SINGAPORE EXPATS FORUM
Singapore Expat Forum and Message Board for Expats in Singapore & Expatriates Relocating to Singapore

hi all, I would like to hear your opinions about the local website accreditation body - trustsg all certified websites are listed in trustsg website and members enjoy marketing online as well as offline. anyone has experience greater success with registering with them? also, one can opt for CASETRUS...

Psychology plays a part. Bigger size ladies tend to be more inferior when it comes to fashion or choosing of clothes. so in term of push cart... hmm.. :D a close door concept might sound better :oops: well true...but how do one get word out for a close door concept...the idea of a pushcart is that ...

Thanks, yeah those brands have just recently been of use to me as I have lost 10kg, so I do understand your plight! Oh I forgot about Principles and Coast at Robinsons, too. Joan Allen, Liz Clairborne and another one I can't remember do bigger sizes but I don't like their clothes. There is also a b...

I'm Big by Singapore standards but borderline by western standards - size 14-16. I shop for every day items at most of the UK brand shops - M&S, Top Shop, Warehouse, Dorothy Perkins, etc. Went in River Island the other day and will be going back there to try some things soon! Glad to have Gap in to...

grace you keep asking the same question about which magazines to target expats, which I have already answered. What do I know? I'm your target market. Middle-aged, overweight, fairly affluent expat wife. I may be ancient and pre-internet but I waste half my life on it, however I never buy things I ...

Dear Grace, May be you can try Flea Market for start to get your customers base and with low rent of couse in low crown too but if you have PVCA you will get what you want to start with low risk business and high return when you success. Regards John hi john "low crown" - "pVCA" what does it mean? ...

Psychology plays a part. Bigger size ladies tend to be more inferior when it comes to fashion or choosing of clothes. so in term of push cart... hmm.. :D a close door concept might sound better :oops: well true...but how do one get word out for a close door concept...the idea of a pushcart is that ...

I am in the midst of planning to rent a retail space/pushcart and would love to hear your perceptions on the pushcart biz, esp in terms of ladies' apparels/accesories catering to the bigger size women. kindly email me at gracelyn_(at)hotmail.com, it seems that i can't PM you. Thanks Hi Grace, I thi...

kindly email me at gracelyn_(at)hotmail.com, it seems that i can't PM you. Thanks Your PM function doesn't activate until you have made five posts. Your current post count is 6 so it should be working by now. In the meantime I would advise you to remove your email address before you become the targ...

The big problem with a website is getting traffic directed to it. Even with working the search engines it is tough to get found amongst millions of pages. If web sales is something she wants to do, she would be better off starting on ebay where shoppers would go to do a specific search. She could se...

I never read the expat rags available at bookstores... full of expensive lifestyle gew gaws... not my style. I browse thru the others. Then again, I'm probably not your typical expat.[/quote] well that's the thing...which mags are more prevalent among the expats? erm those that doesn't advertise orn...

local BBW yeah, i'm one myself :P instead of spending loads of money trying to lose the weight and not losing it , i rather get some new clothes :P call it retail therapy...getting affordable plus size clothes in Singapore is almost impossible. Don't they make local BBW? I'm sure they do. :lol: Look...

Thanks for the information, will check it out. Just wondering if you know which are the most popular magazines? That will help to narrow down the range to adverts. If you want to target the expat community then start with expat publications. These will consist of magazines oriented towards expats (c...

BBW here refers to Big Beautiful Women. Thanks for your advice. i've been operating for the past weeks to the local population and am thinking of expanding to include expats. pardon me.. but what is BBW population? not very sure whether is ur BBW what i'm thinking of. btw, jus out of kind advise, ha...

Hi all I am doing women's apparel/accesories business catering to the BBW population and am planning to target at the expat community. Would love to hear your opinions as to how can i get the word out? eg..what magazines to advertise in?, websites etc? besides mainstream newspapers that is. Hope to ...