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Retail Asia18/07/2017
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E-Tailing

Toby’s Sports to expand online

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Philippines-founded retailer Toby’s Sports has launched a new e-commerce site as it marks its 40th anniversary. “Our e-commerce platform was completely revamped and we have since added multiple services to allow for a more convenient shopping experience,” explains Toby Claudio, president of Quorum International, parent of Toby’s Sports. The site features a wide range of […]
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Retail Asia18/07/2017
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E-Tailing

Korea needs to draw long-term growth plan for startups

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Korea has leaped into being one of Asia’s leading economic powerhouses in less than a century after the post-war devastation back in the early 1950s. Many attribute the rapid growth to the nation’s tough working culture — represented by an obsession to generate short-term, outstanding outcomes mainly in the business circle. This has brought about such […]
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Retail Asia18/07/2017
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E-Tailing

Ensogo Philippines to shut down

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Ensogo Philippines will be closed down along with the online retailers’ other sites across Southeast Asia. Following the resignation of its co-founder Kris Marszalek, the Singapore-based tech company said it will cut its financial support to its sales and marketplace business units in Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines. “These business units will be […]
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Retail Asia17/07/2017
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E-Tailing

Alibaba project in Thailand to support Asean e-commerce

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Alibaba Group has pledged to build an e-commerce park in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) to serve the burgeoning Asean e-commerce market, says Industry Minister Uttama Savanayana. Covering 300 rai (50ha), the park will serve as the centre of Alibaba’s logistics business in Asean, he says. The Chinese e-commerce giant expects to sign the project’s […]
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Retail Asia17/07/2017
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E-Tailing

Zalora embarks on company-wide project to deliver operational speed to employees

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SAP announced that ZALORA has selected SAP S/4HANA to enhance its operational capabilities and streamline processes for real-time business decisions. Founded in 2012, ZALORA is Asia’s online fashion destination, serving markets across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. With more than 30,000 products online from over 500 international and local labels, ZALORA provides fashionistas access to […]
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Retail Asia14/07/2017
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E-Tailing

Singapore sets e-commerce target for growth

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Singapore has set a three-year target to grow the share of e-commerce from the current 3 per cent to 10 per cent of total receipts. This would match where China was three years ago, according to Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Sim Ann. She told Parliament that benchmarked against the 2014 figures […]
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Retail Asia14/07/2017
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E-Tailing

India’s Flipkart planning offline venture

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India’s Flipkart is planning to enter the brick-and-mortar space as a master franchisee for foreign brands. This follows other e-commerce companies opening on-ground ventures as the online market slows down. Flipkart is already in advanced talks with Giordano for a licensing deal to sell the Hong Kong­ apparel and accessory retailer’s products both offline and […]
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Retail Asia13/07/2017
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E-Tailing

JD.com buys into Farfetch fashion site

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Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has made its largest overseas investment ever, in online Farfetch fashion marketplace. JD.com has bought a US$397 million stake in Farfetch, solidifying a partnership that will see its CEO Richard Liu take a place on the UK company’s board. It will also make JD.com one of Farfetch’s largest shareholders. This comes […]
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Retail Asia13/07/2017
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E-Tailing

Microsoft expands local presence

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Microsoft is looking to extend its local retail footprint, yesterday launching a virtual store on Ebay. The tech giant said it is looking to tap into the 11.3 million monthly visitors that visit the online marketplace, with one in two online shoppers visiting the site. It represents a three-fold tilt at Aussie consumers with the Ebay […]
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Retail Asia13/07/2017
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E-Tailing

How to fight Amazon

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Supercheap Auto unveiled their national flagship on 28 June calling it a “customer experience centre” while downplaying the impact of Amazon. Meanwhile other retailers, rather than wallowing in self pity, are also taking steps to minimise the impact of Amazon. One such initiative is the creation of own brands (not a new idea) and tying up exclusive […]
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Retail Asia12/07/2017
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E-Tailing

Japan’s Rakuten retail site bans ivory sales

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One of Japan’s largest online retailers has banned the sale of ivory, closing a major marketplace for the controversial trade. Rakuten is accused of being the world’s largest online retailer for elephant ivory, but will now phase out its sale. The trade is legal in Japan for items imported before 1989 – but no new […]
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Retail Asia10/07/2017
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E-Tailing

Alibaba launches low-cost voice assistant amid AI drive

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The Chinese device costs significantly less than counterparts by Amazon and Google. China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd launched on Wednesday a cut-price voice assistant speaker, similar to Amazon.com Inc’s “Echo”, its first foray into artificially intelligent home devices. The “Tmall Genie”, named after the company’s e-commerce platform Tmall, costs 499 yuan ($73.42), significantly less than […]
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Retail Asia10/07/2017
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E-Tailing

The Alibaba Group is ready to do business in Macau

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Alibaba Group Holding Limited has had its application for trademark protection accepted in Macau, enabling the Chinese e-commerce giant to enter the MSAR with a series of products. Brands Ant Star, Ant Star Bank, Alimebot, 阿里蜜，星匯，星安，智惠，星匯銀行，智惠銀行, are now able to create and commercialise in Macau products ranging from newspapers and magazines to credit and debit cards, scientific and nautical […]
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Retail Asia07/07/2017
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E-Tailing

Amazon prepares to take on South Korean e-commerce

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Amazon is preparing to expand competition in the Korean online retail market, as evidenced by a recent wave of advertisements for positions in its office in Seoul. In the last week alone, the e-commerce giant advertised for 49 full-time positions and internships in Seoul, many within Global Selling, Marketing, and Business Development. To date, Amazon’s business in South Korea has […]
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Retail Asia05/07/2017
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E-Tailing

Indonesia sets tariff ranges for online car-hailing services

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Indonesia set minimum and maximum tariffs for online car-hailing services in a bid to ensure comparable pricing with conventional transport providers and address complaints of undercutting, sending shares of the nation’s top two taxi firms soaring. Ride-hailing services such as US group Uber Technologies Inc, Southeast Asia’s Grab and Indonesia’s GO-JEK have heavily subsidised their […]
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Retail Asia05/07/2017
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E-Tailing

Can Alibaba realize its global ambitions?

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Jack Ma, the man who turned Alibaba into China’s dominant e-commerce platform, now has his sights set on global domination. Over the past year, Ma met business leaders and head of states in many countries to introduce his grand vision: small businesses from all corners of the world trading freely and securely on Alibaba’s platform. His goals are […]
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Retail Asia04/07/2017
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E-Tailing

Capitalising on China’s cross-border e-commerce market

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Attendees of the dialogue on GMS Cross-border E-commerce Cooperation Platform held in Yunnan province, China earlier this month discussed how to develop cross-border e-commerce businesses of ASEAN countries. More than 100 representatives from e-commerce companies and associations from the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) comprising Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam as well as Yunnan Province […]
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