The big news in the retail world today is the case of the parent company of '7-Eleven', Seven & i Holdings, which was reported by the giant Japanese media NHK that it was negotiating with the Charoen Pokphand Group, or CP of Thailand, to invest in a giant business through a Management Buyout (MBO), or a business acquisition by using borrowed mo

Thailand has entered the “Aged Society” since 2005 until now in 2021. Thailand has a proportion of elderly population or people aged 60 years and over of more than 12 million people or 20.0 percent, divided into elderly women at 57.9 percent, more than elderly men at 42.1 percent. Another point to watch is that Thailand is about to enter the �

Thai Economic Outlook: Slower than expected, Positive Factors Have Little Impact KKP Research assesses that the Thai economy grew lower than expected last year. The main reason was the unbalanced growth in each business sector, causing negative factors to continue to pressure the economy. Meanwhile, the government's economic stimulus measures did

At the beginning of 2025, the Thai economy is full of challenges from both internal and external factors. Many research institutes have come out to assess that the Thai economy this year will grow less than initially projected. Similarly, KKP Research expects that Thailand's GDP in 2025 will grow by only 2.6% due to limitations from the weakening t

In addition to large projects such as the entertainment complex, another important government policy that is directly related to our livelihoods is the policy to reform the energy price structure to reduce oil prices. In particular, the change in oil pricing at refineries from the original reference price of the Singapore market to a Cost-Plus s