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Retail Asia24/11/2016
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E-Tailing

Rakuten Books expands store pickups

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Customers of Rakuten Books can now pick up their online purchases at Lawson convenience stores across Japan. This follows the forming of a collaboration between Rakuten and the Lawson chain, which has 11,922 stores around Japan, plus 100 Lawson Store outlets. Customers who buy products from Rakuten Books can pick up their purchases from the […]
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Retail Asia23/11/2016
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E-Tailing

How to generate brand love on Singles Day

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Singles Day is no longer just about Alibaba. It’s more like Black Monday or Christmas, a nation-wide shopping event, covering everybody looking for great deals, not just the singletons, as it was originally conceived. Alibaba founder Jack Ma said last year that his dream was to extend this shopping extravaganza beyond China, and establish a […]
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Retail Asia23/11/2016
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Alibaba eyes young, savvy Indonesia market

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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group sees “huge potential” in the Indonesian market as the government, through a recent e-commerce road map, pushes efforts in developing the sector to make the country the biggest digital economy in Southeast Asia by 2020. Alibaba Group vice chairman Joseph Tsai said the diversified company — which has assets in […]
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Retail Asia23/11/2016
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Starbucks launches mobile payment app in Indonesia

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Starbucks recently launched a mobile application in Indonesia to allow customers to pay for in-store purchases at the coffee marker’s more than 260 stores across the country. Building on the cashless payment system Starbucks Indonesia introduced in 2013 with Starbucks Card, the move is part of the broader plan to expand the company’s digital ecosystem. […]
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Retail Asia23/11/2016
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E-Tailing

Stores in China using apps to increase foot traffic

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A growing number of retail stores in China are using specially designed apps to track shoppers’ behavior in a bid to boost sales. Yo-ren, an information technology startup, has developed an app to collect information about members enrolled in reward programs offered by stores. Convenience store operator Lawson has introduced the app at select locations in […]
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Retail Asia22/11/2016
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Boycott China? Dragon now angel for Indian startups

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‘Boycott China’ messages may have become routine on WhatsApp in India. But in the startup world, India and China are drawing closer. Chinese firms and funds have become big investors in Indian startups , and they are becoming particularly useful now as US funds slow down. Beijing Miteno Communication Technology, a Chinese tech conglomerate, made […]
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Retail Asia22/11/2016
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Alibaba investing in Sanjiang Shopping Club

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Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba Group Holding plans to invest 2.1 billion yuan (US$305 million) in supermarket chain Sanjiang Shopping Club. Sanjiang’s share were suspended by the Shanghai stock exchange on November 8, with trading resuming today. Under the terms of the deal, according to stock-exchange filings, Alibaba will subscribe to a private placement in Sanjiang, […]
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Retail Asia21/11/2016
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Tencent revenues up 13pc

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Third-quarter revenues grew by 13 per cent to RMB40.388 billion (US$5.951 billion) for China’s Tencent Holdings, an investment holding company whose subsidiaries provide media, entertainment, internet and mobile-phone value-added services, and online advertising. Tencent revenues from value-added services business increased by 9 per cent to RMB27.975 billion for the quarter, while revenues from online games revenues […]
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Retail Asia21/11/2016
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7-Eleven offers 24×7 e-commerce service

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Convenience store chain operator 7-Eleven Malaysia is jumping on the bandwagon in e-commerce by offering parcel locker services in some of its outlets to facilitate delivery for online shopping. The service is expected to start this month, says 7-Eleven Malaysia chief executive officer Gary Brown at the Asia Pacific Retail Congress in Kuala Lumpur recently. […]
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Retail Asia19/11/2016
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Korean online beauty site sees payments as game changer

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Southeast Asia’s largest online Korean beauty site Althea has partnered with global payments company Adyen to provide its customers a frictionless payment experience. “We recognize that the checkout and payment process is often the most important stage in the customer journey. The journey rarely ends when the ‘buy’ button is clicked,” said Jae Kim, Co-Founder […]
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Retail Asia19/11/2016
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Adyen supports WeChat Pay globally

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Global payments technology provider Adyen has added WeChat Pay support to help businesses worldwide sell to customers in China and Hong Kong. Adyen provides the payment infrastructure for multiple major internet companies including Uber, Facebook and Neflix. With the agreement, Adyen will be the first payment service provider to support WeChat Pay on a global […]
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Retail Asia19/11/2016
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Google Android Pay lands in Hong Kong

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Google may be blocked in mainland China, but it’s Android Pay mobile payment service has just launched in the freer environs of Hong Kong. The mobile payment service from the American Internet company has launched in Hong Kong and is now available at thousands of retail outlets. Android Pay is a “one-click payment” service launched […]
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Retail Asia18/11/2016
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Asia Pacific leads for mobile cross-border shopping

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Asia Pacific leads the world in mobile cross-border shopping, according to the third PayPal Annual Global Report, released in conjunction with global market research company Ipsos. With its investigation of the online domestic and cross-border shopping habits of more than 28,000 consumers in 32 countries, the report reveals international opportunities for merchants. Of the Asia […]
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Retail Asia17/11/2016
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E-Tailing

Cashless society push will speed smart city development in Malaysia

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Malaysia’s Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC), smart city enabler Cyberview and Mastercard have signed an agreement to support the Malaysian government’s push towards a cashless society. During the recent signing of the memorandum of agreement at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Cyberview’s managing director Dato’ Faris Yahaya said that a […]
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Retail Asia17/11/2016
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E-Tailing

RideCell Delivers Global Carsharing And Ridesharing Platform For Automakers

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RideCell, the developer of a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform for leading automakers and transit providers globally, unveiled today at AutoMobility LA the worldwide release of its multiservice platform that allows car manufacturers to provide on-demand mobility when it’s needed and where it’s needed. By integrating ridesharing and carsharing into a single platform, RideCell makes it easy […]
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Retail Asia16/11/2016
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Chinese shoppers lead way in digital commerce

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While digital commerce is strong in the world’s two largest economies, Chinese shoppers use smartphones and tablets more than shoppers in the US. This is shown in a new study from IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) and IAB China, Understanding Digital Commerce in the US and China. Conducted by consulting firm Hypothesis Group, the research shows […]
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Retail Asia16/11/2016
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Matahari Department Store Launches MatahariStore.com

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The launch of MatahariStore.com has provided more opportunities for the company and for the development of online and retail industries in Indonesia as research from Google and Temasek shows that e-commerce will contribute to nearly 60 percent of Indonesia’s overall online market, leaving behind online ticketing and ride-hailing booking services. “Through the retail stores, mobile applications […]
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