There’s today a newfound excitement over akik stones in Indonesia. In general akiks are stone of the agate variety. Most of them are so cheap and readily available they’re sold by many street vendors over the years. But not all akiks are equal, with some considered as gemstones—stones with rare mineral qualities—and others invaluable because of their perceived mystical qualities. [Continue reading]
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Environmental Group Filed A Pretrial Request Against West Java Police
NewsroomThe West Java branch of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) and the Bandung Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Bandung) filed a pretrial request against the West Java Police at the Bandung District Court on Friday (March 13). The pretrial request addresses the termination of investigation onto the galena illegal mining practice in Bogor reserved forest area. [Continue reading]
Fitness Center Business, Part II: Celebrity Fitness & Jatomi
NewsroomIn relation to the growth of healthy lifestyle trend in Jakarta, we dove into the business of fitness centers and talked briefly about two, well-known fitness centers in Indonesia, namely, the American brand Gold’s Gym and the United Kingdom brand Fitness First. Today, we are going to review two more international fitness center chains, and they are, the Poland based Pure Jatomi Fitness and the Indonesia based Celebrity Fitness. [Continue reading]
Indonesians Arrested in Turkey
NewsroomMore surprising news came from Turkey. Turkish authorities reportedly arrested 16 Indonesian citizens in the city of Gaziantep while the latter were trying to cross the border between Turkey and Syria. According to the jawapos.com, the Turkish authorities communicated this matter after the disappearance of 16 Indonesian citizens at the Ataturk International airport earlier this month. [Continue reading]
Customers of Fitness Centers
NewsroomMaintaining one’s well-being have increasingly grown to become the priority of urban dwellers. Executives are signing up for gym memberships so they can exercise before or after work. Some even do so to pass the rush hour. We spoke to some members of Jakarta’s fitness centers to understand this developing urban lifestyle. [Continue reading]
Fitness Center Business
NewsroomBusinesses are being built around the healthy lifestyle. There are new organic food and beverage shops/restaurants, yoga centers, fitness events, and fitness centers. Fitness centers are nothing novel. But more and more of them are popping up at shopping centers in big cities in Indonesia. Most of them are part of national or international fitness center chains.This phenomenon picked our interest. Some of the well-known fitness center brands in Indonesia Gold’s Gym, Fitness First, Jatomi Fitness and also Celebrity Fitness. Today’s we’ll look into the first two. [Continue reading]
The New Creative Economy Body
NewsroomOne of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s campaign promise was to fully support the growth of Indonesia’s creative economy industry. But when the President changed the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy to just the Ministry of Tourism, industry practitioners began wondering if the President really meant his words. The President responded by promising to create a Creative Economy Body (BEK) and he stayed true to his words, the BEK was finally launched on Monday (Jan. 26). [Continue reading]
Business Side of Hendropriyono
NewsroomAbdulla Macmud Hendropriyono is a controversial figure in Indonesia. He’s known primarily for his military prowess, and his work as the chief of Indonesia’s State Intelligence Agency (BIN) under Megawati Soekarnoputri’s administration. But as with most retired Army generals, Hendropriyono became director/chairman in a number of private companies in Indonesia, including PT Mahagaya Perdana, PT. Carrefour Indonesia of Chairul Tanjung’s Trans Corp, and Blitzmegaplex of PT. Graha Layar Prima. In addition to that, the retired four-star general also has his own business empire called Hendropriyono Corporation. [continue reading]
Expansion of Social Media Platforms into Indonesia
NewsroomIn the past few years, Indonesia has become an interesting investment destination for social media and search engine platforms. Several major social media enterprises have decided to open their office in Indonesia to get closer to the country’s social media savvy population. But despite new entrants seeing opportunity in the Indonesian market, some old players decided to close shop [Continue reading]
Ornamental Plants Merchandising: PT Istana Alam Dewi Tara
NewsroomThe “Go Green” campaign has become a popular foundation for the establishment of new businesses ranging from the “green” laundry, “green” car wash, to “green” school. Today, we are going to look into a curious niche called the business of “green” souvenirs by PT Istana Alam Dewi Tara. [continue reading]
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