BANGKOK / Reuters In a downtown Bangkok mall, ripped jeans and mirror sunglasses aimed at fast-fashion teens show how Thai retailers are getting ready for the next big thing — a government stimulus package they’re betting will revive sales after years of stagnation. The goods are on sale in US brand Aeropostale Inc’s first Thai store, recently opened in a …

HELSINKI / Reuters Finland’s largest discount store chain Tokmanni Group, majority owned by buyout house Nordic Capital, said it is planning a possible stock market flotation. Tokmanni, with 156 stores, had sales of 755 million euros ($859 million) and an underlying operating profit margin of 5.8 percent last year. Sources said last year a float could value the company at …

Emirates Business Kuwait Airways, one of the pioneers of air travel in the Middle East, has selected aeroLINE CREW from Information System Associates FZE (ISA) as their new crew management system. aeroLINE CREW is an unparalleled crew management facility, built with latest cutting edge technologies, and it empowers airlines to significantly lower operating costs, improved operational efficiency and empowers crew …