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Retail Asia30/01/2019

South Korean cosmetics stores that have been the drivers of the ‘K-Beauty’ industry for the past 15 years are facing a crisis, exposing their limitations. The cosmetics industry is undergoing a series of transformations due to decreased demand from China and a change in distribution structure resulting from stagnant domestic demand and increased competition. Nowadays, […]

Retail Asia07/12/2018

A brand-new store opened last week in Tokyo’s Harajuku fashion district but it has a twist: shoppers are meant to walk away empty-handed. The GU Style Studio store, opened by Asia’s largest clothier and Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing Co., is for customers to try apparel and place orders online for later delivery. They can also try out extra services, such […]

Retail Asia05/07/2018

Bangkok-based online-to-offline retailer Pomelo Fashion is to open its first physical store in Singapore. Pomelo Fashion, founded by former Lazada Thailand MD David Jou and which includes JD and Central Group on its shareholder register, sees the move as a logical step in its Southeast Asia expansion ambition. The vertically integrated business sources its own […]

Retail Asia19/12/2016

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Hong Kong’s retailers are facing an uphill battle to entice customers into their stores a week before Christmas in the final present buying rush, consumer analysts have said. The local retail market has been plagued by a dip in sales this year, attributed in part to a plunge in the number of visitors from the […]

Retail Asia01/11/2016

Will offline stores disappear? When consumers began online shopping in 1994, most of them could hardly imagine that offline stores might disappear. Online shopping was a mere subsidiary to offline stores, selling only a few items then. However, the volume of e-commerce has grown explosively over the past 20 years, blurring boundaries between online […]

Retail Asia28/08/2016

Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi Corp unveiled a new smartphone with China Mobile Communications Corp on Thursday, as the company steps up efforts to expand offline retailing channels. China Mobile, the country’s largest telecom mobile carrier by subscribers, said it hopes to sell 30 million Xiaomi handsets this year, signaling a boost for Xiaomi, which is […]

Retail Asia23/06/2016

Online retail giant Amazon has decided on Oregon as the location of its third brick and mortar store. The new store will open at the Washington Square mall just outside Portland, in what US media describe as a “bookish metro area” – Tigard. The retailer appears to be choosing sites which house Apple stores and […]

Retail Asia22/06/2016

Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi Corp has teamed up with the country’s second-largesttelecom carrier, China United Network Communications Group Co, to expand its offlineretailing channels. The move came as the country’s online smartphone sales has hit a ceiling and as Xiaomigrapples with declining shipments and mounting competition from rivals such as OppoElectronics Corp. Xiaomi launched a […]

Retail Asia25/03/2016

Store-based retailing will continue to rule. The rise of e-commerce will be insufficient to dethrone brick-and-mortar shops in Singapore, according to a report by RHB Research. RHB noted that even if the popularity of online shopping continues to grow, traditional shops will retain the upper hand because of their wider reach. “We think the e-commerce […]

Retail Asia26/01/2016

Electrical goods, information technology and furniture retailer Courts Asia believes that while e-commerce has been gaining popularity, retailers should not neglect their brick-and-mortar operations. The Singapore-based company also sees technology and renting in suburban areas as important revenue sources. Terry O’Connor, Group CEO of Courts Asia (Photo by Courts Asia) Terry O’Connor, group CEO of […]

Retail Asia02/09/2015

The eating habits of urban Chinese have changed dramatically since the proliferation of takeaway food delivery apps brought restaurant-quality meals to almost everyone’s front door. Engineer Zhao Baijun, 29, now eats in more often than he eats out. “Before these apps, most restaurants did not offer deliveries. I had very few choices, mostly fast food […]

Tag: offline store

Time for South Korean cosmetics to face challenges

Order now, deliver later by GU fashion

Pomelo to have first offline store in Singapore

Hong Kong shops struggle as holiday season approaches

Offline stores turning crisis into opportunity

Xiaomi eyes offline expansion

Amazon chooses Oregon for latest offline store

Xiaomi teams up with China Unicom to boost offline sales

Online shopping will never defeat brick-and-mortar shops in Singapore: report

CEO stresses value of physical stores, not just e-commerce

Online to offline seen as a marriage of convenience