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...

What Do The Signals Flag For Next Year?

Will it? Could it? Jamus Lim, Associate Professor of Economics at ESSEC Asia Pacific, walks us through the scenarios that could play out next year. Coming out of a pandemic,...
Fukushima effect

After Fukushima Is Japanese Seafood Your Top Pick?

THE negative publicity about the wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear site being released into the Pacific Ocean doesn’t seem to be bothering diners of Japanese cuisine too much in...
Shufen Goh

The Future of Marketing – Mixing Logic And Magic

AS technology continues to rearrange the traditional marketing landscape, practitioners attempt to wield this digital weapon to gain insights into consumer habits while grappling with data privacy challenges, as...
Aston Martin DBX

Aston Martin Rolls Out Its X Factor

How does Aston Martin shift gears from spy car to family car?
WED WEB CHAT food sustainability

Farming: The Next Big Thing

THE aim is to produce 30% of Singapore’s food needs by 2030. But is that a tall order? How will farmers attract young talent to join the trade? During the COVID-19...
Future of demand

The Future Of Autos & Ships

AS society picks its way through the aftermath of the pandemic and its ripple effects, some businesses will have to take a different perspective to the altered state of...
Rolls-Royce Spectre

Relentlessly Rolling On

ROLLS-ROYCE Motor Cars reported record sales numbers for 2022. The Goodwood-based car manufacturer rolled out 6,021 cars last year, mainly to the USA, Greater China and European markets. That’s up...
Perils of populism

The Perils Of Populism

IN both of the previous Global Trends reports, Paradoxes of Progress and A More Contested World, the National Intelligence Council highlights front-and-centre that perhaps one of the greatest threats to Western countries...
unhappy nations

No Winner In This Competition

IT has not been the best of times for the world.  Tackling COVID-19 and its restrictions has, as expexted, raised a lot of challenging issues for governments and populations as they...