groceries

Retail Asia23/11/2018

E-commerce giant JD’s offline retail store 7Fresh is set to launch at Shangbin Plaza in Shanghai’s Hongkou District. The move is regarded as a step towards expansion nationwide beyond the firm’s home base in Beijing, as well as an attempt to follow recent trends to diversify from online-only business models. The high spending power of […]

Retail Asia21/11/2018

The state auditing agency says Unilever Vietnam should pay over $25 million in back taxes for the 2009- 2013 period. Speaking at a National Assembly session on the draft bill on Tax Administration, State Auditor General Ho Duc Phoc pointed to the Holland-backed personal care products maker Unilever Vietnam as an example of taxes overlooked […]

Retail Asia09/05/2018

Amazon’s aim to conquer retail’s largest category, grocery, through the acquisition of bricks-and-mortar supermarkets has been further illuminated by its reported attempt to initiate takeover talks with the upmarket chain, Waitrose, in the UK. A recent report in The Sunday Times has suggested that one of Amazon’s most senior executives in Britain, vice president of special projects Ajay Kavan, had several […]

Retail Asia27/04/2018

Singapore is about to have its first zero-waste grocery store, UnPackt. It will sell its goods without any packaging, encouraging customers to take along their own containers. In self-serve gravity bins to reduce food waste, dried food and cleaning supplies will go on sale first, with plans to introduce fresh fruit and vegetables when sales […]

Retail Asia25/10/2017

In South East Asia, online retail grocery is growing as an increasing number of Singaporeans prefer to do their shopping online. “It is getting better and better,” said Mr Vikram Rupani, president of RedMart, an online grocery company based in Singapore that is part of Alibaba‘s push into the region, “but it’s a continuous process that never ends.” […]

Retail Asia12/05/2017

Grocery shopping via online and mobile channels in Korea rose sharply in the first quarter from a year earlier, backed by robust demand for delivery services of fresh food amid a rise in the number of one-person households. The amount of transactions made for fresh produce through online shopping malls reached 2.18 trillion won (US$1.92 […]

Retail Asia09/05/2017

Grocery stores are typically the turf of women in the Philippines, but the presence of men is increasingly being felt, according to the latest survey conducted by market research firm Nielsen. Men now make up as much as 40 percent of shoppers in supermarkets, or a 6-percentage point increase from last year, signaling a continuing […]

Retail Asia02/02/2016

As well as electronics and mobile phones, its usual products, Vietnamese chain Mobile World is planning to distribute groceries in its first stores in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. CEO Tran Kinh Doanh says the stores will open early next year. Meanwhile, he has revealed two goals – to become one of the biggest eCommerce firms […]

Retail Asia06/12/2015

eBay is getting into groceries – in Korea, that is. It will offer perishables such as vegetables, meat and dairy through Korea’s Gmarket and IAC platforms. The Partnership Program Director for eBay Korea Ju Cheol Lee said, “We’ve aligned with a top Korean retail brand and put the final touches to the platform, giving our […]

Tag: groceries

7Fresh to open store in Shanghai

Unilever Vietnam owes over $25mln in back taxes: state audit

Amazon looks to UK grocery acquisition

UnPackt Singapore offers package-free groceries

Online retail grocery in South East Asia : Alibaba or Amazon?

Online grocery shopping on the rise in Korea

More Pinoy men now shop for groceries, says survey

Mobile World crossing borders

Where eBay Is Delving into Groceries