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Retail Asia22/12/2021

Boxed wine is one of Australia’s most extraordinary contributions to the wine industry, also known as cardboardeaux, bag-in-box (BiB), or more commonly. Australian winemaker Thomas Angove patented the design for a one-gallon polyethylene bladder in a cardboard box in 1965, inspired by the ancient method of storing wine in goat skins. The first model required […]

Retail Asia29/09/2020

International actress, Zhang Jing Chu, was invited to celebrate the opening of the Armani Box – Giorgio Armani’s traveling pop-up store – at an exclusive event held on the 11 May in Sanya, on China’s Hainan Island. Within the Sanya International Duty-Free Shopping Complex, the pop-up serves to highlight the brand’s makeup universe and beauty […]

Retail Asia18/03/2020

Swedish furniture chain Ikea and Pizza Hut Hong Kong have teamed up to create a full-sized pizza table shaped exactly like the tiny plastic table (the “sava”) included in pizza boxes. The product is part of a collaboration that has also resulted in a new pizza recipe using Ikea’s meatballs – and comes packed in […]

Retail Asia14/01/2020

Bag and carrying case manufacturer Freitag has opened its fourth outlet in Japan, which was featured in Designboom architectural magazine for its unique interior. The Swiss firm, which creates its products from used truck tarpaulins, has set up an 80sqm distribution center in Kyoto in the vicinity of the ancient Nishiki market and the metropolitan […]

Retail Asia14/01/2020

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Design studio Fyra may have created the “perfect” environment for online shoppers to collect their online orders: Box by Posti, the Finnish postal service. The brightly colored room, which serves as a convenient drop-off for customers to pick up purchases they have made online, has a recycling area, fitting rooms, and product show space. The […]

Retail Asia20/12/2019

Beijing-based e-commerce retailer LightInTheBox achieved US$59.9 million sales in its third quarter to September, up 35 percent year on year. LightInTheBox said third-quarter net income was US$10 million, in contrast to a loss of US$17.8 million in the same quarter a year ago. Taking into account the change in fair value of the convertible promissory […]

Retail Asia21/05/2019

HelloFresh has launched a new in-box sampling service called Tasty Perks, which allows brands to test new products on the meal kit company’s customers for a fee. The in-box advertising program creates a new revenue stream for HelloFresh and gives it additional insights into its customer base. For food and beverage brands, it presents an […]

Retail Asia06/05/2019

International retailer Walmart and Kidbox, the curated childrenswear subscription service, are teaming up to offer Walmart.com customers an exclusive, curated stylebox for kids. The service features an option to receive a seasonal selection, without a styling fee. The new stylebox will offer Walmart.com customers personalised styles selected from more than 120 premium kids’ brands. The […]

Retail Asia13/03/2019

Amazon is field testing a new delivery robot called Scout, which the company describes as a “fully-electric delivery system” designed to safely get packages to customers using autonomous delivery devices. Six robots are initially being tested in a Snohomish County neighbourhood in the U.S. state of Washington, where they’ll be delivering packages Monday through Friday […]

Retail Asia05/03/2019

Nowadays, products purchased online are typically delivered in a big box with bubble wrap for protection. But once the package is safely delivered, the packaging becomes nothing more than waste. Amorepacific, however, has chosen to make use of eco-friendly packaging, adopting paper materials instead of bubble wrap. What seems like a small and insignificant change […]

Retail Asia03/05/2017

Online Korean beauty shop Memebox was known for selling popular K-beauty products to the United States. However, the retailer revealed it will change its model from selling beauty products to focusing on educating consumers about Korean products through information, reviews and tutorials. Though it will continue selling K-beauty products to Korea and China, the site […]

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Australia’s love affair with boxed wine endures

Armani Box on Air Sanya pop up lets customers make their own movies

Ikea and Pizza Hut design table based on pizza box widget

Freitag Japan opens store in Kyoto

tBox by Posti is the “perfect” place to pick up your online orders

LightInTheBox sees strong third-quarter growth

HelloFresh to monetise Tasty Perks

Walmart launched subscription service With Kidbox

Meet Scout, Amazon’s new delivery robot

Amorepacific adopts a new eco-friendly packaging

Memebox will no longer sell Korean beauty products to the US