Online marketplaces, D2C brands and the platforms rewriting how Asia shops.
Alibaba Group says it aims to serve more than 1 billion consumers and exceed RMB10 trillion gross merchandise volume by 2024. Unveiling the Chinese tech giant’s five-year plan to the investment community, Alibaba Group executive chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang…
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…
Amazon Australia has expanded the reach of its marketplace, now offering refurbished products through certified sellers under its ‘Renewed’ program. Products sold through this program will have a six-month selling partner-backed warranty and will be inspected…
Chinese internet services giant JD has launched a social e-commerce platform named Jingxi, providing discounts on team purchases to target users in small to medium-sized cities in China. The business model, which invites buyers to share deals with friends to…
New research shows the total transaction value of online remote payments for digital and physical goods will exceed US$6 trillion by 2024. The new findings are based on data from Juniper Research that predict the growth of 53 percent in the transaction values…
The Confederation of All India Traders is asking the government to ban pending sales events to be held by e-commerce rivals Amazon and Flipkart. The confederation, which represents 500,000 merchants and traders within the country, claims that the heavily…
Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao has kicked off its fourth Taobao Maker Festival. The signature offline event within the Alibaba ecosystem celebrates the maker spirit of China’s young entrepreneurs. The event continues to expand in scale, with this year’s…
Price Group, South East Asia’s leading product discovery and comparison platform, recently appointed Paul Brown-Kenyon as its President and Chief Operating Officer. iPrice Group is South East Asia’s leading meta-search platform, serving markets in Malaysia,…
Alibaba Group’s global online marketplace AliExpress is to offer free return and refund for participating categories across eight countries. Buyers in main areas of eight pilot countries including Russia, France, Germany, Spain, the UK, the US, Canada, and…
Southeast Asian/Taiwanese e-commerce platform Shopee has concluded its most successful 9.9 Super Shopping Day yet. Shopee says it achieved its best-ever September 9 performance in the region, highlighted by three times the number of orders compared to last…
Yahoo Japan reportedly has plans to buy the owner of Zozotown, the country’s largest online fashion retailer, before expanding the business to take on e-commerce heavyweights Rakuten and Amazon. According to Nikkei, Yahoo Japan wants to buy a majority of the…
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, who helped launch China’s online retailing boom, has stepped down as chairman of the world’s biggest e-commerce company as its fast-changing industry faces uncertainty amid a US-Chinese tariff war. Ma, one of China’s wealthiest…
Alibaba Group celebrated its 20th anniversary on Tuesday in Hangzhou, highlighting its journey from 18 founders of a tiny e-commerce startup in a small apartment into the US$447 billion enterprise it is today. It was also Jack Ma’s final appearance as…
Amazon, banking on the weekend warrior set being as susceptible to the convenience of home delivery as any other consumer group, has now entered the garden and outdoor category. The online retailer, which launched in Australia in 2017, has continued to expand…
Chinese online retail platform Aomaijia launched an Australian product sourcing office in Sydney on Thursday, having signed agreements with several local brands including Nestle Australia, Tasman Ugg, Blackmores, and Swisse. Aomaijia distinguishes itself from…
Cornered by a low-price offensive from online sellers, South Korean retailers are striking back with a so-called ‘malling’ strategy. ‘Malling’ refers to all leisure activities at the mall, including shopping, dining, and watching movies or experiencing other…
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