RETAIL rents at Singapore's iconic shopping belt Orchard Road are the seventh most expensive in the Asia-Pacific, even as the industry faces headwinds in the form of a tight labour market, higher costs and dwindling profits.
According to Colliers International's Global Retail Highlights 2014 report, Orchard Road's retail rents stood at US$348 per sq ft per year, edging downwards just 0.7 per cent year on year in local terms. Colliers used an exchange rate of US$1=S$1.26 as at March 31 this year.
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