Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Siam Discovery recently hosted the event, “The Future of Fashion” to introduce various fashion brands that have been well-selected from around the world. One of the most stylish and trendy …
Danish BAUM UND PFERDGARTEN is one of the most trendy fashion brands selected by Siam Discovery Read More
Mr. Georg Platzer, the manager of the Swedish furniture retailer IKEA said that the company plans to open more shops in Manila, the Philippines. As the market and consumers’ needs …
IKEA plans to open more shops in the Philippines Read More
The Danish owned and operated jewelry company, Norbreeze Group, recently organized an opening ceremony of its new office, “Norbreeze House” located in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The …
Norbreeze Group opens new office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Read More
Mr. Preben Elnef, Vice President of LEGO Group shared the reasons why Vietnam holds the potential to be the first country in Southeast Asia the Danish firm decided to invest …
LEGO chooses Vietnam as first country in Southeast Asia to invest in $1bn factory Read More
H&M Autumn/Winter 2022 collection presents embodiment of Parisian style; classic, confident and interchangeable through the lens of a fictional fashion destination that encapsulates Paris’ iconic Brasserie culture, “Brasserie Hennes.” “Welcome …
H&M Autumn/Winter 2022 collection inspired by Paris Brasserie Hennes Read More
The collaboration collection, “The World is My Home” between Swedish retailer H&M and Filipino streetwear brand Don’t Blame the Kids (DBTK) is dropped in stores today, 8 September 2022. As …
H&M and Filipino streetwear brand collaboration collection drops in stores today Read More
A Danish company, Vipp has opened its first flagship store in Shanghai, China on 1 September 2022. The 509 m2 store takes the record as Vipp’s largest retail universe worldwide. …
Vipp opens first store in China, and it is the largest in the world Read More
After just over a year of boycott in China, the clothing giant H&M is back on the Chinese trading platform Tmall. The boycott was among others based on a map …
H&M back online at Tmall after boycott in China Read More
Swedish furniture retailer IKEA is preparing to open a new store in Surabaya City, East Java, Indonesia, at the Ciputra World Surabaya shopping mall, Tempo reports. President Director of Rumah …
IKEA to open store in Surabaya Read More
Danish toy giant LEGO opened its first own flagship store in China on Wednesday after a 15-year presence in the country. LEGO CEO and President, Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, who is …
LEGO opens first own flagship shop in China Read More
Caroline Moreau has been promoted to the position as General Manager for Carlsberg Singapore. Caroline has for the past three and a half year been Marketing Director for Carlsberg in …
Carlsberg Malaysia’s Marketing Director promoted to head of Carlsberg Singapore Read More
IKEA, a Swedish home furnishing brand, is scheduled to open its first Southeast Asian urban store in Bangkok by the end of next year. Leonie Hoskin, retail manager of IKEA …
Swedish IKEA to open first city store in Bangkok Read More
While Swedish company IKEA recalls the Metallisk espresso maker globally, there have not yet been reports of malfunctioning units received from Singapore. IKEA is recalling METALLISK espresso maker for hob …
No incidents reported in Singapore as IKEA METALLISK espresso maker is recalled Read More
Danish toy manufacturer, Lego, has now released its Transformers toy, Optimus Prime, the Autobot commander in Malaysia, a news report said of this lighter side of life. Geeks and children …
Danish Toymaker Lego’s Autobot commander now in Malaysia Read More
Foreo, the Swedish beauty and tech giant has “hit the ground running” as people begin returning to Singapore for business and shopping, a new report said. As tourism steadily recovers …
Swedish beauty and tech giant Foreo ramps up promotions in Singapore Read More
Garment factories in Cambodia will now be able to make use of the safety programme for garment workers that is funded by the Danish International Development Agency, the Dutch Ministry …
Denmark is one of the countries providing a factory safety programme to Cambodia Read More
A family-owned Danish clothing brand, Bestseller, will close all 1300 of its offline stores in China by the end of July 2022. Even though the company reported its best-ever results …
