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Arrest in B500m 'convenience store' Ponzi scheme
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 19/10/2022
» A 55-year-old man has been arrested for an alleged "convenience store project" Ponzi scheme which caused his investors to lose about 500 million baht.
BBL adds withdrawals to 7-Eleven
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 16/03/2021
» Bangkok Bank (BBL) has expanded its money withdrawal service at 7-Eleven convenience stores, offering greater convenience to consumers in remote areas.
Billionaires muscle in on convenience store king’s domain
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/10/2023
» Some of Thailand’s wealthiest tycoons are looking to muscle in on the convenience-store sector, betting that a shift in consumer preferences for buying less but shopping more often will fuel demand for years to come.
Panic buying hits Bangkok stores
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 04/03/2020
» Shoppers in Greater Bangkok are quickly emptying supermarket shelves of long-lasting items like instant noodles, packed rice, tissue paper, tinned fish and drinking water as fears mount over the coronavirus epidemic.
Panic buying hits Bangkok stores
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/03/2020
» Shoppers in Bangkok are quickly emptying supermarket shelves of long-lasting items like instant noodles, rice, tissue paper, tinned fish and drinking water as fears increase over the coronavirus epidemic.
Durian-fuelled Chinese storm stores
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 26/03/2018
» Love it or hate it, Chinese visitors are driving Thailand's tourism sector, which accounts for about a fifth of the economy.
Robot assistants rolling into stores
Business, Published on 17/01/2019
» SEEKONK, Massachusetts: A wheeled robot named Marty is rolling into nearly 500 grocery stores to alert employees if it encounters spilled granola, squashed tomatoes or a broken jar of mayonnaise.
Stores found overselling cough syrup
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/10/2022
» Police have raided a network of drug stores and arrested 20 staff for selling illegal amounts of cough syrup to adolescents to make a so-called "4x100" drug cocktail.
Future of department stores redefined
Business, Published on 19/01/2021
» While department stores have been a familiar destination for Thai people for decades, lower growth and a decline in popularity has been evident in recent years, particularly in 2020 when the pandemic battered the retail sector, according to the property consultancy CBRE.
Google bets on offline stores
Life, James Hein, Published on 09/06/2021
» Google is looking to venture into the area where Microsoft failed but Apple still does well, the brick-and-mortar retail store. The first of these will be opened in Chelsea, New York, allowing customers to find their devices like Pixel phones and Pixelbooks, Fitbits and Nest at a physical location. All subject to the latest Covid rules of course.