Sunway Big Box to open its doors in December
ISKANDAR PUTERI (Sept 6): Malaysia's first retail hybrid park, Sunway Big Box, is set to open its doors to the public in December.
Giant to get new head
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 30): Chris Bush, the CEO of Southeast Asia Food at Dairy Farm International, will take over the role that will be left vacant by Pierre-Olivier Deplanck, the managing director of GCH Retail (M) Sdn Bhd, once the latter leaves on Aug 30 to pursue new opportunities.
趋势：若真是供过于求，为何新商场仍不停冒起？
虽然购物商场面对艰难的运营环境，但Savills（马）私人有限公司副执行主席Allan Soo认为，商场还是可在人口有显着增长的地方找到商机。 他向EdgeProp.
Giant stores in Malaysia and the EPF
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 24): A recent report by The Edge Malaysia stated that the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) owns “about a dozen buildings and shoplots, which are or were occupied” by GCH Retail (M) Sdn Bhd”.
RHB partners Malaysian Retail Chain Association to support retailers, SMEs
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): RHB Banking Group is partnering Malaysian Retail Chain Association (MRCA) to support more than 400 leading retail chain store operators, franchisers as well as small and medium enterprises (SMEs) through the Malaysia International Retail & Franchise Exhibition 2019 (MIRF).
Parkson closes store 18 months after opening
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Department store operator Parkson Corp Sdn Bhd, which shut its 20-year-old store in Suria KLCC earlier this year, has shut another store — the Parkson M Square Mall in Puchong, Selangor.
Singapore company buys 51% of Malaysia's Nike-only store operator
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): SUTL Global Pte Ltd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary SUTL Sports Retailing Pte Ltd, has entered Malaysia’s sports retail scene with the acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in the country’s largest Nike-only store operator, Sportsland Sdn Bhd.
Malaysia 2019 retail sales growth revised upwards to 4.9%
KUALA LUMPUR (June 7): Retail Group Malaysia has raised its 2019 growth forecast for the country's retail sales to 4.
CBRE: E-commerce backed retail thrives in China, India
PETALING JAYA: Retail leasing markets in Asia Pacific have been quiet through the first quarter of 2019 and retailers will have to reconsider their operating strategies amid potential economic headwinds that might lead to slower sales, according to real estate market research firm CBRE Research in its “Asia Pacific Retail Trends Q1 2019” report released recently.
London takes top spot for global luxury store openings
KUALA LUMPUR: London took the global top spot for luxury store openings in 2018, according to research from international real estate advisor Savills.