Danish clothing brand closes 1300 stores in China Read More
The Swedish company Zinzino has announced the launch of its business in Singapore as a strategic next step in the company’s global expansion plan. Zinzino is a direct sales company …
Zinzino announces the launch of Singapore as next step in their global expansion Read More
The Swedish furniture maker IKEA has opened its 6th store in Indonesia, at Jakarta’s Mall Taman Anggrek. Sweden’s Ambassador to Indonesia Marina Berg and Chief Development Officer Mulia Property Development …
IKEA opens 6th Store in Indonesia Read More
On Friday, March 18th, H&M opened its first store in Cambodia. The Swedish retailer said in this release that excited crowds waited in line with great enthusiasm to enter the first H&M …
H&M now open in Cambodia Read More
Last week, the Swedish furniture giant announced the opening of its fourth store in Thailand. Posting on Facebook, IKEA said: “Get ready to meet the 4th IKEA store in Thailand! on …
IKEA to open the fourth store in Thailand Read More
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund recently decided to exclude the Chinese sportswear company Li Ning Co Ltd due to concerns over human rights violations. Allegations China denies and warns that the …
China criticizes Norges Bank for excluding Chinese Sportswear company Read More
The LEGO Group recently reported earnings for the full year of 2021 which show that revenue for the year grew 27 percent versus 2020 to DKK 55.3 billion and consumer …
LEGO Group achieves strong growth boosted by new stores in China Read More
During a recent meeting, chairman of the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand (JFCCT) Stanley Kang urged Thailand’s Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to push for digital transformation and …
JFCCT urged Thailand’s PM to take steps to keep the country competitive in the global market Read More
An IKEA Philippine ad, which was posted the day after Valentine’s day, has gone viral and reached tens of thousands of Filipinos and received pure laughing reactions, Philstar reports. The Swedish furniture …
IKEA Philippine’s post-Valentine’s ad goes viral Read More
The Swedish furniture giant IKEA’s branch in the Philippines has asked its customers to have patience as it struggles to keep up with demands and restock inventory amid the COVID-19 …
IKEA Philippines asks for patience as the furniture giant restocks inventory amid pandemic Read More
Small microchips form the cornerstone of much of the electronics we use daily. But in recent years, microchips have been in short supply, and it has created long waiting times …
Shutdowns in China extends computer chip shortage – Danish companies worried Read More
H&M’s storytelling brand Monki is set to launch in Singapore in partnership with e-commerce platform Zalora, Insider Retail Asia writes. Monki offers Scandi-cool fashion at a competitive price, aiming to be kind …
H&M’s Monki to launch in Singapore through Zalora Read More
H&M has once again teamed up with Danone AQUA for the bottle2fashion project, which transforms plastic bottle waste from across the islands of Indonesia into recycled polyester. The Swedish fashion …
H&M is again turning plastic waste from Indonesian beaches into everyday fashion Read More
The Swedish furniture giant will raise prices by an average of 9 percent across its stores worldwide due to problems in the supply chain, TV2 writes. According to IKEA’s press contact in …
Ikea to raise prices worldwide due to supply chain problems Read More
The Danish company Ecooking, which makes a wide range of cosmetics and skincare products, is ready for expansion into markets in Asia as well as the USA, JydskeVestkysten writes. Founded in 2015, …
Danish cosmetic company Ecooking is ready for Asia expansion Read More
The Chinese-manufactured Boson-brand test, distributed by Pamark Group, is the most-sold antigen test in Finland and so far this month, Pamark has imported three million home test kits. YLE writes that …
Chinese-manufactured Boson-brand test is the most-sold antigen test in Finland Read More
IKEA Philippines has teamed up with the Filipino technology-logistics company Mober for its last-mile electric vehicle delivery to reduce carbon emissions, PhilStar reports. The Swedish furniture giant is selling more and more …
IKEA Philippines partners with Mober for e-vehicle delivery service Read More
