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Standard Chartered and Etika seal Malaysia’s first FMCG ESG- linked derivative transaction worth MYR251 million
Standard Chartered Malaysia has entered into an environmental, social and governance (ESG)-linked derivative transaction worth MYR251 million with one of Malaysia’s leading beverage manufacturers, distributors and marketers, Etika Group of Companies, marking the first such transaction executed by a homegrown fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) corporate in Malaysia. The structure of the transaction involves a pricing mechanism where a discount or premium will be applied depending on whether Etika achieves the pre-agreed sustainability-related key performance indicators (KPIs) that are tied to the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of the Etika Beverage Plant and Etika Dairy Plant. The KPIs are in support of Etika’s sustainability commitments to promote environmentally conscious practices within the FMCG industry. Abrar A. Anwar, MD and CEO of Standard Chartered Malaysia, said, “For a leading homegrown player like Etika to take ownership in actively reshaping their group sustainability pl...
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Carsome Unveils Southeast Asia’s Largest State-of-the-Art Car Refurbishment Facility
Southeast Asia’s largest car e-commerce platform, Carsome, officially launched Carsome Certified Lab, the largest car refurbishment facility in the region. Carsome launches Carsome Certified Lab, Southeast Asia’s largest car refurbishment facility Spanning over 185,000 square feet, the fully-functional Lab is a state-of-the-art facility that transforms a pre-owned car to be as good as new. It is able to refurbish up to 2,000 Carsome Certified cars per month, an unprecedented scale across Southeast Asia. Carsome is capable of capturing a 360-degree view of a car’s exterior and interior, so the car is easily viewed from all angles on Carsome’s website Carsome Certified CEO Mei Han said that Carsome Certified Lab plays an integral part in supporting the company’s pursuit of delivering peace of mind to consumers. “Carsome Certified exists to give consumers the options of pre-owned cars that are more superior. All our cars go through world-class refurbishment at Carsome Certified Lab, ...
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Discover and Kickstart a Clean-Beauty Journey with Evolcare at Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport
Evolcare is the first on-the-go skincare brand with 100% natural actives and harm-free ingredients. Its signature, individual dose packaging maintains optimum product quality and hygiene levels. Special opening promotion at 20% storewide till 28 February 2022 Evolcare, the first on-the-go skincare brand formulated with 100% natural actives and harm-free ingredients, has finally opened its first retail store in Malaysia at Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport, Bukit Bintang City Centre. Set in a warm, minimalist, and energetic ambiance, each corner of the store is an invitation to explore the brand’s clear mission of empowering beauty lovers to achieve radiant, youthful skin, and inspire them to be more conscious of proper skincare, wellness and environmental awareness. Customers can expect a spacious product sampling bar, complete range of skincare, professionally trained product advisors, and cosy corners for a relaxing shopping experience. At the store opening event, Darren Teoh, Director ...
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Refresh Your Tastebuds This Spring With Starbucks New Cloud Beverages
Keep your head in the clouds and dream beyond with the all-new Starbucks Spring beverages, together with new food offerings and floral merchandise to boot! Now, more than ever, it’s time to dream beyond the ordinary and safely tick-off those boxes in your bucket list that you have been holding out for. Be it picking up a new skill, exploring new places or even improving your wellness, there’s nothing more satisfying than finally achieving the goals that you’ve always wanted to reach! This spring season, Starbucks Malaysia offers its customers a well-deserving moment of respite with its new line-up of foamy and dreamy beverages. Sip back, relax and lift your imagination to the next level with the all-new Starbucks Cocoa Cloud Macchiato, Starbucks Salted Caramel Frappuccino, and together with a returning fan favorite, the Starbucks Salted Caramel Cloud Macchiato. Dream away as you sip on the new sweet and salty bliss in a cup that’s available in all Starbucks stores nationwide, through d...
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With better cash flows and a robust business outlook, AirAsia X announces a smaller rights issue
AirAsia X (AAX) announces a 1 for 1 rights issue and a special issue to raise a total of RM166 million. It had earlier obtained shareholders approval for a larger rights issue to raise up to RM300 million and a special issue of RM200 million as part of its restructuring scheme. The one for one rights of 414 million shares are priced at RM0.28 per share, to raise RM116 million with a similarly priced special issue to raise RM50 million. All approvals have been obtained for the fundraising. Explaining the reduction in funds to be raised, AirAsia X Chief Financial Officer Andrew Littledale said: “At the beginning of 2021 we had RM95 million in cash. Our average cash burn for the last 14 months averaged RM3 million a month. We will be able to sit through any eventualities in the next couple of years even if borders do not open, which however will not be the case. A larger fund raise is now not only unnecessary but will also be punitively dilutive particularly to existing retail shareholder...
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Fight Flab and Feel Fabulous with LAC LeanCut® Series
Achieve body positivity with a body you want, and keep for life, with these powerful flab-fighters that rid you of your stubborn fat Body positivity means everyone deserves to have a positive body image of themselves, regardless of body type and size, by focusing on ways to encourage affirming attitude towards your own body, at the same time, improving overall well-being. Thanks to media hype, many of us became fixated on the idea that skinny is beautiful. But, be surprised to know that skinny people can share the same medical issues as those who are obese. Looking skinny does not mean you are healthy if you are “skinny fat”, a popular term that describes a real medical condition called sarcopenic obesity. Skinny fat, or visceral fat, occurs when you do not exercise frequently and/or have an unbalanced diet, and can be found even on a lean person with flat tummy. Visceral fat wraps around your abdominal organs stubbornly, too much of which can cause heart diseases, diabetes, and certa...
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Take Advantage of the Galaxy S22 Series’ Exclusive PWP Deals Up To 30% OFF Now!
