Malaysia's wholesale, retail trade grows 6.6 pct in May

STORY: Malaysia's wholesale, retail trade grows 6.6 pct in May DATELINE: July 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:47 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Malaysia's national flag and Kuala Lumpur City view 2. various of customers spending at retails and exhibitions 3. various of crowds on streets and shopping at a mall 4. various of foods and customers doing their grocery shopping at a supermarket STORYLINE: Malaysia's wholesale and retail trade recorded monthly sales value of 138 billion ringgit (29.68 billion U.S. dollars) in May, up 6.6 percent year-on-year, official data showed Wednesday. The Department of Statistics of Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement that the growth was attributed to the motor vehicles sub-sector, which surged 22 percent to 17 billion ringgit. Meanwhile, retail trade expanded 5 percent to 58.8 billion ringgit and wholesale trade increased 4.4 percent to 62.2 billion ringgit. For month-on-month comparison, sales value of wholesale and retail trade rebounded 1.5 pe

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Closed Retails Stores In Paris Due To Bad Economic Situation

Rue de Rivoli in Paris, the health crises has led to the desertification of the parisian high places of consumption. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Federation of specialized trad. in Paris, France on June 30, 2023 Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Toyota releases convertible version of Lexus IS250C luxury car

Toyota releases convertible version of Lexus IS250C luxury car

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. unveils the IS250C four-seat convertible of the Lexus brand in Nagoya on May 7. The IS250C, which features an electronically opened aluminum top, is priced at 4.95 million yen for its base model, while its L version fitted with leather seats and wood-grain trim retails for 5.35 million yen.

Toyota releases convertible version of Lexus IS250C luxury car

Toyota releases convertible version of Lexus IS250C luxury car

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. unveils the IS250C four-seat convertible of the Lexus brand in Nagoya on May 7. The IS250C, which features an electronically opened aluminum top, is priced at 4.95 million yen for its base model, while its L version fitted with leather seats and wood-grain trim retails for 5.35 million yen.

Matsushita cord phone set receives incoming fax on screen

Matsushita cord phone set receives incoming fax on screen

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. has released a cordless phone set that receives a fax on the screen, instead of printing out, with no fax sending capabilities. The fax data, as well as voice recordings, can be stored in the machine's internal memory or in an SD memory card. The machine, Otakkusu Junior VE-GP62DL, retails for about 20,000 yen.

Sanyo's water-proof card-size digital TV

Sanyo's water-proof card-size digital TV

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. says it will release a slim water-proof digital TV handset (photo) on Nov. 21 that retails for 50,000 yen in Japan. The company says the handset, which has a 4-inch screen, is designed primarily for users who want to watch TV in a bathtub and that no damage is done even if the device falls into water.

Hello Kitty cameras to go on sale in Japan Nov. 28

Hello Kitty cameras to go on sale in Japan Nov. 28

TOKYO, Japan - Sanrio Co. said Nov. 2 Hello Kitty digital cameras (photo) will go on sale in Japan Nov. 28. The lens and the flash light are built into the kitten's ribbon, while the shutter is on top of the ear. The kitten's face lights up in red when the shutter is pressed. A 5 mega-pixel camera with anti-vibration functions retails in Japan for 26,040 yen.

Dell releases 17-inch LCD TV in Japan

Dell releases 17-inch LCD TV in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Dell Japan Inc., the Japanese unit of U.S. computer maker Dell Inc., on Dec. 1 launched a 17-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) television set (shown) in Japan that can be hooked up to a personal computer. The ''Dell W1700,'' which retails for 85,000 yen, is the first LCD TV Dell sells outside the United States, the company said.

Auto sales in India surge to record high in November

STORY: Auto sales in India surge to record high in November DATELINE: Dec. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of auto dealers 2. various of street views in India STORYLINE: Automobile retail sales in India witnessed the best-ever performance in November, according to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), the top body of the automotive retail industry in India. "November 2022 has clocked highest retails in the history of Indian automobile industry with March 2020 as an exception when retails were higher due to BS-4 to BS-6 (emission standards) transition," FADA President Manish Raj Singhania said in a statement. He said auto retail in November saw an overall growth of 26 percent thanks to festive sales during India's wedding season from mid-November to mid-December, where around 3.2 million weddings are expected to be solemnized across the country. According to the FADA, all categories were in green with two-wheelers, three-wheelers

Sanyo's water-proof card-size digital TV

Sanyo's water-proof card-size digital TV

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. says it will release a slim water-proof digital TV handset (photo) on Nov. 21 that retails for 50,000 yen in Japan. The company says the handset, which has a 4-inch screen, is designed primarily for users who want to watch TV in a bathtub and that no damage is done even if the device falls into water. (Kyodo)

Matsushita cord phone set receives incoming fax on screen

Matsushita cord phone set receives incoming fax on screen

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. has released a cordless phone set that receives a fax on the screen, instead of printing out, with no fax sending capabilities. The fax data, as well as voice recordings, can be stored in the machine's internal memory or in an SD memory card. The machine, Otakkusu Junior VE-GP62DL, retails for about 20,000 yen. (Kyodo)

Toyota releases convertible version of Lexus IS250C luxury car

Toyota releases convertible version of Lexus IS250C luxury car

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. unveils the IS250C four-seat convertible of the Lexus brand in Nagoya on May 7. The IS250C, which features an electronically opened aluminum top, is priced at 4.95 million yen for its base model, while its L version fitted with leather seats and wood-grain trim retails for 5.35 million yen. (Kyodo)

Toyota releases convertible version of Lexus IS250C luxury car

Toyota releases convertible version of Lexus IS250C luxury car

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. unveils the IS250C four-seat convertible of the Lexus brand in Nagoya on May 7. The IS250C, which features an electronically opened aluminum top, is priced at 4.95 million yen for its base model, while its L version fitted with leather seats and wood-grain trim retails for 5.35 million yen. (Kyodo)

Hello Kitty cameras to go on sale in Japan Nov. 28

Hello Kitty cameras to go on sale in Japan Nov. 28

TOKYO, Japan - Sanrio Co. said Nov. 2 Hello Kitty digital cameras (photo) will go on sale in Japan Nov. 28. The lens and the flash light are built into the kitten's ribbon, while the shutter is on top of the ear. The kitten's face lights up in red when the shutter is pressed. A 5 mega-pixel camera with anti-vibration functions retails in Japan for 26,040 yen. (Kyodo)

Dell releases 17-inch LCD TV in Japan

Dell releases 17-inch LCD TV in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Dell Japan Inc., the Japanese unit of U.S. computer maker Dell Inc., on Dec. 1 launched a 17-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) television set (shown) in Japan that can be hooked up to a personal computer. The ''Dell W1700,'' which retails for 85,000 yen, is the first LCD TV Dell sells outside the United States, the company said. (Kyodo)