mcommerce

Retail Asia16/07/2019

Shopee heads the list of the top 10 m-commerce players in Vietnam for the first quarter of this year. The findings were released in a ranking by Iprice Group and App Annie Intelligence, which ranked shopping apps according to the number of monthly active users. It noted that mobile shopping is quickly becoming an important […]

Retail Asia30/04/2019

Singaporean m-commerce platform Carousell has raised US$56 million from Naspers, the parent company of the Philippines’ online marketplace OLX. As part of the deal, Carousell will also acquire OLX Philippines, with the transaction due to be completed by the second half of this year. OLX Group will own a 10 per cent stake in Carousell, […]

Retail Asia01/03/2019

A number of factors have contributed to make Asia a mobile first region. Affordable smartphones and an emerging middle class, coupled with increased network speeds and relative decreases in mobile data costs have lead to a situation where mobile is the internet, as more than 90% of Southeast Asia’s internet users are on smartphones, revealed […]

Retail Asia05/08/2016

More shoppers are using smartphones and tablets to do business with Korean online retailers – both Koreans and foreigners. Chinese shoppers – particularly those who have visited Korea and fallen in love with its products – have been a particular boon to the online shopping business. According to Statistics Korea, online shopping transactions rose 18.8 […]

Retail Asia20/05/2016

Southeast Asian e-commerce company Lazada Group has opened a tech hub in Bangkok, Thailand to drive strategic mobile development initiatives. The Lazada Tech Hub in Thailand will focus on advancing the design and engineering of Lazada’s mobile shopping and selling sites and apps for Southeast Asia. With almost 30 million app downloads and more than […]

Retail Asia19/05/2016

Online payment gateway provider iPay88 has seen a sharp rise in mobile traffic with its total online payment transactions representing close to 70% of the Malaysian market. Chan Kok Long, executive director of iPay88 said this was refelctive of the growth of mCommerce in the market. In year 2015, iPay88 recorded that 3.7 million online […]

Retail Asia27/03/2016

The shift of ecommerce sales from the desktop to mobile devices has been under way in China for a couple of years. And according to data from the end of 2015, the tilt toward mobile is clear. Analysys International Enfodesk reported that nearly two-thirds of retail and consumer-to-consumer (C2C) ecommerce sales in China in Q4 […]

Retail Asia22/02/2016

Mobile commerce, millennials and faster fulfilment will drive retail innovation this year, according to commercial supply chain specialist Manhattan Associates. It predicts a rapid migration to more personalised shopping, with mCommerce presenting big challenges as well as inspiring innovation. Emerging Asia is still the fastest-growing region of the global economy, says the company, with strong […]

Retail Asia11/12/2015

Asia’s mComerce boom is creating a growing target for online fraud and cybersecurity risks, according to fraud consultancy Fico Group. Criminals who used to focus on ATM skimming are turning their attention online in an effort to compromise credit and debit card data. These attacks can be far more lucrative, with more details stolen and […]

Retail Asia15/06/2015

KOSTAT reported that mobile ecommerce sales were up 125.8% in 2014 as a whole compared with 2013. In Q1 2015, according to KOSTAT, travel accounted for the largest share of mcommerce sales in South Korea of any product category, at 16.0%. That was down from 19.5% a year earlier. Clothing was the second-largest purchase category, […]

Tag: mcommerce

Shopee on top of the 10 m-commerce players in Vietnam

Carousell raises US$56 million from Naspers

An Overview on M-commerce in Asia

Shopping by mobile devices rises

Lazada opens m-commerce tech hub in Thailand

The rise of mCommerce in Malaysia

Ecommerce Turns into Mcommerce in China

Mobile, millennials to drive retail innovation

mCommerce boom raises cybersecurity risk

Mcommerce Surges Ahead in South Korea