Shoppers sit on a set of steps outside a LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA store on Orchard Road in Singapore, on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2016. Shopping has overtaken gambling as the biggest earner in Singapore's tourism industry for the first time since 2012, surging 44 percent in the six months through June from a year ago, official data show. Photographer: Sanjit Das/Bloomberg Shoppers sit on a set of steps outside a LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA store on Orchard Road in Singapore, on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2016. Shopping has overtaken gambling as the biggest earner in Singapore's tourism industry for the first time since 2012, surging 44 percent in the six months through June from a year ago, official data show. Photographer: Sanjit Das/Bloomberg
Shoppers sit on a set of steps outside a LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA store on Orchard Road in Singapore, on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2016. Shopping has overtaken gambling as the biggest earner in Singapore's tourism industry for the first time since 2012, surging 44 percent in the six months through June from a year ago, official data show. Photographer: Sanjit Das/Bloomberg
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Singapore malls try new tricks to draw in crowds as threat of online shopping looms

  • Singapore’s shopping mall operators are reporting falling rents and rising vacancies
  • Online shopping penetration in Singapore ranks behind Slovakia and Greece

Topic |   Retailing
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Updated: 5:08pm, 24 Nov, 2018

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Shoppers sit on a set of steps outside a LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA store on Orchard Road in Singapore, on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2016. Shopping has overtaken gambling as the biggest earner in Singapore's tourism industry for the first time since 2012, surging 44 percent in the six months through June from a year ago, official data show. Photographer: Sanjit Das/Bloomberg Shoppers sit on a set of steps outside a LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA store on Orchard Road in Singapore, on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2016. Shopping has overtaken gambling as the biggest earner in Singapore's tourism industry for the first time since 2012, surging 44 percent in the six months through June from a year ago, official data show. Photographer: Sanjit Das/Bloomberg
Shoppers sit on a set of steps outside a LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA store on Orchard Road in Singapore, on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2016. Shopping has overtaken gambling as the biggest earner in Singapore's tourism industry for the first time since 2012, surging 44 percent in the six months through June from a year ago, official data show. Photographer: Sanjit Das/Bloomberg
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