SSI Group scouting for Asean brand acquisitions

ON a roll in expanding its luxury retail brands, Tantoco-led SSI Group Inc. has set its sights on acquiring more brands in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) region.

“We continue to seek brands and suppliers that manufacture within the Asean region that would allow us to make the most of Asean free trade agreement. That is a key to our expansion and success in the recent past – to expand our retail concepts in new geographic areas,” SSI President Anthony T. Huang said after the Invest Asean Forum on Wednesday.