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18/04/2024 Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is considering a manufacturing facility in Indonesia ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Google Maps to show alternate transit and walking directions along with driving routes ( General )
17/04/2024 Apple releases iOS 17.5 beta 2 giving EU iPhone users more unique capabilities ( E-Tailing )
17/04/2024 WhatsApp rolls out new chat filters to help you locate unread and group conversations ( General )
16/04/2024 Google Chat working on adding group audio and video call function within Gmail Spaces ( General )
15/04/2024 Tim Cook arrives in Vietnam ( Electronics )
15/04/2024 Vietravel Airlines reports first profits in 3 years ( General )
11/04/2024 Samsung adds more language availability within Galaxy AI ( Electronics )
11/04/2024 YouTube Music promises Podcasts will get better on the platform ( General )
09/04/2024 WhatsApp to roll out new photo library shortcut for faster sharing ( General )
09/04/2024 Google Messages will soon start to warn you when tapping on links sent by unknown senders ( General )
08/04/2024 Siri might end up King in the realm of digital assistants after iOS 18 AI makeover ( Electronics )
05/04/2024 Google’s “Find My Device” network reportedly launching in 3 days ( General )
04/04/2024 Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp users are reporting a “Major Disruption” worldwide ( General )

Retail Asia08/03/2021

Forty-six percent of e-commerce business leaders in Vietnam are women, the second-highest in Southeast Asia, according to a survey. The survey has been conducted in Hong Kong and six Southeast Asia countries by market research company iPrice Group. This figure was lower than that of Hong Kong (55 percent) but higher than that of Thailand […]

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Retail Asia05/03/2021

Walt Disney Co will close at least 60 Disney retail stores in North America this year, about 20 per cent of its worldwide total, as it revamps its digital shopping platforms to focus on e-commerce. The media and entertainment company also is evaluating a significant reduction of stores in Europe, a spokesperson said, adding that […]

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Retail Asia03/03/2021

FJ Benjamin Holdings (FJB) and leading eCommerce platform, Lazada Singapore, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to forge a strategic partnership that aims to deliver the ultimate retail experience to customers across all channels and devices. The proposed partnership will tap Lazada’s technical and online capabilities, and eCommerce platform management expertise, and leverage FJB’s […]

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Retail Asia23/02/2021

Global e-commerce marketplace Amazon has bought up Sydney-based e-commerce platform Selz. The platform works in much the way as Shopify, providing an e-commerce-ready backend for small businesses to utilize when creating their websites. “We have signed an agreement to be acquired by Amazon and are looking forward to working with them as we continue to […]

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Retail Asia22/02/2021

India’s federal financial crime-fighting agency will examine findings in a Reuters report, which revealed that Amazon.com Inc has for years given preferential treatment to a small group of sellers on its India platform and used them to circumvent the country’s foreign investment rules, a senior agency source told Reuters on Thursday. It provided an inside […]

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Retail Asia22/02/2021

Vietnam has jumped three places to 63rd in the latest global e-commerce readiness ranking, faring better than several regional peers, a UN report says. With a score of 61.6 points on a scale of 100, Vietnam did much better than Indonesia (83rd), the Philippines (96th), Laos (101st), Cambodia (117th) and Myanmar (130th), according to the […]

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Retail Asia16/02/2021

Beauty giant L’Oréal, besides posting financial results that beat expectations, is offering high-level optimism, promising a resurgence in sales and a new “Roaring ’20s.” “Like a flower after winter, beauty is ready to blossom after COVID goes away,” says Nicolas Hieronimus, the Paris-based conglomerate’s incoming chief executive officer, in a webcast for investors. Adding that […]

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Retail Asia16/02/2021

Textile company Gilimex said its net profits almost doubled in 2020 thanks to a number of high-value contracts with international retailers. It reported record revenues of VND3.45 trillion ($150 million), up 36 percent from 2019, and net profits of VND308 billion for the year. Gilimex’s main products are handbags and backpacks. It tied up with […]

