Thai Vendors Urged to Put IT in Trolleys
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By Woranuj Maneerungsee, Bangkok Post, Thailand  Sep. 20--Rapid advances in information technology will have a drastic  impact on consumer shopping behaviour in the future, according to Fredric Lam,  an expert for retail solutions at computer giant IBM.
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Organisers of a tsunami relief collection for Sri Lanka appeal for help with transport  after overwhelming donations arrive.
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Vendors know their route for the holidays: the mass market.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 16--CHAPEL HILL -- Plans for a downtown giving kiosk have hit another snag.   A committee formed to develop plans for the kiosk has suggested spending the money instead on an educational campaign to fight panhandling.
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Business travelers who pack light and like to save money and time might consider rapid transit.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Buddhists in Thailand have implored Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to end violence targeting them on an almost daily basis in the south of the country.
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The rent-to-own furniture vendor must take real action to turn the business around.
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A US conservation group has launched an advertising campaign to persuade Thais to report traders in protected wildlife. In a series of television commercials, famous models, actors and other
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The king of Thailand appeals for the military and police to work together to restore peace in Thailand's south.
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Private ferry operators need public-funding lifelines to stay afloat, City Council officials warned yesterday. Alarmed by service cutbacks announced recently by the financially troubled NY
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A Thai expert said on Monday he tried to warn the government a deadly tsunami might be sweeping toward tourist-packed beaches, but couldn't find anyone to take his calls.
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Environmentalists call for congestion charging to be considered to tackle Scotland's transport problems.
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province of Quezon. Track and fittings in the area had been stolen in the past and sold as scrap. Estimates of the number of people on board ranged from 312 to more than 400.
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PHUKET, Thailand  - Shops in the Thai island of  Phuket are starting to peddle tsunami T-shirts, video footage  and paintings, although there are few buyers as tourists shun  one of Asia's premier resorts. On Patong beach, where giant  waves crashed through shops and piled cars on top of one  another, stalls stash bootleg video compact discs (VCDs) with  amateur footage from Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and the  Indonesian province of Aceh.
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Hotels and travel agents in Thailand have asked the government to clarify the status of bird flu to reassure tourists. The Thai travel industry wants worldwide distribution
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Sainsbury's and Morrisons urge shoppers to return various naan bread products over fears they may contain glass.
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BANGKOK -- Inside the teeming Khlong Toei slum in the shadow of this city's modern skyscrapers, 60-year-old street vendor Chalaem Tiensiri is still proudly displaying campaign stickers from deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's party on the walls of her shack. Asked about the bloodless...