Consumer culture

No more Marmite chicken? Iconic umami spread vanishes from Singapore supermarket shelves

In Singapore, Marmite is not only enjoyed as a traditional British-style toast spread, but has also been uniquely integrated into local cuisine.

China bets on local consumers to power its AI ambitions

Beijing is casting AI as a new engine of consumer spending.

How Prism+ is building Singapore’s answer to Xiaomi and Samsung

Prism+ has a 16-person product development team that spends up to a year developing and testing prototypes for new products.

RTS Link to spur S’poreans to spend $1 billion more in JB a year: Study

The Johor Bahru-Singapore RTS Link station and Johor Bahru Town on July 13.

S’pore shoppers among S-E Asia’s top spenders on Korean goods on Lazada via its Gmarket tie-up

The Gmarket storefront on the Lazada app houses more than 800,000 products from South Korea.

Letter From Beijing

Why a visit to China’s trendy bathhouse gives more value than a hotel stay

The writer spent a day at Shui Guo in Beijing in June, lounging on beanbags while working on her laptop.

Lavish trips and celebrity contact: The rise of the Very Important Customer in luxury retail

(From left) Sherry Ang at a Dior show in Paris, Ang with Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh at Lake Como in Italy, with Dior.

Nestle to change KitKat recipe in Europe to make it crispier

US World Cup prowess boosts American passion for the beautiful game

US fans cheer their team at the World Cup on June 25.

‘Hyper goo’: The glitchy, gloppy look of now

After years of corporate millennial blanding, consumer culture is oozing into shape for a new generation.

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