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📰 Mixue beat them to Singapore by 2 yrs. BingXue still built a 12-outlet chain anyway. Being second to market doesn’t mean being too late In Sept 2021, in the middle of a global pandemic, James Leong and Joyce Lim packed up their lives in Singapore and moved their young family, including their three-year-old child, to Shanghai. James had been promoted into an APAC regional role at his chemical raw… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910614/bingxue-singapore-expansion/

📰 Digital guestbooks are becoming a lucrative biz in Singapore’s wedding industry All it takes is two to three weddings to break even Two to three weddings. That’s all it takes for entrepreneurs Edmund Teo from Octopus Reels and Jessica Tay from Leave Your Message to fully recoup their startup costs—and everything after is profit. Their business? Renting out digital guestbooks that… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910541/digital-guestbooks-wedding-lucrative-business/

📰 S’pore saw the biggest drop in job postings in 5 yrs. Here are the industries that are hiring & cutting back. Hiring trends vary significantly across sectors Just as hiring appeared to be picking up, Singapore’s job market has reversed course. Job postings have fallen to the lowest level since Mar 2021, according to the latest report from job listing portal Indeed. In Feb 2026, postings dropped 4.5% to sit 12% below a year ago,… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910568/singapore-job-postings-2026/

📰 S$100K+ to fly with your pet? S’pore’s 1st pet airline is booked out a year ahead. On SingaPaw Air’s flights, pets roam the cabin freely, sit beside their owners & are even offered meal options There’s no sugarcoating it. A US$84,000 (S$108,000) flight to San Francisco with your pet is likely out of reach for most Singaporeans. But that hasn’t stopped SingaPaw Air, which bills itself as… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910446/singapaw-air-pet-airline/

📰 Singapore saw 60K business closures in 2025—that’s the highest in 8 years From retail to finance, operational challenges are cutting across every industry Singapore recorded a notable increase in business closures in 2025, with more than 60,000 companies ceasing operations—the highest figure in the past eight years, according to data from Singapore’s Department of Statistics. This comes despite Singapore’s headline GDP growth… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910484/singapore-business-closures-2025/

📰 80% of jobs in S’pore don’t look at your degree anymore, especially the ones that actually pay well S’pore employers are moving towards skills-based hiring The Ministry of Manpower released its 2025 jobs report on Mar 20, and the numbers tell a story that would have seemed improbable just a decade ago. Academic qualifications were not the main determinant in hiring for 79.6% of job vacancies last year, up… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910464/singapore-degrees-dont-matter-jobs/

📰 Despite some pain, Singapore is one of the biggest winners of the war in Iran. Here’s why. Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, any opinions expressed below belong solely to the author. The war in Iran has been raging for a month now, and the resulting energy crisis has hurt the world, as oil and gas prices surged in response to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which about… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910404/singapore-one-of-biggest-winners-iran-war/

📰 Cotton On says it isn’t closing stores or exiting Asia; liquidated entity was inactive holding firm “There have been misleading media reports suggesting that Cotton On stores operating in Asia are being closed,” said the firm Australian clothing brand Cotton On has no plans to exit Asia, nor close any operations in the region, said the retail store giant in a statement on Tuesday (Mar 31). The statement came… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910427/cotton-on-asia-not-closing/

📰 Yeo’s lays off 25 staff in S’pore as it moves can manufacturing operations to M’sia It will consolidate production in its Johor and Selangor plants Yeo Hiap Seng (Yeo’s) announced today (Mar 31) that it will retrench 25 employees at its Senoko facility in Singapore as it shifts its can manufacturing operations to Malaysia. The company explained that consolidating production in its Johor and Selangor plants will help “optimise… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910428/yeos-singapore-layoff-senoko/

📰 Everyone thinks foreigners are taking over Singapore’s high-paying jobs. Everyone is wrong. Over the last 5 years, the number of S Pass and EP holders grew by just 400 In debates over foreign labour in Singapore, one claim often surfaces: that foreign professionals are stealing well‑paid, high-skilled jobs from Singaporeans. But data from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) figures paint a more nuanced picture that challenges… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910267/foreigners-taking-over-singapores-high-paying-jobs/

