This Type of Store May Raise Coronavirus Risk
Photo by ANRproduction / Shutterstock.com No matter how much you try to hunker down at home to avoid the coronavirus, there are some errands that are tough to avoid — such as grocery shopping. Unfortunately, shopping for such essentials can put you at higher risk of contracting the coronavirus, especially …
Read More »Why Marks & Spencer May Follow The Demise Of Sister Brand Robinsons Despite New S’pore Store
About two weeks ago (October 30), departmental store Robinsons announced that it is making its exit from Singapore for good, following losses in recent years. The 162-year-old department store, one of Singapore’s oldest, said that it has started a liquidation process of its remaining stores due to weak demand stemming …
Read More »21 Thrift Store Gems You Can Cash In On
Dean Drobot / Shutterstock.com Thrift stores can be a wonderful mishmash of trash and treasure. But all thrift shoppers have their own “Moby Dick”-style white whales — the items for which they are always hunting. Maybe it’s first-edition books by a favorite childhood author. Or those missing pieces of Grandma’s …
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