Santa Claus either lives in Greenland or Lapland according to who in the Nordic region you ask but his workshop is located in the Chinese city of Yiwu, which exports …
Santa Claus lives in the Nordic region but his workshop is located in China Read More
A new project between TotalEnergies and Vanco Industries to install 750kWp of rooftop solar in the province of Kandal in Cambodia will help garment manufacturers such as the Swedish retailer …
A new project in Cambodia offers solar solutions to garment manufacturers such as H&M Read More
On 3 December, Indonesia’s 9th certified LEGO store opened at Pondok Indah Mall 3 and the Embassy of Denmark in Indonesia attended the opening ceremony. According to the Embassy, this LEGO store …
The 9th LEGO store opens in Indonesia Read More
The Philippines have “been the right spot on our map for the longest time”, Head of IKEA Philippines Georg Platzer said last week as the Swedish furniture giant officially opened …
The Philippines have been the right spot on IKEA’s map for the longest time Read More
The Swedish furniture giant has opened its Bali store which is the fifth IKEA store in Indonesia and the first one outside Java island. IKEA Bali is located at Kuta …
IKEA has officially expanded outside Java island with the opening of its Bali store Read More
The Swedish furniture giant IKEA is finally ready to open its biggest store to date and in a recent press release, IKEA Philippines announced the official opening of the physical …
IKEA opens world’s biggest IKEA store opens in the Philippines on 25 November Read More
The global shipping crisis is affecting many businesses around the world and IKEA Philippines is no exception. Although IKEA Philippines confirmed that the company is also having supply chain issues, …
IKEA Philippines affected by global shipping crisis but it will not affect physical store opening Read More
The Swedish furniture giant IKEA has officially opened its online store in the Philippines which will operate 24/7 starting 3 November, ABS-CBN News reports. IKEA Philippines started a test run of the …
IKEA Philippines online store to operate 24/7 Read More
Combining expertise in smart home furnishing solutions and in-depth knowledge of the gaming industry, Swedish furniture giant IKEA has collaborated with ROG (Republic of Gamers) to develop a gaming range …
It’s Game On: IKEA Gaming Range is launching in Singapore on 4 November Read More
Director Bo Mønsted has welcomed the Danish brand UMAGE to Taiwan. Established in 2008, UMAGE is a manufacturer of lighting and furniture solutions with a focus on Scandinavian design that …
Director Bo Mønsted welcomes the Danish brand UMAGE to Taiwan Read More
As part of the Swedish furniture giant IKEA’s global effort to become a more sustainable business, IKEA Bang Yai in Thailand has been turned into a circular store. According to Greenqueen, …
Thailand’s IKEA Bang Yai transforms into a circular shop Read More
As part of IKEA’s goal of turning 50 percent of its restaurants around the world plant-based by 2025, IKEA Indonesia just launched four new plant-based dishes. Greenqueen writes that in …
IKEA Indonesia adds new plant-based dishes with Local Startup Green Rebel Read More
Last week, the Swedish retailer H&M released its financial results for the third quarter of 2021 which shows that China is no longer amongst the clothing giant’s top ten sales …
China falls off H&M’s top ten sales markets in the third quarter Read More
The wait is over for Filipino shoppers looking for Scandinavian design and furniture as the Swedish retailer IKEA has officially opened its e-commerce store but “with limited capacity.”, ABS-CBN reports. IKEA Philippines …
IKEA Philippines officially opens e-commerce store Read More
The Swedish fashion giant H&M opened on 17 September the retailer’s 40th store in the Philippines, located at SM Aura in Taguig City, according to Manila Bulletin. H&M was founded in …
H&M opens 40th store in the Philippines Read More
The Swedish fashion brand Monki has joined Zalora, Asia’s online fashion platform available in several Southeast Asian countries, Sunstar writes. Monki is part of the H&M Group and is a storytelling brand …
Swedish fashion brand Monki joins Asia’s online fashion platform Zalora Read More
The Swedish furniture giant IKEA is opening the world’s largest IKEA store which will also be the Philippines’ first IKEA store in the fourth quarter of this year. IKEA Philippines …
Customers can add items to shopping list ahead of IKEA Philippines’s online store launch Read More