Corporate Bits | Local bakery & coffee shop go online

Nata Bakery and CuppaCoffee have partnered for an online venture that was advertised on their social media pages last week and went live this Monday 23rd March. The online store is now available in English with a Chinese version planned for release by April 20th. The largest online full-scale bakery and coffee store in Macau, Nata Bakery & CuppaCoffee Online Store offers a wide selection if bread, patries and cakes, and alson caters for healthier options such as sandwiches and salads. Coffee and a variety of other drinks are also available, while specialty coffee beans can be ground to customers’ wishes and coffee machines are even availbale for purxhase. Payments can be made by credit card or at pickup locations listed on the online store.
With commercial rents in Macau still remaining high, small businesses must find creative ways to push forward and going online is a feasible diversification strategy. “We have been devising ways to adapt our business model so that it can still turn a profit in spite of rental prices”, says business founder and managing director, Cristiana Figueiredo. “We had already planned an online store, so we just pushed it forward and decided to expand our brand this way”.

I Want Music “energy” concert takes the stage at the venetian macao

Six groups of pop singers and bands from mainland China, Taiwan and Korea will jointly take to the stage at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena Saturday, April 11, 2015, for the I Want Music “Energy” Concert in Macau. Tickets go on sale today at all Cotai Ticketing box offices.
Riding on the success of last year’s I Want Music “Cool” concert, the theme of this year’s all-star concert is “energy.” According to a press release from the organizers, “combining top-notch production, an exciting line-up of performing musicians and fascinating stage design, the audience are in for a real treat and will be pumped up with the raw energy that is sure to flow from the stage”.
Featuring all-male idol groups Infinite and Block B from Korea, Mandopop stars Aaron Yan and Calvin Chen from Taiwan and Mandopop singers Na Ying and Gary Chaw, I Want Music “Energy” Concert will celebrate the diverse range of popular music styles in a visual and aural spectacle.