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Retail Asia26/03/2023

Digital marketplaces continue to gain significant momentum in Australia, with 88% of shoppers buying from a digital marketplace in the past year, and 92% of consumers planning to shop on marketplaces like eBay, Amazon and Catch in the year ahead. The findings were revealed as part of global ecommerce accelerator, Pattern’s fifth annual ‘Marketplace Consumer […]

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Retail Asia24/11/2022

Booming Australian hemp skincare brand Hey Bud aims to grow online sales by 40% through new marketplace & eCommerce strategy Hey Bud, Australia’s #1 Hemp skincare brand has partnered with the category leader for global eCommerce acceleration Pattern Australia, to optimise its eCommerce operations and grow sales through online marketplaces. Founded as an online-only business, […]

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Retail Asia21/12/2021

The Yarra Valley Smaller Wineries Association has introduced an online marketplace where Aussie consumers can access more than 100 handcrafted drops from its portfolio of 21 members. A first for a wine association in the country, the new marketplace helps boutique wineries, which have been struggling during extended lockdowns, to promote themselves through e-commerce and reach lesser-known […]

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Retail Asia08/11/2021

It might not be as good as picking up those meatballs on your way home, but IKEA is launching an online marketplace for Aussies to buy and sell second-hand products. The new ‘As-is’ scheme will be piloted, allowing their members to browse second-hand IKEA products online and reserve items they’d like to buy before then […]

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Retail Asia01/07/2021

Online marketplace YesAsia is set to raise US$17 million in an IPO launch in Hong Kong. The company aims to offer 39,540,00 new shares, 90 percent of which will be available for placing with institutional and professional investors while 10 percent will be available for subscription by the public in Hong Kong. Founded in 1988, […]

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Retail Asia22/06/2021

Vietnam’s so-called mutant orchids are being turned into unique digital assets and being sold for up to thousands of dollars online. On the digital goods marketplace OpenSea.io, hundreds of items are displayed when a user types the keyword “Orchidaceae.” These items are non-fungible tokens (NFTs) which are units of data stored on a digital ledger […]

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Retail Asia22/06/2021

The bank is launching a marketplace that for issuers to directly issue their own bonds connect with investors. DBS is launching the Fixed Income Exchange (FIX) to digitalize and make the bond issuance process more efficient, the bank announced on Tuesday in a statement. FIX allows issuers to directly issue bonds to the marketplace, and […]

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Retail Asia03/06/2021

Etsy said on Wednesday it would buy Generation-Z focused fashion resale company Depop for $1.63 billion, seeking to attract younger shoppers and bolster its position in a booming market in vintage or used clothing. After a pandemic-driven surge in sales over the last year, Etsy, among the world’s best-known e-commerce platforms for handmade goods and […]

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Retail Asia18/03/2021

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba wants to have over 10,000 Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises selling on its platform by 2025. Its government relation and business development manager, Vu The Tung, who revealed this at a ceremony to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency on Tuesday, said his company would help […]

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Retail Asia20/01/2021

Social networks that enable trading of goods should be regulated like e-commerce trading platforms, a draft decree by the Ministry of Industry and Trade proposes. It seeks to expand the scope of online marketplace regulations to include social media that allows people to create pages to sell goods, enter into contracts with customers or post […]

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Retail Asia04/11/2020

Thai-based omnichannel fashion platform Pomelo has launched a redesigned version of its online platform which features multiple brands. Besides offering in-app exclusive live streaming, the new app houses more than 100 brands on its Thai version, including Vans, Converse, L’Occitane, and local brands such as Rally Movement and Matter Makers. But the company told Inside […]

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Retail Asia09/06/2020

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Vietnamese online marketplace Tiki has successfully raised US$130 million in its latest funding round led by Northstar Group. According to Deal Street Asia, the total value of the investment may increase by a further $20 million. Founded in 2003, Northstar Group is a Singapore-based private equity firm, currently investing US$3 billion in more than 30 […]

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Retail Asia26/05/2020

CapitaLand has launched new e-commerce and food ordering platforms in Singapore. The new eCapitaMall and Capita3Eats services are aiming to drive sales for retailers at its shopping malls during Singapore’s Phase 1 safe reopening protocol, as the country starts pulling itself out of the coronavirus lockdown. Both platforms will be accessible via the firm’s CapitaStar […]

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Retail Asia25/05/2020

Social commerce is about to get a whole lot more social, with Facebook announcing the launch of its business-to-consumer marketplace offering Facebook Shops. The new platform began rolling out in New Zealand yesterday and will be progressively rolled out across international markets during the coming months. Shops will leverage the co-owned ecosystem of Facebook, Instagram, […]

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Retail Asia25/05/2020

Italian jewelry firm Bulgari has launched an e-commerce platform in Singapore prior to opening online services in its home territory. Korea will soon follow. The luxury brand is accelerating its digital program following the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the industry, placing restrictions on the ability of shoppers to visit physical stores. It is […]

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Retail Asia05/12/2019

701Search owns leading general classifieds sites Mudah in Malaysia, Chotot in Vietnam and OneKyat in Myanmar. Johan Rostoft, Head of Online Classifieds at Telenor Group, said “We have built a profitable and high-growth marketplace business serving millions of users every single day. This transaction presents an attractive opportunity for us to take the next step […]

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Retail Asia19/09/2019

Daigou buyers from Australia – individuals and groups who buy infant formula and other consumables in offshore retail outlets, selling them at huge mark-up prices in China – have been locked out of one China’s fastest-growing online malls. Aomaijia, which boasts more than 30 million registered customers, will not allow individuals or unauthorized distributors to […]

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Retail Asia13/08/2019

Hong Kong and Malaysian mobile fashion-and-beauty marketplace Goxip will launch in Singapore on August 19. The service has more than 600,000 active monthly users in Hong Kong alone and counts luxury retailers such as Net-a-Porter, Farfetch, and Asos as well as brands like Nike, Alexander McQueen and Topshop among its partners and advertisers. As part […]

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Retail Asia11/07/2019

Vestiaire Collective, the global community for luxury and premium pre-owned fashion, announced today the completion of a €40 million round of financing led by Bpifrance and new CEO, Max Bittner. The new round will facilitate the launch new technology solutions for the fashion ecosystem, empower its community through the lens of its platform and fuel […]

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Retail Asia10/07/2019

Hong Kong-based e-commerce hub Shopline has established a Kuala Lumpur office as a first move into the Malaysian market. Malaysia is Shopline’s second Southeast Asian market following Vietnam, where it already has a Ho Chi Minh City base and where 98 per cent of internet users reportedly made online purchases in the past year. Malaysia’s […]

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