electronic chips

When The Chips Are Down…

IF you’re thinking of getting a new laptop or smartphone, you might be wondering how its price will be affected by the chip shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
William Choo and Renny Heng, Orchard Credit

Orchard Credit’s Nursery For New Ideas

HAVING built a business around pre-owned cars, Orchard Credit is keen to head down the road of diversification and disruption. Having built its standing in the local market for organizing financing...

The Shining White Star

Building the Montblanc brand is like participating in a triathlon, reckons its CEO Jérôme Lambert. The brand has aims to establish itself as a global leader for men’s accessories,...
GENUS Watch

It’s Sheer Genus

SINCE time doesn't stand still, neither should your watch. Swiss brand GENUS has come up with some bold, moving watches that will amaze you with their technical wizardry. From dragons...
online shopping

Online Shopping Is Here To Stay

ONE positive take away from the pandemic (other than the unwelcome ART results), is the big push into the digital domain that resulted from it. Overnight, meetings went virtual, schooling...
2023 Vision

Framing His 2023 Vision

The eyewear business for children is a 'recession-proof' sector that Yang Wah Kiang is focusing on with Urband.  Coming out of a pandemic, and into a series of challenging global...
Ganesh Bangah

Cockroaches Preferred To Unicorns

AT THE recent Beyond4Fest in Kuala Lumpur, the various sessions covered topics pertaining to the new world resulting from digitisation. Malaysian entrepreneur Ganesh Bangah, Chairman of Commerce.Asia had some choice...
Patricia Cabaleiro

Are You A Settler, Builder Or Nomad?

BRAZILIAN artist Patricia Cabaleiro is poised to bring you on a journey of self discovery. Based on her reading of Kevin Cottam’s book, The Nomadic Mindset, Patricia has developed a...
Gorilla Watches

Wrestling Time With A Gorilla

AFTER successful stints at Omega and Audemars Piguet, Octavio Garcia set up his own watch brand. Bringing his experience from the established brands, and converging it with his interests in...
Empathy

Consultants Need Empathy To Be Effective

IF THE Industrial Age was about ‘product’ and the Information Age was about ‘data’, this  Connected Age that we are in is about ‘meaning’.  Our future belongs to those people...