‘Much-needed relief for industries affected by virus’

PetDag launches new Mesra redemption portal

KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas Dagangan Bhd’s (PDB) new Mesra redemption portal, launched yesterday, has expanded its network of merchants to over 81 brands to give its card members the means to instantly redeem rewards with ease.

Lazada expects increase in traffic during its mid-year mega sale festival

KUALA LUMPUR: Lazada is expecting an increase in traffic during its first ever mid-year mega sale festival, to be held on July 12 across six markets in South-East Asia.

Lazada sees traffic surge in mega mid-year sale

KUALA LUMPUR: Lazada is expecting an increase in traffic during its first ever mid-year mega sale festival, to be held on July 12, 2019 across six markets in Southeast Asia.

Good riddance to bad rubbish

TRASH has become quite the talk of the town.

AirAsia aims to expand e-commerce beyond selling plane tickets

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Group Bhd., Southeast Asia’s largest budget carrier, wants to sell more than cheap flight tickets.

Burning cash is strategy of choice for Luckin Coffee

HONG KONG: The team behind Luckin Coffee Inc is betting that what worked for them in car rentals will prove a success with java. Their US$130mil annual cash burn – and rival Starbucks Corp’s dominance in the Chinese coffee market – makes it a risky proposition.

Mobile payment deemed not a threat to banks in Malaysia

PETALING JAYA: The increasing popularity of mobile payment due to the high mobile penetration rate is not seen as a material threat to Malaysian banks, according to RAM Ratings.

What Uber left behind in Asia

ALL it takes is a quick trip to Jakarta to realise that Uber Technologies Inc missed out on the opportunity of a lifetime.

China’s Starbucks challenger files for IPO in US

New York: Luckin Coffee Inc, the ambitious startup that is challenging Starbucks Corp in the race to dominate China’s growing coffee culture, filed for a US initial public offering (IPO).