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Retail Asia02/06/2017

Longchamp and Burberry have arrange shops on WeChat, China’s prime messenger app. In addition to chatting with buddies and idly thumbing via their social feeds, now you can purchase luxurious baggage off China’s largest social app, WeChat. The nation’s hottest messenger app — which boasted almost 900 million day by day customers final year — […]

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Retail Asia02/06/2017

Retail giant Amazon has launched direct cargo flights from the US to Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province. The planes which were carrying products, including food, clothes and household appliances ordered by Chinese buyers, flew from New York, Chicago and Los Angels to the Chinese transportation hub, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. Zhengzhou […]

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Retail Asia01/06/2017

YouAppi, a leading mobile growth marketing platform for premium mobile brands, today announced the expansion of the company’s Indonesia office led by Southeast Asia Country Manager Anna Mareta. YouAppi, founded in 2011, is a leading global growth marketing platform, enabling marketers to find the right mobile users at the right price. From brand awareness to […]

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Retail Asia01/06/2017

It’s one country, two systems for Alipay as it focuses on retail payments in Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, with a separate mobile app from the one it uses on the mainland. Alipay announced the launch of its Hong Kong version e-wallet Alipay HK, which is the first time for this Internet […]

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Retail Asia31/05/2017

Global hospitality marketplace Airbnb will expand its business in Indonesia as it considers the country to be one of the most important markets in the Asia-Pacific. Airbnb’s country manager for Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Robin Kwok, said that Indonesia is one of the fastest growing countries in terms of inbound travel, with nearly 38,000 local homes currently listed on its rental […]

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Retail Asia31/05/2017

The ride hailing company releases business data for the first time, one year after launching its motorbike service in Vietnam. More than 20,000 Vietnamese men and women have registered to work as motorbike taxi drivers for Uber, a representative of the ride hailing company said Sunday. Dang Viet Dung, general manager of Uber Vietnam, did […]

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Retail Asia31/05/2017

App-based transportation services Uber has joined hands with multimodal transport app Trafi to help residents in Greater Jakarta, or Jabodetabek, combine public transport and ridesharing services. Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs of Uber Indonesia John Colombo said that the partnership will allow Uber users to choose various types of public transport in Trafi […]

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Retail Asia29/05/2017

E-commerce in Viet Nam is more developed than some Southeast Asian countries and is poised to expand in coming years, according to a market research company. Ashish Kanchan, managing director of Kantar TNS Vietnam, said e-commerce is growing quite positively in Vietnam. He classified e-commerce development into three groups — developing customer education for e-commerce, […]

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Retail Asia26/05/2017

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Alibaba and its finance affiliate, Ant Financial, are in talks to lead a round of at least US$1 billion into Ele.me, one of China’s leading food delivery startups, according to anonymous sources that spoke to us. The fresh boost in capital will value Ele.me at US$5.5 billion to US$6 billion, and will help the startup […]

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Retail Asia26/05/2017

Alibaba’s Mobile Business Group on Thursday said Young Li has been elevated as the head of International Business Department, and in his new role he will be in charge of the overseas business of UCWeb.Young has previously headed the UC News where he spearheaded the product in markets such as India and Indonesia. ”Young and […]

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Retail Asia25/05/2017

German supermarket chain lidl launched its own web shop in China on Alibaba’s online platform, Tmall Global, similar to what many other Western companies have done. The web shop, launched this week, will offer several of Lidl’s private labels. European products have been very popular in China and Lidl therefore wants to introduce its Combino, Bellarom […]

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Retail Asia24/05/2017

Jabong, India’s leading online fashion retailer, launches the ‘Jabong Mood Store’, which redefines how India shops for fashion online. The Mood Store is the first-ever comprehensive fashion store that allows consumers to shop the entire look per their mood. The store is based on deep consumer understanding and analytics around preferences of the Indian fashion […]

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Retail Asia24/05/2017

IndieDish was announced winner of the TOP 100 Fight Club Thailand at Echelon Thailand 2017, an enriching two-day tech conference organised by e27, in collaboration with Startup Thailand and the National Innovation Agency. Echelon Thailand 2017 is a digital insight, connections, talent, and funding platform crafted to connect people across Thailand, the gateway to Asia’s thriving […]

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Retail Asia24/05/2017

By January 2017, Vietnam was home to almost 47.2 million mobile internet users, half of the country’s population, according to the report “Vietnam Digital Landscape 2017” by We Are Social. Some 39 percent of the population have purchased products or services online, of them 29 percent have placed at least one online order via a […]

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Retail Asia24/05/2017

Alibaba Group’s first-quarter revenues surpassed industry estimates for the three-month period ending March, as the Chinese e-commerce giant witnessed strong growth in new business lines beyond online shopping. Total revenues for the last quarter reached 38.6 billion yuan (US$5.6bil), well above an average forecast of 36 billion yuan according to Thomson Reuters. “Our revenue base […]

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Retail Asia23/05/2017

An innovative restaurant booking app by chat recently penetrated the Hong Kong market. Alexandre Sonier, co-founder of the application BistroChat, defines it as being similar to “having WhatsApp, but with restaurant contacts instead”. Its features let its users chat directly with the staff to make restaurant bookings easy, hence making it unique in Asia Pacific. […]

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Retail Asia22/05/2017

China’s JD is reportedly currently negotiating with PT Tokopedia, an e-commerce company in Indonesia, for a potential investment deal. If an agreement can be reached, it will help JD accelerate its expansion in Indonesia, one of the largest markets in Southeast Asia. JD has implemented initial negotiation and the Chinese e-commerce giant may invest hundreds […]

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Retail Asia19/05/2017

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Who’s winning the hearts of consumers online? Pure-play e-commerce businesses or e-tailers, traditional retailers who have entered the online area? This analysis is based on our market reports, where we analyze over 400 popular e-commerce websites in Asia. The traffic and engagement data you see here is sourced from a third-party, independent source called SimilarWeb. […]

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Retail Asia19/05/2017

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Shares of Walmart gained more than 3% on Thursday after the company posted better-than-expected earnings results. Despite a brutal industry landscape, America’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer is thriving thanks to its success in key segments. One of the biggest takeaways from Walmart’s latest report is the growth of its e-commerce unit. In an effort to catch up […]

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Retail Asia18/05/2017

Alibaba Group’s 2016 net profit missed analysts’ estimates, even as revenue soared to a record, as a larger tax bill and investments in cloud computing weighed on results and crimped income from China’s growing preference for online shopping. Net income fell 42 per cent to 41.23 billion yuan in the year ended March 31, even […]

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