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Retail Asia06/06/2019

If you think about what your home was like even just a few years ago, life was very different. Think about what grocery shopping was like. You’d open your fridge door to check out what’s missing, scribble down on a notebook a shopping list of what you need, turn off the aircon and switch on […]

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Retail Asia03/06/2019

EBay Australia is mailing its first-ever printed catalog to two million Australian households on Tuesday to remind customers that 90 percent of the products on its platform is brand new. The 16-page catalog contains over 100 items from the 40,000 Australian retailers that sell on the online marketplace, which is by far the most visited […]

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Retail Asia03/05/2019

Citibank Singapore announced that it is the first bank in Singapore to introduce instant in-principle approval for debt consolidation plans. Customers applying online for Citibank Singapore’s debt consolidation plan will receive an immediate indication of their application status, as the bank is the first in Singapore to offer eligible customers instant in-principle approval. «The ability […]

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Retail Asia02/05/2019

The fiber network unit Reliance Jio Infocomm is reportedly planning to raise around 270 billion rupees ($3.89 billion) in syndicated loans to help expand the newly created infrastructure business. Jio Digital Fiber plans to use the proceeds to expand its business and allow it to serve external customers from the telecom, ISP, power and other sectors. Reliance […]

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Retail Asia29/04/2019

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A sister company of Google has been given the green light to launch drone delivery in Australia after years of test flights. The drone company Wing, owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, was given permission this week to deliver takeaway food and drinks and over-the-counter medicines by drone to about 100 homes in Canberra. Wing, which […]

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Retail Asia22/04/2019

Australian jewellery retailer Secrets is gearing up for international expansion online, with New Zealand slated to be its next major market. Customers in New Zealand can currently order from the Australian Secrets website, and while details are scarce, the retailer said in a statement that it will be launching a New Zealand website mid-year to […]

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Retail Asia18/04/2019

Swedish fast fashion retailer H&M announced it will add more information to its products on its website later this month as part of a move to create greater product transparency. The new information will allow H&M customers to find out which factory produced a given garment, the material composition and solutions for re-using and recycling products […]

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Retail Asia16/04/2019

Singapore operator M1 has partnered with the nation’s United Overseas Bank (UOB) to offer PayNow as a payment mode for M1 customers. Under the agreement, M1 customers can now make mobile payments for purchases via PayNow at all M1 Shop outlets, as well as make monthly bill payments via PayNow by scanning the QR Code on the […]

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Retail Asia03/04/2019

Singtel has announced the launch of an all-digital mobile service plan targeted at technology-savvy Millennial customers. The new product, GOMO Mobile, offers functionality including immediate online sign up and same-day SIM card delivery, 24/7 live chat for customer service inquiries and a dedicated customer care app. The S$20 GOMO Mobile plan includes 20GB of data, […]

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Retail Asia02/04/2019

UK digital fashion store Asos said its new US warehouse struggled to cope with demand last quarter, hitting sales there and causing delayed shipments. Asos CEO Nick Beighton said the unexpected high demand in the Atlanta warehouse caused a significant short-term despatch backlog, which has now been cleared. “As our Atlanta warehouse went fully online, demand […]

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Retail Asia08/03/2019

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Recently, Ms. Saranya Pipoppinyo (5th from left), Vice President Marketing of AEON Thana Sinsap (Thailand) Public Company Limited awarded prizes to the lucky winners of the “AEON Happy Pay” campaign. The grand giveaway comprises of three prizes of gold bars, worth 100,000 baht each, the second is 20 prizes of 50 satang gold necklaces and […]

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Retail Asia02/05/2018

Starbucks saw strong growth in its loyalty program and mobile transactions over its second fiscal quarter of 2018, the company announced ahead of its earnings call. The coffee chain added 1.6 million new U.S. members to its Starbucks rewards program. In addition, Starbucks discovered that members of Starbucks rewards were buying more: Over the quarter, their spend increased […]

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Retail Asia30/03/2018

Retailers have long been using online channels to make up for sluggish sales at their brick-and-mortar stores, but recently, they have taken the shift to another level, introducing products exclusively for online. The trend-conscious fashion and cosmetics sectors are at the forefront of this new strategy. Beanpole Ladies, a brand under Samsung C&T, recently introduced […]

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Retail Asia13/06/2017

The trend started at a restaurant on Thai Ha Street. The images of young men without a shirt on and hot body made many curious and went to the restaurant to see for themselves. Tran Thai Linh, a local in Dong Da District, said she also went to the restaurant out of curiosity but then […]

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Retail Asia29/05/2017

Online shopping malls are fast losing customer traffic, industry data showed , compounding their massive business losses last year. According to the data, the number of unique visitors to the six top online shopping sites totaled 84.86 million last month. This is 9.2 percent less than the same month last year, with each site losing […]

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Retail Asia28/03/2017

Almost four in five (78%) of consumers in the APEJ region will not choose to purchase from a brand again if their data had been used without knowledge, according to the latest SAP Hybris Consumer Insight survey Despite that fact that more than 83% of respondents are willing to share at least some form of […]

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Retail Asia28/03/2017

The Indian government has instructed the nation’s mobile operators to re-verify all their mobile subscribers with a system that uses biometric authentication by next February. All existing subscribers will need to be re-verified using the Aadhaar-based system, which includes a unique identifying number and biometric data. Both prepaid and postpaid subscribers will need to be […]

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Retail Asia09/01/2017

DHL eCommerce, a division of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has collaborated with the Ministry of Commerce in Thailand to offer e-commerce expertise and logistics services free of charge for a period of four months to help Thai farmers grow their business and reap the benefits from selling on e-commerce platforms. This follows recent challenging market […]

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Retail Asia09/01/2017

To celebrate the launch of Chivas Regal Ultis, Pernod Ricard Travel Retail Asia Pacific is offering the blended malt Scotch whisky to Qantas First Class customers until March. Chivas Regal Ultis features on the summer menu in the Sydney and Melbourne First Lounges and in a bespoke cocktail called ‘Fine St Blend’. First Class Qantas […]

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Retail Asia27/12/2016

Along with promotion programmes, banks have been expanding their networks in an aim to reach their annual targets. In recent months, more bank transaction offices and branches have opened to welcome both individuals and enterprises as customers. For instance, the An Bình Commercial Joint-Stock Bank has opened 11 branches and transaction offices in Đà Nẵng […]

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