Mar 16, 2015 | Industries, News Group
Maintaining one’s well-being have increasingly grown to become the priority of urban dwellers. Executives are signing up for gym memberships so they can exercise before or after work. Some even do so to pass the rush hour. We spoke to some members of Jakarta’s fitness...
Mar 13, 2015 | Industries, News Group
The 2015 Jakarta city budget dispute between Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and the Jakarta city councilors have captivated Indonesian netizens for the past few weeks. Topics such as racial slurs made against the Governor, and the mysterious appropriation for...
Mar 13, 2015 | Industries
Businesses are being built around the healthy lifestyle. There are new organic food and beverage shops/restaurants, yoga centers, fitness events, and fitness centers. Fitness centers are nothing novel. But more and more of them are popping up at shopping centers in...
Mar 12, 2015 | Industries
There is a lot of efforts involved in making an e-commerce business work. There is that work of getting traffic, and the work on the services end making sure that products are delivered to customers. This is why we’re seeing companies establishing themselves as...
Mar 12, 2015 | Industries, Market, Reviews
State-owned enterprises minister Rini Soemarno has to do something on state-owned steel producer Krakatau Steel (KRAS). Her managerial skills are tested in this loss-making company, which failed to prosper from booming of construction and infrastructure development in...
Mar 12, 2015 | Industries, Market, Reviews
As almost everybody entering e-commerce and e-tailing industry, companies engaged in logistic and delivery business are expected to grow significantly going forward. One of major players deserved watching is PT Tiki Jalur Nugraha Ekakurir (Tiki JNE), which plans an...
Mar 12, 2015 | Industries, Market, Reviews
State-owned pharmaceutical companies PT Kimia Farma (KAEF) Tbk and PT Indofarma (INAF) Tbk posted 4% and 3.3% growth respectively last year, significantly weaker than PT Merck Tbk (MERK), subsidiary of a multinational company. Merck reported 7.1% growth in sales...
Mar 11, 2015 | Industries, News Group
The Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) is firm in their decision to enforce a certain minimum level of local content on 4G LTE smartphones to be sold in Indonesia. The Ministry has worked together with its counterpart the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag)...
Mar 11, 2015 | Industries, Market
Wintermar Offshore (WINS) booked net profit of US$22 million last year, dropped 22% from 2013 on falling revenues and squeezed margins. Weak crude oil prices might add more pressures to the offshore supporting services player. As you can see in the table,...
Mar 11, 2015 | Industries, News Group
The California based, consumer electronics manufacturer Apple Inc. launched its new product named Apple Watch on Monday (March.9). The product will hit the market on Apr. 24 in nine countries as a start. The nine countries are the United States of America, Australia,...
