Robinson’s Department Store was established in Singapore on 1 February 1858 by Philip Robinson, an English merchant, and James Gaborian Spicer. ADVERTISEMENT The business began as a “family warehouse” ...

SINGAPORE — Robinsons announced on Friday ... It started out as a family warehouse at Number 9 and 10 Commercial Square (present-day Raffles Place), selling food items such as tea, rice, sugar, ...

1958: Robinsons gains the franchise for Marks and Spencer for Singapore. 1972: The store is destroyed by a fire in Raffles Place that kills nine people and wipes out $21 million worth of property.

LYNETTE TAN ROBINSONS Singapore, one of the oldest retailers in the Republic with more than a century in business, will close down for good following losses in recent years. But its last two stores at ...

SINGAPORE — Department store chain Robinsons recently announced the impending closure of its last two stores in Singapore. With 162 years of history, Robinsons’ fall is a reminder that nothing is too ...