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Retail Asia23/02/2022

Amazon is suing two websites that allegedly used their networks of more than 900,000 users to post fake reviews to e-commerce marketplaces. AppSally and Rebatest operate as “fake review brokers,” Amazon said in an announcement. In AppSally’s case, the website allows merchants to buy Amazon reviews for as little as $20. Rebatest, on the other hand, […]

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Retail Asia23/02/2022

Amazon has done something that Google either couldn’t or subsequently decided not to do. That is to increase the integration between its cloud gaming service and its video platform by making the games on the gaming service directly accessible from the company’s video platform. As first spotted by Vet Cloud Gaming, then shared in a tweet […]

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Retail Asia17/01/2022

M1 Limited (M1), one of Singapore’s leading Mobile Network Operators (MNO), announced its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), to launch Maxine, a VoiceBot for M1’s hotlines. Maxine is built on Amazon Connect, AWS’s omnichannel cloud-based contact center service that helps improve contact center agent productivity and end-user customer experiences. Powered by AWS Artificial Intelligence […]

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Retail Asia12/01/2022

Amazon and Future Group have been stuck in a contentious business conflict for more than a year, which has stalled Futures $3.4 billion cash transfer to US rival Reliance Industries, with no end in sight. Here’s what the controversy is about, which is thought to be the driver of who has a say in one […]

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Retail Asia12/01/2022

This will launch an extensive product range and offer free scheduled delivery. Amazon Singapore and Watsons entered a partnership to launch a wider range of beauty, health, and personal care products on Amazon.sg through a dedicated storefront. According to Amazon, Prime members will find products available on Watson’s storefront from various brands such as as […]

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Retail Asia11/01/2022

Stellantis owned RAM is also slated to go EV first sometime by the end of the decade. Stellantis announced a bunch of partnerships at CES especially big ones with Amazon, but hidden within them was a footnote around RAM’s upcoming ProMaster electric van which will launch in 2023. Amazon will become its first commercial customer. […]

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Retail Asia06/01/2022

Amazon.com Inc and Stellantis NV said Wednesday they will collaborate to develop cars and trucks with Amazon software in the dashboards and deploy electric vans made by Stellantis on Amazon’s delivery network. The agreements expand Amazon’s efforts to get a bigger foothold in the transportation industry and could help Stellantis close the gap with Tesla […]

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Retail Asia27/12/2021

Microsoft Corp said on Friday it will not participate in person at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 in Las Vegas, joining a list of companies opting not to have a physical presence at next month’s event on concerns over the rapid spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The U.S. software giant added that it […]

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Retail Asia09/12/2021

Alexa Together is the new subscription-based service for elders launched by Amazon. It’s an upgrade to the existing Care Hub service and it costs $19.99 per month or $199 per year. Besides the basic features offered by Alexa Care Hub, the new service provides seniors with additional benefits. These additional benefits include access to an emergency […]

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Retail Asia03/12/2021

Jewelry maker Pandora would prefer to invest in physical stores or its own online sales platform rather than join large e-commerce marketplaces like Amazon or Farfetch, its chief executive said on Wednesday. “If you’re a small and unknown brand, marketplaces offer a great opportunity, because they provide you with an audience. I already have an […]

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Retail Asia24/11/2021

Amazon’s latest spat with Visa shows big retailers, armed with a growing array of payment options, are gaining the upper hand in their power struggle with card providers, but it’s not a crisis for the payment company. Amazon said last week that it would stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the United Kingdom from […]

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Retail Asia12/11/2021

if you want people to use your application and give you their money and information, you must provide them with speed, efficiency or time savings in exchange. The average user looks at his phone 150 times a day (and rising), but each of those interactions is growing shorter. Users perceive value when their technology interfaces […]

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Retail Asia09/11/2021

Rivian which is one of the most well capitalized electric car startup’s has been making waves with its R1T and R1S electric pickup and SUV. But aside from this on the bedrock of a huge investment from e-commerce giant Amazon and Ford, Rivian has also been making an electric van which is meant for logistics […]

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Retail Asia20/10/2021

Nine big companies including Amazon, Ikea and Unilever have signed up to a pledge to only move cargo on ships using zero-carbon fuel by 2040. They hope the “aggressive” target will push the heavily polluting shipping industry to decarbonize faster. Cargo shipping produces one billion tonnes of climate pollution each year – as much as […]

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Retail Asia29/09/2021

The decline of brick-and-mortar retail has long been discussed in the industry, to the extent that some alarmists started to talk about its inevitable death. However, recent reports of Amazon’s plans to create a network of physical retail outlets demonstrates that in-store shopping is far from ending up on life-support. In fact, brick-and-mortar retail still […]

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Retail Asia10/09/2021

Amazon.com is working on a new type of point-of-sale system that can be sold to third-party sellers. The new system can handle both online and offline transactions and can also link to other services including Prime and Flex, the report added, citing an internal document. The move will allow Amazon to compete with Canada’s Shopify […]

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Retail Asia02/09/2021

Global online retailer Amazon and South Korean e-commerce platform 11st launched the Amazon Global Store on 11st on Tuesday. The move has made it easier to buy tens of millions of products available on Amazon’s US website, ranging from PCs, toys and fashion to electronics, with free shipping on orders over 28,000 won ($24). Though […]

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Retail Asia02/09/2021

Global online retailer Amazon and South Korean e-commerce platform 11st launched the Amazon Global Store on 11st on Tuesday. The move has made it easier to buy tens of millions of products available on Amazon’s US website, ranging from PCs, toys and fashion to electronics, with free shipping on orders over 28,000 won ($24). Though […]

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Retail Asia01/09/2021

Pattern recently hosted a virtual round table that focused on consumer behaviors, beliefs and actions when it comes to Amazon Australia. Since entering the Australian market in December 2017, Amazon has seen tremendous growth in both its gross revenue and their consumer following according to our 2021 Amazon Shopper Report. Hosted by Pattern Australia’s General Manager, Merline […]

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Retail Asia20/08/2021

Now that it’s officially swallowed the lion’s share of online retail sales, Amazon is reportedly eyeing ways to corner our offline shopping, too. The e-commerce giant is drumming up plans to open “several” department-style stores in a handful of cities across the U.S. People familiar with the matter told the paper that these stores would […]

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