Store openings and where to buy, from new electronics stores in Singapore to overseas shops that ship here.
Singapore's third Apple Store, Apple Marina Bay Sands, opens at 10am on Thursday, 10th September 2020. It arrives a year after Apple Jewel Changi Airport and three years after the first store, Apple Orchard Road.
Amazon has officially launched in Singapore at amazon.sg, distinct from the Amazon Prime Now service that launched two years ago. Prime Now focuses on fresh, frozen, and daily essentials with 2-hour delivery, while amazon.sg offers far wider selection.
Apple's second Singapore store and the world's first airport Apple Store, Apple Jewel Changi Airport, opened on 13th July 2019. The first in the queue received a commemorative US-made t-shirt reading 'Jewel Changi Airport'.
Singapore's second Apple Store, Apple Jewel Changi Airport, opens at Jewel on 13th July 2019, two years after Apple Orchard Road. Jewel is a nature-themed entertainment and retail complex on the landside of Changi Airport.
Don Quijote runs a global online store at mpglobal.donki.com that ships to Singapore via EMS, with prices cheaper than Don Don Donki here. Singapore falls in Region 2, where a 1kg EMS parcel costs around S$14.
A year and a half after opening its first Mi store in Singapore with ECS, Xiaomi is opening a second at Bedok Mall, this time partnering Era International, the Singapore subsidiary of Indonesia's largest telecoms retailer, Erajaya.
Microsoft is opening South East Asia's first dedicated Surface Store in Singapore, at the Harvey Norman Millenia Walk Flagship Superstore, on 10th March 2018. The store at 9 Raffles Boulevard opens daily from 10.30am to 9.30pm.
A day after ending free AmazonGlobal shipping, Amazon launched Amazon Prime in Singapore, as many suspected. It costs S$8.99 a month, or just S$2.99 as an introductory offer of unspecified duration, and comes with a 30-day free trial.
After four and a half years, Amazon appears to be ending its free AmazonGlobal Saver Shipping to Singapore. Items I bought during Black Friday 2017 that qualified no longer do, signalling the end of the popular program.
Amazon Prime Now has launched in Singapore, offering everyday household essentials and bestsellers. While it usually requires a membership, you can try it without one for a limited launch period, with free two-hour delivery on orders above S$40.
Apple's first store in Singapore and Southeast Asia, Apple Orchard Road, opened on Saturday, 27th May 2017. The first few in the queue received a door gift: a US-made Apple t-shirt and a sticker celebrating the opening.
Singapore's first Apple Store, located along Orchard Road, opens on Saturday, 27th May 2017 at 10am. Found at 270 Orchard Road, it operates daily from 10am to 10pm, marking Apple's retail debut in the country.
After losing its 50,000 sq ft Funan flagship to the mall's 2016 redevelopment, Challenger opened a new flagship at Bugis Junction. The 14,000 sq ft store sits in Basement 1, where the old Virtualand arcade used to be.
Xiaomi opened its first physical Singapore store on 7th October 2016, in partnership with ECS. The Mi Home Store sits in Suntec City Mall and opens daily from 11am to 9pm, while Xiaomi's online store launched on Lazada.
The official Sennheiser store opened at Marina Square on 2nd August 2016, the first fully-owned Sennheiser brand store in Singapore. Previously, local presence was via a distributor. It sits at #03-123 in Marina Square.
Android Pay is now available in Singapore, the first country outside the US and UK, and the first in Asia, to get it. It works with VISA and MasterCard cards from DBS, OCBC, POSB, Standard Chartered, and UOB.
Samsung Pay launches in Singapore from 16th June 2016, supporting the Galaxy Note 5, S6 edge+, S7, and S7 edge. Singapore is the fifth country after Spain, China, the US, and South Korea, partnering Amex, MasterCard, Visa, and major banks.
A month after Apple Pay launched for AMEX in Singapore, support for VISA and MasterCard has arrived. Not all banks are included, though: the initial rollout supports credit cards from just five, POSB, DBS, OCBC, UOB, and Standard Chartered.
After last October's announcement, Apple Pay is finally live in Singapore, with American Express the first supported card; VISA and MasterCard follow soon. It works at stores including Din Tai Fung, FairPrice, Starbucks, Uniqlo, and Shaw Theatres.
In a press release on its 2016 global momentum, Samsung announced that Samsung Pay would come to Singapore later in the year. Its 2016 expansion starts with China in March, followed by Australia, Brazil, Singapore, Spain, and the UK.
Lenovo has opened a new customer service centre at Paya Lebar, adding to its existing Kaki Bukit hub. Both offer customer care, technical support, and post-sale services, working independently on cases to ensure each is resolved.
Apple Pay is coming to Singapore, alongside Hong Kong and Spain, in 2016 for American Express cardholders. First revealed by Tim Cook on Apple's Q4 2015 earnings call, Amex confirmed it would let members pay with an iPhone.