Tag: Cross border eCommerce

Retail Asia10/01/2017
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Surprisingly, Asia does not feature in the top 10 destinations of Chinese cross-border eCommerce during the holiday season. First to market, DHGate.com, a B2B transactional crossborder eCommerce marketplace, has released lists of the 10 destinations accounting for the largest volumes of shipments during the holiday season. The data includes the highest-selling product categories, the top […]

Retail Asia08/12/2016
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Cross-border eCommerce (CBEC) is set to skyrocket in China according to a new report from international think tank Fung Global Retail & Technology. To capitalise on this, international retailers need to complement their existing expansion strategy with online sales platforms, says Fung Global MD Deborah Weinswig. Cross-border eCommerce is the most efficient platform to reach […]

Retail Asia18/11/2016
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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 […]

Retail Asia17/09/2016
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Chinese cross-border eCommerce has reached a turning point, says new research from Oliver Wyman. Spending online offshore by Mainland Chinese reached RMB 120 billion (US$17.963 billion) in 2015 according to iResearch, and is expected to grow more than 60 per cent, reaching 7 per cent of total Chinese eCommerce value by 2018. However, Oliver Wyman […]

Retail Asia30/06/2016
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Malaysian online payment service iPay88 has entered a collaboration with online payment company PayPal to promote and support cross-border trade for iPay88 merchants. For small businesses in particular, cross-border eCommerce provides a chance to sell to the world, and iPay88 believes the collaboration will enable its merchants to leverage PayPal’s 184 million active accounts and presence […]

Retail Asia14/06/2016
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Chinese etailer Globalegrow says it has taken steps to ensure what foreign customers order is what they get at a time foreign shoppers are increasingly wary of the authenticity of Chinese-sourced products. Globalegrow, whose full name is Shenzhen Global E-Grow Electronic Commerce Co, operates several eCommerce websites in the US, including SammyDress.com, RoseGal.com and Zaful.com, […]

Retail Asia03/06/2016
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Singapore cosmetics startup BeautyFresh is eyeing the eCommerce potential in its home market and broader Asia. Stocking more than 70 international brands including Chanel, Dior, Jo Malone and Nars, the company ensures authenticity of its products by scanning them with ultraviolet light to check for defects. Employees also check to ensure products are not near […]

Retail Asia07/04/2016
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Alibaba Group executive chairman Jack Ma wants to knock down barriers to global eCommerce by creating a business-driven, Internet-based platform that will function something like the World Trade Organization – but without all the controversy. Speaking at the Boao Forum for Asia, the founder of the world’s largest eCommerce company called for the establishment of […]

Retail Asia08/03/2016
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Chinese cross-border eCommerce will rise at a rate of 18 per cent annually through to 2020, predicts market research house Mintel in a new report. Mintel’s Haitao Retailing says Chinese spending on cross-border eCommerce soared more than 60 per cent in 2015. “The reason we chose to do this report was both due to Haitao […]

Retail Asia22/02/2016
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Unrestricted by geographic borders, today’s consumers are buying from international merchants more than ever before. While B2C eCommerce sales in Asia Pacific are projected to increase at moderate double-digit rates through to 2019, consumers are increasingly expecting brands to maintain service levels with prompt delivery and regular updates on their order status. Nevertheless, retailers serving eCommerce […]

Retail Asia29/01/2016
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Mainland Chinese shoppers increased their spending on luxury goods overseas by 10 per cent last year according to new research from Bain & Company. The increase comes as a surprise given the significant slowdown in China’s economic growth, the much-publicised clampdown on gift-giving and the struggle of Hong Kong watch and jewellery retailers over the […]

Retail Asia30/12/2015
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Rakuten, Japan’s largest eCommerce company, is to open an online flagship on Chinese cross-border eCommerce platform JD.com. The Japanese company says it aims to take “the best Japanese products to Chinese consumers”. It launched a beta version of the new marketplace on JD Worldwide earlier this month. Plans are under way to expand the merchandise […]

Retail Asia17/11/2015
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If you’re an Asian SME and a retailer and you are not pursuing an export strategy – you’re missing out, according to a study completed by FedEx. Small- to medium-size enterprises throughout Asia Pacific that export to overseas markets are twice as likely to be experiencing growth of 11 per cent or more than SMEs […]

Retail Asia22/10/2015
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Yi Hua Department Store Holdings has entered into a strategic purchasing pact with China Merchants Food to jointly develop cross-border eCommerce and bonded merchandise business. Yi Hua operates a group of retail businesses in Mainland China, including supermarkets, department stores, electrical appliance retailers and furniture stores, and provides consulting and planning services. Since August this […]

Retail Asia23/09/2015
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Cainiao, Alibaba Group’s logistics affiliate, has agreed to work with the US Postal Service to speed delivery of merchandise ordered by US consumers on Alibaba’s international online shopping platforms. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Cainiao and the US’s national mail carrier agreed to collaborate on the development of enhanced shipping solutions for cross-border eCommerce. […]

Retail Asia10/02/2015
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After years of tepid growth, sales at several Australian vitamins, minerals, and supplements companies suddenly shot up by 20, 30, or even 40 per cent in 2015. For those who know what happened in China in 2014, the source of this growth probably isn’t a big mystery: Regulators expanded a tax exemption to cross-border eCommerce. […]


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