Singapore Consumer

Singapore consumer watchdog raps Courts, Prism+ for misleading website features

The watchdog urges consumers to review their shopping carts, verify payment amounts and question urgency claims

Steadier prices this festive season

Steadier prices this festive season

Singapore’s inflation has cooled over the past year, and the trend seems reflected in Chinese New Year (CNY) goodies - at least for consumers. This year, producers or retailers are generally keeping p...

Sim Choo Kheng says: “Covid gave us a lot of opportunities… and also weakened our competition, as many operators went out of business."
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KidZania Singapore operator Sim Leisure dreams of creating Asia’s theme parks of tomorrow

Founder and executive chairman Sim Choo Kheng’s hopes are for the company to be an operator that is ‘not necessarily the biggest, but the most successful in terms of efficiency and profitability’

Flint Lu, founder, chief executive and executive chair of Goodwill Entertainment, says: “A lot of existing operators have karaoke rooms only, but we offer multi-entertainment concepts.”

Karaoke operator Goodwill Entertainment aims to hit the right notes in Catalist IPO, raise S$6.5 million in net proceeds

Shares in initial public offering priced at S$0.20 apiece; founder seeks growth in F&B, Malaysia

Giant supermarket at Toa Payoh Lorong 4 is the  brand's ninth closure this year.

DFI shrinking Giant’s footprint to focus on Cold Storage amid growing competition

Analysts say DFI’s focus on multi-format retailing continues to keep the counter attractive

UOB's survey found that "a significant majority of Singapore consumers are not taking adequate steps to secure their financial future”, with the youth being the most underprepared.

Two-thirds of Singapore consumers optimistic about local economy, but over half lack financial preparedness: survey

UOB Asean Consumer Sentiment Study finds Gen Zs aged 18 to 25 are particularly ill-prepared in insurance and legacy planning

Case president Melvin Yong and Law Society president Lisa Sam formalised the collaboration with the signing of a memorandum of understanding.

New option by Case and Law Society to resolve consumer-business disputes from Oct 1

CONSUMERS involved in disputes with businesses will soon have another avenue to resolve them. 

UOB says credit card applications among 25 to 29-year-olds are up four percentage points from Jun 21 to Jul 7

Swiftonomics boosts card billings by 35%; UOB cardholders spent over S$30 million on tickets

CARD billings at UOB-acquired merchants surged 35 per cent week on week over Mar 4 to Mar 10, when four of six of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour concert events took place in Singapore.