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18/04/2024 Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is considering a manufacturing facility in Indonesia ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Google Maps to show alternate transit and walking directions along with driving routes ( General )
17/04/2024 Apple releases iOS 17.5 beta 2 giving EU iPhone users more unique capabilities ( E-Tailing )
17/04/2024 WhatsApp rolls out new chat filters to help you locate unread and group conversations ( General )
16/04/2024 Google Chat working on adding group audio and video call function within Gmail Spaces ( General )
15/04/2024 Tim Cook arrives in Vietnam ( Electronics )
15/04/2024 Vietravel Airlines reports first profits in 3 years ( General )
11/04/2024 Samsung adds more language availability within Galaxy AI ( Electronics )
11/04/2024 YouTube Music promises Podcasts will get better on the platform ( General )
09/04/2024 WhatsApp to roll out new photo library shortcut for faster sharing ( General )
09/04/2024 Google Messages will soon start to warn you when tapping on links sent by unknown senders ( General )
08/04/2024 Siri might end up King in the realm of digital assistants after iOS 18 AI makeover ( Electronics )
05/04/2024 Google’s “Find My Device” network reportedly launching in 3 days ( General )
04/04/2024 Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp users are reporting a “Major Disruption” worldwide ( General )

Retail Asia23/08/2022

Personalization – you’re doing it wrong. There are only a handful of trends or innovations in the world of loyalty marketing that can cause as much global stir as personalization does. And even though most companies have a pretty common understanding of what it is – an act of tailoring an experience or communication to […]

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Retail Asia04/08/2022

Retailers across the Southeast Asian region are under tremendous supply chain pressure due to increased demand for online orders, hyper-competitive pricing and faster delivery times. For online orders, customers want the cheapest price, shortest delivery time, up-to-date information on stock availability, access to the real-time status of their orders, and seamless return options. On top […]

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Retail Asia29/07/2022

In the next three years, 5G connections across the globe will reach 400 million, according to a recent study by the Global Systems of Mobile Communications Association (GSMA). Its Mobile Economy Asia Pacific 2022 report suggests that 148 million of these connections will include the Asia Pacific, with 333 million new mobile internet users in […]

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Retail Asia15/07/2022

Over the past decade retailers faced the challenge of managing their own digital transformation, while simultaneously scrambling to serve the needs of a younger and increasingly online-savvy audience – generally accepted as being digitally native. Today, brands are additionally tested to plan and accommodate for the increasing buying power of the emerging 11-24 age group […]

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Retail Asia15/07/2022

Brand loyalty in the retail sector is on life support. In a fragmented omnichannel environment, comparison shopping, household budgetary pressures and online price transparency are driving declines in customer loyalty – and leading to tighter margins in the retail sector. As traditional retailers struggle to find a competitive edge in such a market, brick-and-mortar stores […]

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Retail Asia16/06/2022

We are constantly being reminded that we are living through one of the greatest periods of disruption in history. Working and shopping patterns have changed, and supply chain disruptions affecting on-shelf availability and lead times have practically become commonplace throughout the pandemic. In Southeast Asia, the recent eCommerce boom has seen an influx of 70 […]

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Retail Asia14/06/2022

As a Senior Vice President for the Affiliate business for Lazada Southeast Asia, I look after the channels user growth and revenues. I was fascinated by the potential of e-commerce in Asia as I was fortunate to be part of the International expansion team for Amazon. Over the past 10 years I have been part […]

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Retail Asia14/06/2022

Only four percent of workers believe that technology did not play a role in their ability to serve customers today Research by Humanforce, a provider of intelligent workforce management solutions, has shown seventy-four percent of frontline workers in Australia, including retail staff, believe that technology plays a critical role in customer service today. Alarmingly, while […]

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Retail Asia24/05/2022

Cryptominers are powering down operations, even selling equipment, as cryptocurrency prices continue to plummet. Nguyen Binh, a cryptominer in the southern Dong Nai Province, said his rigs can mine almost one Ethereum (around $2,000) a month, but hardly breaks even. “Electricity bills have taken away half of what I earned. With depreciation and operation and […]

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Retail Asia09/05/2022

Retailers across the APAC region have had to quickly adapt to changing operating conditions over the previous two years, leading to many adopting new technologies and solutions to better serve customers across whichever touchpoints or platforms they prefer. As learned pandemic behaviours become the default setting for millions of consumers across the region, brands will […]

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Retail Asia06/04/2022

Mobile money adoption and use saw continued growth in 2021, processing a record $1 trillion annually, according to the GSMA’s 10th annual “State of the industry report on mobile money”. The industry enjoyed a substantial increase in the number of registered accounts, up 18% since 2020 to reach 1.35 billion globally. The volume of person-to-person transactions […]

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Retail Asia04/04/2022

Backed by Greenpeace USA, a group of environmentalists wants bitcoin to switch from its current method of mining to a more energy-efficient model. An upgrade of the cryptocurrency Ethereum is planned for next summer. The big question here is whether it will be possible to switch to a more environmentally friendly scheme for mining. The only […]

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Retail Asia28/03/2022

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Internet connectivity became less affordable around the world in 2021, according to the latest statistical analysis by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI). The share of people’s incomes spent on fixed broadband and mobile Internet services increased globally last year, in parallel with upticks in demand and usage compared […]

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Retail Asia22/03/2022

Vietnamese startups have great expectations of the blockchain technology, envisaging practical e-commerce and entertainment impacts as the country pursues digital transformation. “We dream of becoming a billion-dollar company,” said Nguyen Tuan Quynh, chairman of book distributor Saigon Books, as he talked about a new project which uses blockchain in podcast and audiobook production. He said […]

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Retail Asia17/03/2022

Solid economic growth averaging roughly 4% annually since 2000 along with the country’s solid industrial and export base has fuelled a steady rise in domestic income across all income levels over the past decade and a half, leading directly to a rise in consumer spending power. Although the sector has been buffered by several shocks […]

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Retail Asia08/03/2022

Lack of technology options limiting retail workplace flexibility, forcing 62% of employees to work at multiple businesses to get the number of shifts they need Research by Humanforce, a provider of intelligent workforce management solutions, has shown that in spite of a talent shortage across many key industries today, 67% of Australian part-time and casual […]

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Retail Asia08/02/2022

The Asian retail landscape is significantly challenged today. With supply chain issues impacting on stock levels, increasing volumes of returns and increased customer expectations in relation to online deliveries – local brands will have a hard time in satisfying customers in 2022. As a result, retailers will find that they quickly need to adopt new […]

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Retail Asia25/11/2021

Providing productivity, space efficiency, speed, and accuracy – with the bonus of increased safety and social distancing. An Advanced Grocery Online Fulfilment Centre – Scaling Up to Meet Growing Demand Occupying 32,500 square metres (350,000 square feet), one of the largest logistics facilities in the country belongs to the biggest online grocery platform in Singapore […]

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Retail Asia28/10/2021

While ecommerce has been a lifeline for many retailers over the last 18 months, the inadvertent explosion of returns has manifested itself as a major pain-point too. These days many retailers are struggling to address how to get the vast volumes of goods bought online returned either to stores, pickup-points or distribution hubs accurately, and back into your inventory […]

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Retail Asia12/10/2021

Cloud-Ready Data Center solutions from Juniper Networks enable businesses to simplify operations and experience with a modern, automated data center. Vietnam is one of 10 emerging markets in the global data center sector, with an impressive growth rate of $858 million in 2020, and is predicted to have a compound growth rate of nearly 15 […]

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