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Retail Asia11/02/2021

Baozun, the leading brand e-commerce service partner that helps brands execute their e-commerce strategies in China, today announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement with all the shareholders of Full Jet Limited (“Full Jet”), to acquire a 100% equity interest in Full Jet. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and […]

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Retail Asia11/02/2021

An important update is now rolling out to Alexa app users on iOS devices. The update adds support for both Light and Dark modes, allowing users to switch between them on the fly, as well as Dynamic Type support. The update is meant to further improve Alexa’s accessibility features. Thanks to the newly added Dynamic Type support, […]

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Retail Asia09/02/2021

Singapore retail sales – excluding motor vehicles – fell 4.5 percent y-o-y last Dec, a slightly higher decline than Nov’s 2.8 percent. M-o-m sales were down 0.7 percent. DOS estimates total retail sales value at SGD3.5 billion (US$2.62 billion) and that online retail sales accounted for 12.6 percent of that. The strongest categories online were […]

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Retail Asia04/02/2021

Amazon.com on Tuesday (Feb 2) said founder Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO and become executive chairman, as the company reported a third consecutive record profit and quarterly sales above US$100 billion for the first time. This summer, Bezos, 57, will hand the keys of the world’s largest online retailer to Andy Jassy, head of […]

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Retail Asia04/02/2021

China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd beat estimates for third-quarter revenue on a pandemic-driven jump in e-commerce, but its shares dropped amid regulatory heat for founder Jack Ma’s business empire. It also announced a bond sale worth as much as $5 billion through sources have said plans for the fundraising were in the works before the […]

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Retail Asia01/02/2021

Amazon announced today at the inaugural Amazon Southeast Asia Online Seller Summit 2021 additional resources and support for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Singapore to start selling online and expand globally through its stores. Amazon announced that it is extending the waiver of professional selling account subscription fees for new and existing sellers, until 30 […]

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Retail Asia29/01/2021

Vietnam’s e-commerce market expanded by 18 percent last year to $11.8 billion, the only country in Southeast Asia to record double-digit growth amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Besides, payment services were strengthened and the largest companies in the manufacturing sector incorporated e-commerce into their long-term strategies, according to a recent report by the Vietnam e-Commerce and […]

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Retail Asia28/01/2021

Amazon.com Inc has requested an Indian court to block partner Future Group’s $3.4 billion deal to sell its retail assets and called for the Indian group’s CEO to be detained, a court filing seen by Reuters showed. In the U.S. giant’s latest effort to derail Future’s asset sale to Reliance Industries, it asked the High […]

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Retail Asia28/01/2021

Vietnam’s e-commerce market expanded by 18 percent last year to $11.8 billion, the only country in Southeast Asia to record double-digit growth amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Besides, payment services were strengthened and the largest companies in the manufacturing sector incorporated e-commerce into their long-term strategies, according to a recent report by the Vietnam e-Commerce and […]

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Retail Asia26/01/2021

South Korea has launched an antitrust investigation into Google over its plans to enforce commission fees for in-app purchases made through its mobile application store, a top official said Thursday. The U.S. tech giant has come under intense scrutiny from South Korean regulators after it updated its global policy late last month to make all […]

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Retail Asia26/01/2021

Shopee, the e-commerce arm of Southeast Asia’s SEA Ltd, is scaling up its operations in Brazil and evaluating the long-term potential of Latin American markets, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Shopee, the largest e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia according to market researchers, launched a small presence in Brazil in late 2019 […]

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Retail Asia25/01/2021

Global e-commerce business eBay is reportedly selling off its Korean businesses G-Market, Auction, and G9, in a deal worth $4.5 billion (5 trillion won). eBay is exploring a number of “strategic alternatives” for its Korean business and is looking for options that will maximize value for shareholders and create growth for the wider business. “From […]

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