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Retail Asia30/09/2020

After a delay of a few months, Amazon has officially confirmed when its Prime Day shopping event is taking place. Amazon Prime Day 2020 will, once again, actually run for two days. Following a postponement from the usual mid-July period, the first discounts will launch at 00:01 on Tuesday, October 13, with offers running until 23:59 on Wednesday, October 14. It’s been confirmed that Prime […]

Retail Asia24/09/2020

Everything was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic this year, including Amazon’s huge sale known as Prime Day. Typically, Amazon Prime Day takes place in July, but this year, due to obvious reasons, the sale was reportedly delayed for October. The initial reports dated early July claimed Amazon Prime Day will be scheduled for the week starting […]

Retail Asia06/07/2020

It was already understood that Amazon Prime Day will not take place in July as it usually does every year, with the most recent report hinting that it might get delayed until September. According to a new report, the annual sales event will be held in October. The company has supposedly given sellers a placeholder date […]

Retail Asia10/10/2019

The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has released an app rewarding users for sharing pricing information to allow comparisons while shopping. Users of the Price Kaki app, which is expected to launch at the end of this month, can submit photos of any prices they come across while shopping for hawker food or groceries, allowing […]

Retail Asia17/07/2019

Amazon’s massive annual sale, Prime Day, will kick off on Monday, July 15th and run for 48 hours until 5pm AEST on Wednesday, July 17th. For the duration of the event, Prime members will also enjoy free expedited international shipping, with no minimum order threshold, on all Prime eligible products through the global store. “We […]

Retail Asia29/05/2019

Philippine property giant SM Prime Holdings says its net income in the first quarter increased 16 percent based on higher rental income and residential sales. Gross earnings increased 14 percent to PHP26.5 billion (US$508.1 million) during the time period, while total outgoing grew 11 percent to PHP13.6 billion ($260.7 million). Net income attributable to shareholders […]

Retail Asia01/04/2019

Mobile technology company Fortumo is providing its Trident Bundling Platform for India’s BSNL to help the state-owned operator distribute Amazon consumer services in the market. With the integration, BSNL is offering subscribers one years’ subscription to the Amazon Prime shopping and entertainment platform on certain of its plans. The Trident Bundling Platform is designed to […]

Retail Asia04/02/2019

The latest Amazon results are positive – but there is now a clear divergence in performance between the top and bottom lines. On the profit front, Amazon’s results are impressive. Net income increased by 63.1 per cent and operating income by 78 per cent. Much of this is coming from the AWS segment, where income […]

Retail Asia06/12/2018

Prime Hong Kong street-shop rents rose 4 per cent in the first three quarters of this year, ahead of the up-to 3 per cent rise prediction by Savills a year ago. In a third-quarter real estate briefing released yesterday, Savills said shopping-centre retail rents, which Savills expected would fall as much as 5 per cent, […]

Retail Asia17/10/2018

Mercedes-Benz has identified a power-steering problem plaguing its highly touted Sprinter vans. The cause of the problem is a fluid leak that can make it difficult to turn the wheel of the vehicle, a Mercedes-Benz spokeswoman, Catherine Gebhardt. It has affected Amazon, which recently became Daimler AG’s biggest buyer of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans with an […]

Retail Asia22/12/2017

Philippine integrated property company SM Prime Holdings has opened a mall in Batangas to continue its expansion in southern Luzon. SM Center Lemery adds 25,000sqm to SM Prime’s total gross floor area in the Philippines, and follows SM City Batangas and SM City Lipa. It opened with nearly 90 per cent of space leased. There […]

Retail Asia28/07/2017

Amazon.com has today formally announced the launch of Prime Now in Singapore, following an industry tip yesterday the service was about to be introduced. Prime Now offers free two-hour delivery on tens of thousands of items right that can be ordered via smartphone app. These include eggs, beer, ice cream, baby strollers, toys, consumer electronics. Also available […]

Retail Asia03/07/2017

Amazon’s Black Friday-like event for the summer will be back for the third time. On July 11th, the e-commerce giant will hold the third annual “Prime Day,” and this time, more people will be able to take advantage of all the deals on offer. To start with, the event will last for 30 hours instead of […]

Retail Asia20/11/2016

Amazon announced it’s bringing a version of its Prime membership program to customers in China, which will include free, cross-border shipping from the Amazon Global Store as well as no minimum free domestic shipping, the company says. The service, which will compete with local rivals like Alibaba and JD.com, will cost 388 yuan ($57.23) per […]

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Amazon reveals Singapore date for Prime Day

Amazon Prime Day 2020 finally has a start date

Amazon Prime Day delayed until October

Price Kaki to launched by Customers Association of Singapore

Amazon offering free international shipping on Prime Day

SM Prime profit rises 16% in first 3 months this Year

BSNL to offer carrier billing for Amazon Prime

Behind Amazon’s 63 per cent income rise

Hong Kong retail rent rises (too) fast

Some of Amazon’s brand-new Mercedes delivery vans are facing mechanical failures

SM Prime adds to Luzon portfolio

Amazon launches Prime Now in Singapore

Amazon Prime Day will include China and India on July 11th

Amazon Prime is launching in China