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The New Paper Retailers reap holiday season rewards Shoppers at the Gain City Megastore event during the holiday season. The retailer's online sales performance has been stellar. PHOTO: GAIN CITY Gain City's November, December performance beats that of last year 0 Engagements Several home-grown retailers that have both a strong online and offline presence are ending the pandemic year on a high, reporting brisk business and even record-breaking sales achieved over the annual year-end sale season amid increased footfall in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Compared with the same period last ye...

The Straits Times SINGAPORE - Malls in Singapore were teeming with pre-pandemic crowd sizes in the final weekend before Christmas as shoppers sought last-minute presents in a festive year-end mood. This was despite the Government urging caution in the lead-up to phase three of Singapore's reopening on Dec 28, which will allow larger gatherings of up to eight and expanded capacity limits at public places. The Straits Times spoke to several patrons at shopping centres around the island, who admitted to unease over the lack of safe distancing amid crowds larger than they had expected. "It's very...

SINGAPORE - Malls in Singapore were teeming with pre-pandemic crowd sizes in the final weekend before Christmas as shoppers sought last-minute presents in a festive year-end mood. This was despite the Government urging caution in the lead-up to phase three of Singapore's reopening on Dec 28, which will allow larger gatherings of up to eight and expanded capacity limits at public places. The Straits Times spoke to several patrons at shopping centres around the island, who admitted to unease over the lack of safe distancing amid crowds larger than they had expected. "It's very busy in the mall,...

Shopping centres in Singapore were packed over the weekend with shoppers, the eternally bored, and those who just want to go out and stimulate the economy before Christmas. Photos and videos posted online showed crowds back at popular haunts in the Orchard Road shopping strip and at perpetually popular venues such as VivoCity, as well as a MRT cabin filled to capacity with passengers with very little social distancing. Here are some of the scenes. Orchard Road on Saturday, Dec. 19: VivoCity saw queues of shoppers waiting to enter the mall: A typical scene on public transport over the weekend,...

Hooray for friends in the North. Joy Luck Teahouse 歡樂冰室 popular for its Hong Kong style Egg Tarts has opened its 3rd outlet at Woodlands Causeway Point, 4th at Parkway Parade (Food Republic), and 5th at Chinatown. The first two Singapore outlets at ION Orchard and Bugis Junction have been attracting long lines for items such as Egg Tarts from Hoover Bakery, Pineapple Buns and Hong Kong Milk Tea from Kam Kee Cafe, Curry Fish Balls from Tak Hing, Chee Cheong Fun and more. The Causeway Point kiosk is located at quite an convenient venue – get through the main entrance, take the escala...