Great news for all Galaxy fans and Malaysians who are eyeing on the newest members of the Galaxy S family – Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G, Galaxy S22+ 5G and the Galaxy S22 5G! From 10 February until 30 April 2022, Samsung Malaysia is having a Purchase with Purchase (“PWP”) Promotion with the all-new Galaxy S22 Series, at all Samsung Experience Stores nationwide, Samsung Online Store and the selected participating stores. The promotion is sure to excite, offering up to 30% OFF selected Samsung wearables, hearables and accessories, when you purchase one (1) unit of the Galaxy S22 Series! For Samsung Wearables and Hearables 20% off PWP deals [1] : Wearable Products RRP PWP at 20% Discount Participating Stores Galaxy Watch4 Classic 46mm Bluetooth RM1,399 RM1,119 All Participating Stores except AEON & Samsung Authorized Online Flagship Store (Shopee & Lazada) Galaxy Watch4 Classic 42mm Bluetooth RM1,299 RM1,039 Galaxy Watch4 44mm Bluetooth ...
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Touch ‘n Go eWallet offers Perlindungan Tenang Voucher Programme
Offering users, a protection solution through the eWallet app Touch ‘n Go eWallet is offering its growing 16 million users a protection solution by offering the Perlindungan Tenang Voucher Programme. The programme is an initiative by the Malaysian Government to extend social protection to the B40 group. Through the Perlindungan Tenang Voucher Programme, RM75 vouchers are given to eligible Bantuan Keluarga Malaysia (BKM) recipients effective January 2022 to help them purchase Perlindungan Tenang products that cover death, property damage, accidents and others from licensed insurance companies and takaful operators. “Approximately 270,000 Malaysian citizens from the B40 group have received the benefits of Perlindungan Tenang in January 2022 and 70% of them have claimed it through Touch ‘n Go eWallet. We encourage all Malaysians from the B40 group to take this opportunity to claim the Perlindungan Tenang voucher to protect them and their loved ones. By using technology and innovation effe...
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L'Oréal Paris to reward local online content trips to Paris
One Malaysian content creator to win two tickets to Paris, contract awards to five be the brand’s live streamers on top of cash prize RM5,000 each L'Oréal Paris, the world's number one beauty brand, takes its relationship with Shopee to the next level after a series of success stories selling on Shopee Live Platform. The new collaboration involves organising a L’Oréal Star Search, competition in which one Malaysian live-streamer will be selected as winner of two tickets Paris, five contestants to be awarded contracts to be the brand’s live streamers on top of a cash prize of RM5,000 each. Commenting on this collaboration, Tran Hoa, Marketing Manager of L’Oréal Paris in Malaysia said that the brand had experienced “impressive results participating in an 11 hours live streaming program during the Shopee 11.11 Big Sale in which unique viewerships exceeded 103,000 and translated to sales breaching RM31,000.” This time around, the number one beauty brand would like to deepen its col...
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Weak 4G Network, 3G Network Is Closing
It has been a very challenging year to the telecommunications and multimedia consumers with the planned shutdown of 3G Network by 31 December 2021. The aim was to enable Service Providers to provide faster and better 4G experience. However in reality, before they can even look forward to an improved experience there are consumers that are still facing network issues and some do not even have coverage at all. The JENDELA Quarter four report stated that 94.03% of all populated areas receive 4G mobile coverage as of 30 September 2021. Despite that, there are still many complaints reported in the news especially in Sabah, Sarawak, and rural areas, that consumers are experiencing bad or no coverage at all. Furthermore, the availability of 4G network with the percentage of time spent connected to 4G should not be the benchmark to measure the achievement of network quality as reported by OpenSignal but instead the consumer experience should be considered. Encik Muhammad Radzillah “With the sh...
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Hospitality 360 Launches Kuantan 188, Malaysia’s Second Tallest Tower; Targeting 350,000 Visitors This Year
Kuantan 188 unveils its new logo along with certification as a member of the World Federation of Great Towers Hospitality 360 , the hospitality arm of MAA Group Berhad, is pleased to announce the unveiling of Kuantan 188 , a 188-metre tower that graces the heart of Kuantan, Pahang as well as Malaysia’s second-tallest tower, on 20 February 2022. L-R: YB. Dato' Sri Norolazali bin Sulaiman, Chairman of the Basic Amenities, Public Delivery System and Innovation of the state of Pahang; Dato’ Indera Omar Naresh Mohan, President and Group CEO of Hospitality 360; YB Datuk Seri Dr. Santhara J.P., Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture; and Dato’ Zulkifli Bin Mohamad, Managing Director of Infiniti Indah Sdn. Bhd. Locals and tourists alike can now buy tickets online at Kuantan 188’s official website, travel Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) technology platform Go Tifi and on site to visit this iconic tower with the only 360-degree view of Kuantan. They can enjoy a panoramic view of ...
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Malaysians Sought After Necessities During Payday Sale
Shopee Malaysia data revealed that Malaysian consumers are turning to the e-commerce platform to get their necessities on a regular basis, especially face masks. The conclusion came about when Shopee analysed its month end payday shopping trends to understand how Malaysians are spending their pay cheques and it goes to show Malaysians are now turning to Shopee to stock up on necessities. The data, taken from month-end spending habits every month from June 2021 to January 2022 across its platform, revealed that Malaysians are spending their monthly salaries to fulfil their household needs. This is so as essentials such as MILO, instant noodles, biscuit, sambal, cereal, toilet rolls, diapers among others are consistently appearing in the top 20 most purchased items by shoppers across Malaysia. The data also revealed one of the necessities sought after by Malaysians are face masks, which are the most popular items among shoppers from Kelantan, Pahang and Putrajaya. This is so as face mask...
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