Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Publicly listed consumer goods companies have managed to book profits in the first quarter – some even higher than last year – as they emerge as winners during

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – A study has revealed that Indonesian consumers are leaning more and more toward a "conscious lifestyle" and starting to show a preference for socially conscious b

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – With more and more consumers moving from offline to online shopping, courier companies have seen increased business delivering goods amid the COVID-1

Jakarta – Vendors at Kebayoran Lama Market in South Jakarta have tested positive for COVID-19 following swab testing conducted by the Jakarta administration, prompting authorities to c

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Working daily in a place deemed to pose a high risk of COVID-19 contagion, some traditional wet market vendors have taken precautions related to the viral outbr

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The largest textile market in Southeast Asia, Tanah Abang Market in Central Jakarta, fully reopened on Monday after being closed for around three months w

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Speaker of Jakarta Legislative Council (DPRD) Prasetio Edi Marsudi on Monday warned parents to not take their children along with them to visit malls and shopping

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – For millions of Indonesians, pasar (traditional market) has always been the first stop to buy daily supplies, thanks to affordable prices, a chance for haggling

Thousands of police and military personnel are going to ensure precautions against COVID-19 are being observed, police said, as hundreds of malls in the Greater Jakarta Area are reopen

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Retailers and shopping centers should run an extensive public relation (PR) campaign regarding their property's health and safety standards to lure consumers

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Jakarta – The Bandung administration in West Java will temporarily close three traditional markets in the city after several sellers were found to have contracted COVID-19.

Grace Sihombing and Eko Listiyorini – Retail stores, restaurants and offices reopened in Indonesia's capital after more than two-months as authorities eased social restriction rules to

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – People are becoming increasingly cautious about spending as they prepare for the possibility that the pandemic will have a long-term impact on their finan

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Trade Ministry has issued a circular requiring, sellers at traditional markets, retail stores and shopping malls to wear masks, face shields, and gloves

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Ramadan is usually a bumper time of year for shopping malls in the Indonesian capital as friends meet for dinner after the daytime fast. Not this year.

Beritasatu, Jakarta – At least 14 shopping malls in the North Sumatra capital of Medan partially reopened on Friday amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The retail property market recorded no new openings of shopping centers or leasing activities in April and May in Jakarta as shopping malls across th

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has refuted the Jakarta Indonesian Shopping Center Association's (APPBI) claim that shopping malls will reopen in early June, c

It appears that Jakartans will soon be able to go back to their favorite pastime activity of hanging out at the mall, just as soon as the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) protoco

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) chairman Tulus Abadi has rejected the plan to reopen malls in Jakarta on June 5, 2020, calling it a premature and hasty m

Alya Nurbaiti and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo visited Summarecon Mall in Bekasi, West Java, on Tuesday to take a look at the mall's preparations fo

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesians packed out shops and malls across the country with just days to go before Hari Raya Aidilfitri, braving the crowds and the coronavirus thre

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Jakarta – Entering the last week of Ramadan, shopping centers across the country are packed by shoppers getting ready to welcome the annual celebration of Idul Fitri, with many neglect

With Eid al-Fitr coming this Sunday, the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) protocol currently in place in regions across the country seem powerless to stop Indonesians from shoppi

Herman, Jakarta – According to the latest data from market research firm International Data Corporation, or IDC, smartphone shipment to Indonesia reached 7.5 million units in the first

Imam Hamdi, Dio Suhenda (Intern Translator), Jakarta – Chief of the Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP), Arifin, has admitted that numerous violations have occurred against the Lar

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Reports have emerged that numerous vendors have set up shop in Tanah Abang Market in Central Jakarta ahead of Idul Fitri despite the large-scale social re

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has fined the management of the McDonald's restaurant in the Sarinah shopping center in Central Jakarta Rp 10 million (US$670

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's advertisement spending dropped sharply in April as most big ad spenders reduced their marketing activities amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – First dates, a noisy study spot and late-night hunger pangs – such were the memories that drove hundreds of people to flock to the parking lot of the Sarinah sh

Salatiga, Indonesia (Reuters) – A traditional market on the island of Java has moved outdoors and set stalls at least a metre apart as Indonesia looks to safely maintain the bazaars wh

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Indonesia's first McDonald's restaurant in the Sarinah shopping center in Central Jakarta, which for years has been an icon for urbanites in the capital, will

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – The Trade Ministry has issued a circular asking regents and mayors in Indonesia's regions to support the operations of traditional markets while im

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Muslim fashion industry is experiencing a sharp decline in revenue at a time when the Ramadan festivities would normally lead to peak sales, as C

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Trade Minister Agus Suparmanto has asked traditional markets across the country to remain open to prevent sellers from incurring losses caused by the

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Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – For about three hours a day recently, Mr Xavier Fabrega, 43, has offered free pilates tutorials online to check in with clients and also to ensure they come b

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Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Essential-needs businesses have promised smooth services with retail stocks sufficient at least until May as Jakarta, Indonesia's economic powerhouse, will en

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Grocery shoppers will no longer need to push a shopping cart around a supermarket during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – As economic activities continue to get battered by the effects of COVID-19, 38-year-old vegetable trader Endah "Betty" Widiarti has found a way to su

Jakarta – The government plans to give financial aid of up to 5 million rupiah (US$306.80) to each macro and small business, as well as to workers in the informal sector, such as those

Jakarta – Following announcements by Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan regarding the need for a city-wide lockdown of the capital to curb the spread of COVID-19, retailers fear the move

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Deputy Trade Minister Jerry Sambuaga said his ministry will closely monitor prices of food and basic supplies as long as the Covid-19 outbreak lasts in order to k

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) is holding a National QRIS Week event across Indonesia to promote cashless transactions among small businesses using its Quick Response Indonesia Standard

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Jakarta – Electronic money (e-money) transactions in Indonesia's retail market skyrocketed by 173 percent in January from a year earlier, with nonbank fintech dominating the scene as t

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Publicly listed consumer goods giant PT Unilever Indonesia recorded flat growth in sales last year amid sluggish household consumption.