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Retail Asia14/03/2019

Pomelo, a leading omnichannel fashion company headquartered in Bangkok, announced the appointment of Jim Boland, former CFO of RedMart, to Pomelo’s core team as its new CFO. As part of Pomelo’s strategic approach to recent key hires, Boland’s appointment will see him building up Pomelo’s financial infrastructure to drive profitability while enabling rapid growth across […]

Retail Asia07/05/2018

The Philippines is lagging behind its neighbours in online retail sales growth, says a new report. Despite having the second-largest population of Southeast Asia, the Philippines has turned in the lowest B2C e-commerce sales growth figures, according to Research & Markets’ Philippines B2C E-Commerce Market 2018 report. Among hurdles to overcome to foster growth in the online […]

Retail Asia13/04/2018

Ramadan month is the most popular time for online shopping in Indonesia, data from shopping search engine and price comparison platform Priceza Indonesia shows. Click rates increased by 26 per cent compared to the previous month, its figures show, while transaction values rose by as much as 16 per cent. Priceza Indonesia says this is […]

Retail Asia06/04/2018

Singapore-based lifestyle marketplace Zilingo has raised US$54 million in series-C funding, taking its total capital raised to $82 million. Zilingo was founded in October 2015 by Dhruv Kapoor and Ankiti Bose, who was inspired after seeing the clothing stalls in labyrinthine markets while backpacking across Indonesia and Thailand. Their idea was to connect a fragmented […]

Retail Asia22/12/2017

E-commerce platform Bukalapak kicked off on Wednesday the expansion of its partnership with courier service and logistics company TIKI to facilitate small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in selling their products. The new partnership will enable vendors to accelerate product delivery. For instance, TIKI provides a “booking code” feature in which vendors can fill in the […]

Retail Asia06/12/2017

U.S. internet giant Amazon launched in Australia on Tuesday with retailers scrambling to cut costs and boost their online offerings as they brace for an expected shake-up of the sector. The arrival of the behemoth — which has grown from being an online bookstore to one of the world’s largest firms — poses a threat […]

Retail Asia05/10/2017

South Korean shoppers set a new record for the volume of purchases made through mobile devices during September. Government data says mobile transactions through smartphones and tablets reached a new high of 4.04 trillion won (US$3.5 billion) in August, up 29.5 per cent from a year earlier. Statistics Korea says the trend is being fuelled […]

Retail Asia12/07/2017

The tax man is threatening to shut down social media accounts, but savvy retailers know that it’s an empty threat. Ho Chi Minh City sent out tax demands to nearly 13,500 Facebook retailers over a month ago, but a representative from the city’s Tax Department told that so far only around 1,000 of them have responded. […]

Retail Asia05/07/2017

Over 85% of consumers in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, who mention e-retailer brand names in their social media posts don’t tag brand handles, according to Digimind. This means brands need to be vigilant in monitoring their brand reputation in the wider social media space to ensure they aren’t missing out on key conversations and trends, […]

Retail Asia30/06/2017

Nielsen has forecast that the Vietnamese e-commerce market will grow 22 per cent this year and 13.2 per cent by 2020. According to the Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM), the local e-commerce sector will become a 10-billion-dollar business in the next five years. However, local consumers are also demanding, with many complaints about price, product information […]

Retail Asia22/11/2016

Independent French beauty house Sisley has appointed Sue Lewis as Asia Pacific Travel Retail Director, based in Hong Kong. The highly experienced and much-respected Lewis succeeds Benoit Wagner. Sisley Regional Managing Director, Asia Pacific Nicolas Chesnier commented: “I would like to thank Benoit personally and on behalf of Sisley, for his more than ten years […]

Retail Asia06/10/2016

DHL eCommerce Singapore has launched a hybrid shipping product to help e-tailers in Singapore tap into the cross-border e-commerce market in Australia. According to DHL, the new product, called Parcel International Direct Australia, delivers shipments of up to 20kg to major Australian cities in four to six business days. “Consumers worldwide are increasingly expecting greater […]

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Pomelo Fashion Beefs Up Management Team with Key Hires from Across SEA

Online retail sales growth stagnates in Philippines

Priceza Indonesia data shows Ramadan boom

Zilingo raises $54 million in a new funding round

Bukalapak teams up with TIKI to ease delivery

Retailers in South East Asia brace as Amazon makes debut in Australia

South Korean shoppers set new mobile spending record

Ho Chi Minh City to crack down on tax-evading Facebook retailers

e-retail brands out of the social media loop in SE Asia

Vietnamese consumers among most demanding on e-commerce

Sue Lewis named as Asia Pacific Travel Retail Director for Sisley

DHL eCommerce Singapore has launched a hybrid shipping product to help e-tailers