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General
1 min read

Buy now, pay later becoming popular in Vietnam

Many buy now, pay later services have launched or expanded operations to meet the burgeoning demand. “Cash is necessary for daily expenses, so I choose to pay later whenever possible,” Minh Tien, 33, of HCMC said. He bought braces and a motorbike using pay…

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General
5 min read

5 Signs It’s The Right Time To Start Investing In Gold

Gold is a precious metal with intrinsic value that can fetch you great returns. Aside from diversification, gold can serve as a hedge against inflation and protects your finances against market inconsistency. Moreover, it is believed to have high liquidity…

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General
1 min read

South Korean retail sales record double-digit growth

Department store sales jumped 40 percent in February against a year-ago period in the biggest year-on-year gain since the data became available from 2005 to suggest a rebound in private consumption in South Korea. According to the Ministry of Strategy and…

Art
Living
1 min read

Buying Art Online Goes Mainstream

While overall art sales contracted in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic, online sales doubled in value. Aggregate online sales reached a record high of $12.4 billion, doubling in value from 2019, while the share of online art sales grew from 9 percent of total…

Australian Wine
Food
2 min read

Changing the Way Singapore Buys Wine

With few people having wine cellars, the minimum order size required by many wine merchants in Singapore makes buying a case of each both time consuming and inconvenient. Wine. Delivery solved this issue. How can you replicate the pleasures of purchasing wine…

LG Smart Devices
Electronics
2 min read

LG TV lets you shop fashion you see in TV shows

Video commerce firm TheTake has partnered with smart TV manufacturer LG Electronics and a range of media companies to allow viewers to “shop shows” for fashion, accessories, homeware, tech devices and even menu and recipe items. Beginning this spring, owners…

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Research
2 min read

Strong retail interest in Asia, but very little action

More than 80 percent of Australian businesses have Asia on their radar, but most are failing to generate significant revenue from Asian markets, a new report from Asialink Business has found. Of the businesses surveyed, 83 percent generate less than half of…

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Living
2 min read

Ikea makes catalogues “shoppable” on Pinterest

Global furniture retailer Ikea will start putting its product catalogue on Pinterest to give the print publication a longer lifespan and to allow customers to move more quickly from inspiration to purchase. According to a report in Digiday, Ikea has been…

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E-Tailing
2 min read

Instagram users can now buy items from ads inside the App

Instagram is taking its Shopping ads one step further by making it possible for people to buy the products in the ads without leaving the app. The feature, called Checkout on Instagram, is currently being tested in a closed beta program by nearly two dozen…