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Northpoint City, Singapore
Northpoint City, formerly known as Northpoint Shopping Centre, is a suburban shopping mall in Yishun, Singapore. Located opposite Yishun MRT station, the mall houses the Nee Soon Central Community Club, Yishun Public Library as well as the Yishun Bus Interchange, which forms part of the Yishun Integrated Transport Hub (ITH). The mall was first opened in 1992, and was renovated and expanded in 2008. It susbeqeuently underwent a second renovation and expansion from 2017 to early 2018. It is currently the largest shopping mall in northern Singapore. The centre has a combined net lettable area of at least and houses more than 400 tenants. History Northpoint City was originally called the Northpoint Shopping Centre, having been first constructed in November 1992 as the first suburban mall to be built in the northern heartlands of Singapore. Cold Storage, Swensen's and Giordano were one of the first few outlets to open in the Northpoint Shopping Centre. Renamed and expanded In J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northpoint Link Entrance
Northpoint or Northpointe may refer to: * North, a cardinal direction * Northpoint, Pennsylvania, a community * Northpoint City, a Singapore shopping mall * NorthPoint Communications, now a part of AT&T * Northpoint Technology * Northpoint Training Center, a prison in Kentucky * The original name of North Point (Cambridge, Massachusetts) * NorthPointe Christian Schools, a school in Grand Rapids, Michigan See also * North Point (other) * {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengawan Solo (company)
Bengawan Solo is a Singaporean bakery chain. It has 45 outlets islandwide with a factory at 23 Woodlands Link. The bakery is known for making and selling Indonesian style kue, buns, cakes, cookies and mooncakes because the owner and founder, Anastasia Liew, is an Indonesian who migrated to Singapore from Palembang in early 1970s. All products are prepared at the central kitchen in Woodlands and delivered to the stores 2-3 times daily. Pandan cake is the most popular item in the shop. History Bengawan Solo was founded in 1975 by Anastasia Tjendri-Liew, an Indonesian-Chinese who emigrated from Palembang, Indonesia to Singapore. Tjendri-Liew had initially started an unlicensed home baking business producing butter, kueh lapis, and chiffon cakes in her HDB apartment at Marine Parade, which was popular such that she supplied her products to supermarkets and shops (such as a department store in Lucky Plaza) before officers from the Ministry of Environment shutdown her business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shopping Malls In Singapore
Shopping is an activity in which a customer browses the available goods or services presented by one or more retailers with the potential intent to purchase a suitable selection of them. A typology of shopper types has been developed by scholars which identifies one group of shoppers as recreational shoppers, that is, those who enjoy shopping and view it as a leisure activity.Jones, C. and Spang, R., "Sans Culottes, Sans Café, Sans Tabac: Shifting Realms of Luxury and Necessity in Eighteenth-Century France," Chapter 2 in ''Consumers and Luxury: Consumer Culture in Europe, 1650-1850'' Berg, M. and Clifford, H., Manchester University Press, 1999; Berg, M., "New Commodities, Luxuries and Their Consumers in Nineteenth-Century England," Chapter 3 in ''Consumers and Luxury: Consumer Culture in Europe, 1650-1850'' Berg, M. and Clifford, H., Manchester University Press, 1999 Online shopping has become a major disruptor in the retail industry as consumers can now search for product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Shopping Malls In Singapore
This is a list of shopping malls in Singapore, sorted along their districts. As of May 2025, there are 165 malls on this list. Some listed shopping malls here are also inclusive as a mixed-use development and or part of a neighbourhood plaza. Central * 100 AM * 313@Somerset * Aperia * Balestier Hill Shopping Centre * Bugis Cube * Bugis Junction * Bugis+ * Capitol Piazza * Cathay Cineleisure Orchard * Clarke Quay Central * The Centrepoint * City Square Mall (Singapore), City Square Mall * City Gate Mall * CityLink Mall * DUO, Duo * Far East Plaza * Funan, Singapore, Funan * Great World City * GRiD (formerly PoMo) * HDB Hub * Holland Village, Singapore, Holland Village Shopping Mall * ION Orchard * Junction 8 Shopping Centre, Junction 8 * Knightsbridge * Liat Towers * Lucky Plaza * Marina Bay Sands * The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands * Marina Bay Link Mall * Marina Square * Millenia Walk * Mustafa Centre, Mustafa Shopping Centre * Ngee Ann City * One Holland Village * Orchard Centra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krispy Kreme
Krispy Kreme, Inc. (previously Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.) is an American multinational doughnut company and coffeehouse chain. Krispy Kreme was founded by Vernon Rudolph (1915–1973), who bought a yeast-raised recipe from a New Orleans chef, rented a building in 1937 in what is now historic Old Salem in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and began selling to local grocery stores. Steady growth preceded an ambitious expansion as a public company in the period 2000 to 2016, which ultimately proved unprofitable. In 2016, the company returned to private ownership under JAB Holding Company, a private Luxembourg-based firm. In July 2021, Krispy Kreme became publicly traded again on the Nasdaq. The brand name is a deliberate non-standard spelling of "crispy cream", for marketing effect. History Early years In 1933, eighteen-year-old Vernon Rudolph, along with his brother Lewis Rudolph, began working for his uncle, Ishmael Armstrong, who owned a small general store in Paducah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NTUC FairPrice
NTUC FairPrice is the largest supermarket chain in Singapore. The company is a co-operative of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). The group has more than 100 supermarkets across the island, with over 160 outlets of Cheers convenience stores island-wide. NTUC FairPrice has partnered with ExxonMobil to run several stations with a FairPrice branding at the minimarts at their stations. The supermarket has the slogan "Singapore's very own". History In November 1972, NTUC announced its new consumer co-operative named Welcome, which opened in February 1973. On 22 July 1973, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew opened the first supermarket at Block 192, Toa Payoh Lorong 4, and it was the first of its kind. In August 2007, FairPrice opened its upmarket outlet at Bukit Timah Plaza named FairPrice Finest, after five months of refurbishment. The move was to cater to the changing tastes of Singaporeans who are increasingly well-travelled. The , two-storey outlet has an offering of pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anytime Fitness
