It initially sold food items such as tea, rice, sugar, oatmeal, biscuits, crackers, cheese and preserved meats, as well as women's hats and dressmaking items.
Robinson changed the name to Robinson and Company after Spicer left the business in and a new partner, George Rappa, was brought in. In , the store was moved to its new premises at 26 and 27 Raffles Place, and was registered as a limited liability company in Robinson had employed salesmen to travel the Malay Archipelago and Borneo to bring in customers, instead of opening stores in the region.
Soon, aristocrats like the rulers of the Malay Archipelago and King Mongkut of Siam joined a growing list of clientele. By , the company had become a popular meeting place for the European community in Singapore. Bombs hit the building twice during the Japanese invasion but the department store resumed business the next day. However, it remained closed throughout the Japanese occupation from to , resuming trade in Skip to main content.
There will be a storewide discount on fashion, beauty, homeware, accessories and travel items. Jessie Lim. Share gift link below with your friends and family. Link Copied! Copy gift link. Sign up or log in to read this article in full. However, years of declining sales and rising competition from e-commerce sent the retailer into voluntary liquidation on Oct 30 last year.
People might visit the website because of the novelty factor but the real acid test is in the sales, he added. Going digital will help it become more sensitive to responding to consumer tastes and preferences, which accounted for waning sales before Covid hit, she said. The new mall, Robinsons Online, will be accessible at this link. Join ST's Telegram channel here and get the latest breaking news delivered to you. We have been experiencing some problems with subscriber log-ins and apologise for the inconvenience caused.
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Skip to main content. Robinsons has begun the liquidation process for the two stores and employees have been informed of the situation, the company said. Employees were informed of the liquidation on Friday and have been assured that the provisional liquidators will also work to maximise returns to them, said Robinsons.
It employs staff members in Singapore, the Robinsons spokesperson added in response to CNA's queries. The spokesperson added the last day of employment for employees was "dependent on discussions with the landlords on how long the stores can stay open".
Robinsons management has also ensured that employees are supported with a payment in keeping with the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act, it added. Online shopping has become increasingly popular among consumers amid changing purchasing behaviour and COVID restrictions. Demand for large-scale department store concepts has also weakened significantly, with official data showing a When asked about the company's online plans in Singapore and Malaysia - another country it would be liquidating its stores in - the spokesperson said Robinsons would "no longer maintain an online presence".
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