Tag: Honestbee

Retail Asia26/04/2017
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Honestbee, a Singapore-based online grocery and concierge service provider, is boosting its presence in Thailand to capitalise on lucrative online shopping opportunities. “We are spending millions of US dollars in Thailand this year on increasing our local staff, upgrading our IT infrastructure, and adding marketing activities,” said Bounthay Khammanyvong, country manager of HonestBee Thailand. He […]

Retail Asia21/03/2017
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Singapore on-demand online grocery concierge and delivery service Honestbee has launched in Bangkok. In partnership with retail chain Villa Market, Honestbee is offering customers a faster and easier way to obtain their daily groceries through concierge shoppers. Honestbee has been training the shoppers to select the best quality groceries and deliver them the same day. […]

Retail Asia12/02/2016
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A $100 million investment aimed at funding pan-Asian expansion is on the cards for Singapore’s online grocer RedMart. Discussions involving the Series C investment are said to be at an advanced stage, reportsTechCrunch, citing two sources. While closure is expected in this first quarter, the grocery company has not issued any public comment on the […]

Retail Asia24/12/2015
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Honestbee, the fast-growing on-demand grocery concierge and delivery service company founded in Singapore just last July, has launched its service in Japan. The first Japan stop of many to come, visiting tourists can now enjoy the convenience of grocery shopping via the online portal honestbee.jp in Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan, from now until February 29. Honestbee’s […]

Retail Asia28/10/2015
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Honestbee, Singapore’s fast-growing, on-demand grocery concierge and delivery service has raised first round funding of US$15 million. And behind the cash are some seriously experienced eCommerce and online business experts, including: Pejman Mar Ventures, early investors in Dropbox, Lending Club and DoorDash. Gideon Yu, former CFO of Facebook and YouTube; co-owner of the San Francisco […]

Retail Asia18/09/2015
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Singapore-based Honestbee and NTUC FairPrice have partnered to enable customers to have FairPrice products delivered to them within the next hour. This enables customers to carry out their grocery shopping from their favorite stores – in the comfort of their homes – via the honestbee online portal and receive their delivery in the next hour. Honestbee […]

Retail Asia04/08/2015
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A new player in Singapore’s online grocery market – honestbee – is set to bring a unique approach and ramp up the competition. Jonathan Low, co-founder of the new concept, describes honestbee as “an Instacart-like service which assigns a freelance runner to buy groceries on your behalf from the nearest supermarket”. Honestbee is the latest entrant in […]


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