Tag: Pomelo

Retail Asia20/08/2019
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Omnichannel fashion brand Pomelo has released a third collection for its permanent sustainable line Purpose. Seeking to lead the sustainability charge in the Southeast Asian fashion industry, the brand will be introducing Recycled PET (RPET) material to its Pomelo Purpose production processes for the first time. As with the brand’s previous Pomelo Purpose collection, which […]

Retail Asia03/07/2019
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Fast-fashion company Pomelo has launched a Singapore flagship store at 313@somerset. The largest Pomelo store to date, and the first outside of its native Thailand, the store boosts the online-to-offline brand’s Southeast Asian presence to nine outlets. The firm’s regional expansion represents a bid to apply its business model to the Southeast Asian fashion and […]

Retail Asia31/05/2019
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Omnichannel fast fashion company Pomelo builds a proprietary in-house technology stack to enable the seamless management of a complex vertical supply chain across its multiple locations and labels. This technology stack was developed to meet Pomelo’s changing logistical needs as it’s business model evolved from one based on private label sourcing to one that is […]

Retail Asia09/05/2019
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O2O fashion brand Pomelo has launched its first cosmetics line, Beet, solidifying its identity as a one-stop lifestyle brand. Created with women on-the-go in mind, Beet comprises 17 products across four categories – Liquid Blush, Liquid Lipstick, Lip Gloss and Liquid Shimmer. All products are priced at S$10 per item and feature paraben-free and cruelty-free […]

Retail Asia03/04/2019
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Fast fashion omni-channel retailer Pomelo became the first Southeast Asian online fashion brand to launch a permanent sustainable line, Purpose. Following the successful launch of its first standalone Purpose collection in 2018, the brand will launch three collections this year featuring pieces crafted entirely from ethically sourced fabrics, including organic cotton from the Better Cotton […]

Retail Asia20/03/2019
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Bangkok-headquartered omnichannel fashion company Pomelo has appointed Jim Boland, former RedMart CFO, as its new CFO. Boland has successfully led finance organisations in fast-growing e-commerce businesses for more than 19 years in leadership roles at Amazon, Dell and Alibaba-owned RedMart. His appointment will see him aiming to build up Pomelo’s financial infrastructure to drive profitability […]

Retail Asia14/03/2019
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Pomelo, a leading omnichannel fashion company headquartered in Bangkok, announced the appointment of Jim Boland, former CFO of RedMart, to Pomelo’s core team as its new CFO. As part of Pomelo’s strategic approach to recent key hires, Boland’s appointment will see him building up Pomelo’s financial infrastructure to drive profitability while enabling rapid growth across […]

Retail Asia21/12/2018
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JD.com-backed fashion brand, Pomelo Fashion, is launching a menswear label called Pomelo Man (PM.). The label will be making its debut in Thailand, launching exclusively on the App available on both iOS and Android. PM aims to offer a new shopping experience to the modern man, transitioning from the online to offline world, on-the-go seamlessly. […]

Retail Asia04/09/2018
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Digital fashion brand Pomelo pursue its plan to expand its online-to-offline business model in Southeast Asia as it today announces its expansion into Malaysia to further strengthen its e-commerce presence in the region. Fashion consumers across Malaysia can now enjoy access to the brand’s latest offerings on a dedicated Pomelo Malaysia website and Pomelo App at any […]

Retail Asia12/07/2018
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Thai online fashion retailer Pomelo Fashion will open its first physical store location outside of Bangkok, as it seeks to expand its online-to-offline business model in Southeast Asia. Marking the JD.com-backed company’s online-to-offline commerce international debut, Pomelo will open a micro-retail store in Singapore. The company has previously operated a pop-up store in the city […]

Retail Asia05/07/2018
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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 Asia22/03/2018
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Pomelo recently had the largest-ever series B funding round for a Thai start-up, raising $19mn. Jou was previously Managing Director of Lazada Thailand, which was set up as to take advantage of digital adoption rates in emerging markets which lacked capital, technology and human resource investment. Why did he choose Thailand, and remain there to […]

Retail Asia29/11/2017
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Thai retail powerhouse Central Group has joined the series-B funding round of international online fashion company Pomelo, based in Bangkok. Along with Start Today Ventures, it joins JD.com, Lombard Private Equity and Provident Capital Partners in the capital raise. Start Today Ventures specialises in fashion business investments that use digital innovation and information technology, and […]

Retail Asia31/10/2016
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Thai online fashion retailer Pomelo has raised a follow-on round, bringing its total Series A funding to US$11 million. This round was again led by Singapore-based Jungle Ventures, with participation from existing investors and new contributors including 500 Tuk Tuks (a fund of major venture capitalist 500 Startups), Andre Hoffmann and Jonathan Price. Pomelo says […]


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