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Retail Asia09/12/2019

What we are going to tell you is something that is bound to get your mind thinking back about any embarrassing texts you might have written. Or whether you might have sent some personal information via text like your social security or credit card numbers, passwords or even PINs. The database belongs to an American […]

Retail Asia08/07/2019

Global personal luxury goods market growth has reached a “new normal” pattern, following back-to-back years of strong performance in 2017 and 2018, according to the luxury goods industry advisory service Bain & Company. Last year, 6 per cent global growth* led to €260 billion (US$292 billion) in sales, which is expected to balloon to €271–276 […]

Retail Asia05/06/2019

Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing announced hackers may have gained access to personal information of 461,091 accounts registered on the company’s Japanese shopping websites. The retailer said in a statement Monday the hackers may have accessed customers’ personal information, purchase history and partial credit card numbers of some of the users of its Uniqlo Japan and […]

Retail Asia21/05/2019

It isn’t a secret that Google tracks your location, activities and web usage through your phone. By allowing the company to monitor your Location History, Google can recommend a nearby restaurant, and allowing the company access to your personal data makes other Google apps more useful to you. At least that is what Google says. There […]

Retail Asia11/01/2019

Indonesian peer-to-peer lending platform KoinWorks said in a statement on Monday that it has received an investment from US-based venture capital firm Quona Capital. “We’re very happy we could collaborate with Quona as one of our investors,” said Benedicto Haryono, chief executive and co-founder of KoinWorks. “With the inclusion of Quona among our line of investors, it […]

Retail Asia28/03/2017

Almost four in five (78%) of consumers in the APEJ region will not choose to purchase from a brand again if their data had been used without knowledge, according to the latest SAP Hybris Consumer Insight survey Despite that fact that more than 83% of respondents are willing to share at least some form of […]

Retail Asia21/11/2016

Julie Li is laden with Harrods carrier bags full of cosmetics, but they are not hers; the 30-year-old finance graduate from Beijing is a fulltime freelance retail consultant, something known in China as a daigou. “I worked as a daigou alongside my day job for about three years, but six months ago, I decided to […]

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Over 100 million Americans had their personal data exposed

Global personal luxury goods market growth endures

Uniqlo shoppers Details Leaked Online

New Google Feature will Automatically Delete your Personal Data

KoinWorks Indonesia Announces Investment From Quona Capital

APEJ consumers more wary of sharing personal data

China’s personal shoppers are cashing in