Anytime Fitness Franchisor, LLC, doing business as Anytime Fitness, is an American franchise of 24 hour health and fitness clubs that is based in Woodbury, Minnesota, United States. The company operates over 5,000 franchised locations in 50 countries. In 2014, Anytime Fitness was named the top franchise of 2014 by ''Entrepreneur'' magazine. The parent company of Anytime Fitness merged with Orangetheory Fitness in 2024. History The founders, Chuck Runyon, Dave Mortensen, and Jeff Klinger initially met in the early 1990s while employed at a fitness club in St. Paul, Minnesota. Their collaboration began in 1995 when they jointly acquired and operated the Southview Athletic Club for seven years. Under their ownership, the club grew in membership, growing from 500 to 4,000 members. It was sold in 2001. During their ownership of Southview Athletic Club, they developed the idea for Anytime Fitness after surveying the expectations that long-term members of large gyms had for their fit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kopitiam (company)
Kopitiam Investment Pte Ltd, more commonly known as Kopitiam, is a Singaporean food court chain focused on local cuisine. Under the FairPrice group along with NTUC FairPrice, NTUC Foodfare and Link, the group serves more than 2 million customers with over 100 million meals annually through its 100+ outlets located islandwide. Founded in 1988, it operates around 120+ outlets at many locations across Singapore, including Changi Airport, Plaza Singapura, VivoCity and Jem. Kopitiam also owns three subsidiary food court companies, Bagus, Cantine, and Sedap. Etymology The name derives from the generic portmanteau term "kopi tiam". '' Kopi'' means coffee in Hokkien, and ''tiam'' is the Hokkien word for shop. History On 21 September 2018, it was announced that NTUC Enterprise would acquire Kopitiam by the end of 2018. The acquisition was approved by the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore on 20 December 2018. In November 2019, NTUC FairPrice, NTUC Foodfare, Kopitiam, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNIQLO
( ; ) is a Japanese casual wear designer and retailer. The company is a subsidiary of Fast Retailing, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. Clare Waight Keller is the creative director. History Men's Shop OS was founded in Ube, Yamaguchi. It was rebranded as Ogori Shōji in Yamaguchi (city), Yamaguchi-shi in March 1949. On 2 June 1984, it opened a unisex casual wear store in Fukuro-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima named Unique Clothing Warehouse. Initially, the brand was going to be registered as a shortened contraction of "unique clothing". In 1988, during administration work in Hong Kong for registering the brand, "C" was misread as "Q". Tadashi Yanai, the head of the family retail conglomerate, liked the error, and shortened the name to "Uniqlo" across Japan. In September 1991, the name of the company was changed from "Ogori Shōji" to "Fast Retailing". By April 1994 there were over 100 Uniqlo stores operating throughout Japan. In 1997, Fast Retailing adopted a set of strategies from Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timezone (video Arcades)
Timezone is an international chain of Family entertainment center, family entertainment centres and amusement arcade, amusement arcade centres based in Australia. It is owned and operated by The Entertainment and Education Group (TEEG). Outside of Australia, Timezone is currently operating in India, New Zealand, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam. History In 1958, Malcolm Steinberg's father gave him 21 Pinball machine, pinball machines. In Perth, the 18-year-old struck deals to place the pinballs in Fish and chip shop, fish and chip shops and Milk bar, milk bars in exchange for half the earnings. Steinberg's company LAI Games, Leisure & Allied Industries (LAI), which manufactured and imported Arcade game, arcade games, entered the video game retail market in the early 1970s with its first two stores, Blue Pumpernickel and Crystal Palace. In 1978, Steinberg opened the first Timezone — his first arcade — on Murray Street, Perth. He also relaunched the stores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Bookstore
Popular Holdings Limited, more commonly known as just Popular (stylized in all caps) or colloquially as the Popular Bookstore, is a Singaporean multinational bookstore chain. Aside from Singapore, it also has subsidiaries in countries such as Canada, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Taiwan, Malaysia, United Kingdom, and the United States. During the financial year of 2011, it had a turnover of approximately S$735.9 million. Overview The first Popular Bookstore was set up in 1924 by Chou Sing Chu in Singapore, initially focusing on retailing Chinese books and stationery. In March 2006, Popular Holdings was the main organiser of BookFest@Singapore, the first Chinese-language book fair ever held outside of China. In May 2006, Popular Holdings staged the inaugural BookFest@Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. It is a platform for established publishers to showcase their latest publications and renowned authors to meet and interact with the readers. The inaugural BookFest@Hong Kong was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Norman
Harvey Norman is an Australian multinational retailer of furniture, bedding, computers, communications and consumer electrical products. It mainly operates as a franchise, with the main brand and all company-operated stores owned by ASX-listed Harvey Norman Holdings Limited. As of 2022, there are 304 company-owned and franchised stores in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and South-East Asia operating under the Harvey Norman, Domayne and Joyce Mayne brands in Australia, and under the Harvey Norman brand overseas. History Gerry Harvey and Ian Norman opened their first store in 1961, that specialised in electrical goods and appliances. Harvey and Norman had first met when both were working as door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen. The store's success prompted Harvey and Norman to expand the business and conduct talks with retailer Keith Lord, who sought to expand his own retail group. They could not settle on a name for the new business, with Harvey and Lord reluctant to take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
