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机场零售商：生意已减半但无意裁员减薪
冠病疫情暴发后，当局随即实施旅游限制令，导致旅客人次锐减，巧克力和糕点分销与零售商Focus Network Agencies的樟宜机场零售店生意也跌了至少一半。 经营可卡树（The Cocoa Tree）、Choc Spot和新加坡口味（Taste Singapore）的Focus Network Agencies（简称FNA）在本地共有25家门
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Gift Sets with Local Flavour on Sale at Airport
8%-11% of tourists’ total shopping expenditure is made on confectionery, souvenirs and gifts. Focus Network Agencies is pleased to partner with the Singapore Food Manufacturers’ Association to feature a wider range of local delicacies that provides tourists more options to purchase local specialties as gifts for their loved ones. This initiati
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Local Gift Delicacies to Spell Greater Business Opportunities for Local Enterprises
11 well-loved Singapore food brands such as Polar Puffs and Cakes, Kaya and Bak Kut Teh are recently being introduced into Taste Singapore outlets at Changi Airport Transit Terminals 1 and 4 as gift sets that can be conveniently shared amongst travelers and their loved ones when they are back at home. This is an emerging market that will bring trem
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Succession, talent attraction keep family business up at night
Succession planning and professionalising the business are the key concerns of local business families, going by responses to PwC and the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s report. The report found out that 64.7% of family businesses in Singapore cited attracting talent as the biggest challenge, followed by succession planning (
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Business Venture That's Chock-a-block With Activity
Being in the chocolate trade is a sweet dream for many but an unexpected calling for the man behind candy retail chain The Cocoa Trees. Former engineer Paul Loo Lip Giam and head of the chocolates trading division at duty-free retailer DFS, Esther-Tang Loo, saw the opportunity to take over the distribution business for two chocolate brands and deci
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Building the Chocolate Kingdom
FNA is one of the largest chocolate and candy distributor in Asia, and its retail brand The Cocoa Trees’ boutiques have successfully expanded beyond Singapore into the wider Asia Pacific region. Currently FNA carries more than 50 chocolate brands from all over the world, including Godiva, Mars, M&M's, Hershey's and so on. The founder of FNA, Mr.
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A Fine Mix of Chocs and Wines
Focus Network Agencies (FNA) was born in 1991, when duty-free retailer DFS closed its chocolates trading division. Mrs Esther Tang-Loo, currently FNA’s Executive Director, was heading the division at the time and decided to take over the business. From a five-person business worth about $1 million, FNA has become a company with a staff strength o
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Make It Clear Who's The Boss
Mrs Esther Tang-Loo is the Executive Director of Focus Network Agencies (FNA), which has been importing and distributing premium chocolates since 1991. Her husband, Loo Lip Giam is the Managing Director of FNA. Both of them work well together because there is a clear division of responsibilities in their business, plus mutual recognition of who cal
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