📰 MOM releases a list of entry-level graduate vacancies paying between S$2,400 and S$10,000 Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, any opinions expressed below belong solely to the author. Since last year, Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower has been trying to help fresh graduates in their job search by periodically publishing a list of entry-level vacancies available in the country, and what the expected pay brackets are for each job. While… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910331/entry-level-vacancies-paying-up-to-10000/

📰 From Lebanon’s war zone to S’pore shelves: Why this 28 Y/O won’t let conflict kill her traditional olive oil biz Alia Ballout is bringing centuries-old family traditions to Singapore through Beît Ballout When Alia Ballout registered a company in Jan 2023, she didn’t know what it would sell. But a year later, she launched what she describes as Singapore’s first traditional olive oil brand—sourcing produce from her family’s grove in southern Lebanon, air-freighting it… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910188/beit-ballout-traditional-oilve-oil/

📰 Singapore’s 1st driverless public bus is here, and it’ll hit the roads by mid-2026 Trials will start in Marina Bay and one-north The first of six autonomous public buses has reached Singapore and will be tested on routes 400 in Marina Bay and 191 in one-north from the second half of 2026 as part of a three-year pilot programme. In a Facebook video on Mar 25,… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910291/singapore-first-driverless-bus/

📰 Castlery just spent 7 figs to open its first US store. Here’s the bet they’re making. The brand expects the store to break even in two years Singaporean furniture retailer Castlery will open a showroom in New York on May 15, making it one of the very few homegrown companies to establish a permanent retail presence there. This marks the next phase of growth for the company in… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910270/castlery-first-us-store-new-york/

📰 Tiger Beer brewer APBS is reportedly cutting jobs in Singapore It is unclear how many employees are affected and which roles are involved Tiger Beer brewer Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore (APBS) is cutting jobs in Singapore, The Business Times reported today (Mar 25). It is unclear how many employees are affected and which roles are involved, according to sources familiar with… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910246/tiger-beer-apbs-layoffs/

📰 “We’ve grown revenue by over 400%”: These S’pore bizs are cashing in on the fresh pet food boom An entire S$150 million industry is being built around fresh pet food in Singapore For decades, the answer to feeding your pet was simple: open a bag of kibble, scoop some into a bowl, and that’s it—you were done. Dry kibble has always dominated the global pet food market, and Singapore is no exception.… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910172/singapore-fresh-pet-food-boom/

📰 Cancer, lawsuits, & a founder’s death: The full story behind Itacho Sushi’s collapse Itacho Sushi was a Hong Kong sushi brand that has been around for 22 years Earlier this week, another name had been added to Singapore’s ever-growing list of F&B casualties. Itacho Sushi shuttered all its remaining outlets here on Monday (Mar 16), following a spate of closures over the past year. The Hong Kong-based… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910141/the-rise-and-fall-of-itacho-sushi/

📰 “We still have many supporters”: Despite backlash, House+ Bubble says 300 people walk in daily CEO Hou Zelong anticipates the S$45 million Chinese spa to reach breakeven in four years When House+ Bubble announced its arrival in Singapore, it quickly became one of the most talked-about spa openings here. But the buzz has proven short-lived. The S$45 million Chinese spa complex, touted as Singapore’s… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910132/house-plus-bubble-backlash-response/

📰 He started Singapore’s first rage room. Now, he sells grass for dogs to pee on. Poopee’s indoor grass patches are even drawing franchise enquiries from across Southeast Asia What do you do when your dog refuses to use a pee pad, your schedule won’t allow constant trips downstairs, and your carpet is slowly turning into a wreck day after day? For 32-year-old Royce Tan, the answer was simple: start… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910109/poopee-singapore-indoor-grass-patches-for-dogs/

📰 A loved one’s struggle led these S’poreans to build a bus navigation app for the visually impaired [This is a sponsored article with the Singapore Government Partnerships Office.] For most of us, catching a bus is second nature and a routine. A shade of bright green comes into our view, we glance at the service number, take one step forward, and that’s it—we’re on our way. But for someone… ➡️ Read More: https://vulcanpost.com/910066/oculis-bus-navigation-app-visually-impaired/