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Hong Kong-based apparel retailer Bossini says its database of loyalty program members and online customers was hacked earlier this month. The company says the information accessed without authorization on or around June 3 included customers’ names, addresses,…
Fast-food restaurant giant McDonald’s is underscoring its increasing focus on technology by acquiring AI voice-technology company Apprente. The company says the investment will expand its presence in the Bay Area technology sector and allow the company to…
Singapore-headquartered online diamond marketplace, Luxiee, has raised a six-figure investment in a private seed-funding round. The team secured financier Kewee Kho, also vice-chairman of Roadbull Logistics and independent director of Courts Asia, as the…
MG Motor has come out with an interesting and unique approach for those customers who have already booked the Hector but are waiting to get the delivery. It has started a new reward scheme under which it is giving 1000 points per week to its customers till…
Consumers now want to talk to businesses and find resolutions the way they talk to their friends and family, and this is pushing a big transition towards messaging channels, according to Adam Geneave, chief customer happiness officer for the low-cost Asian…
Users of shopping apps users are becoming increasingly purchase-happy in what is poised to be mobile commerce’s biggest year so far, according to a recent study by Liftoff. The report by the mobile-app marketing and retargeting platform also uncovers key…
YouTube TV is giving fans a bit of recognition for being loyal to the service for a long time. If you’re not a YouTube TV subscriber or just subscribed recently, you’re not be getting this freebie, but don’t be disappointed, perhaps the promotion will be back…
Farfetch China has opened a flagship store on JD, one of its strategic investors. The move follows Farfetch China’s purchase of Toplife announced in February and gives the global luxury-fashion technology platform access to more than 300 million customers in…
Alibaba Group has launched this year’s 618 Mid-year Shopping Festival from Taobao and Tmall, allowing brands and merchants to tap into China’s less-developed regions with 1.5 million new products and multiple promotions. This year’s festival aims to engage…
Online luxury marketplace Reebonz has launched a guaranteed buy-back program in Thailand. The service, which applies to leather goods and jewellery, gives customers a guaranteed price that the company will pay to buy back products initially sold on its…
If you think about what your home was like even just a few years ago, life was very different. Think about what grocery shopping was like. You’d open your fridge door to check out what’s missing, scribble down on a notebook a shopping list of what you need,…
EBay Australia is mailing its first-ever printed catalog to two million Australian households on Tuesday to remind customers that 90 percent of the products on its platform is brand new. The 16-page catalog contains over 100 items from the 40,000 Australian…
Citibank Singapore announced that it is the first bank in Singapore to introduce instant in-principle approval for debt consolidation plans. Customers applying online for Citibank Singapore’s debt consolidation plan will receive an immediate indication of…
The fiber network unit Reliance Jio Infocomm is reportedly planning to raise around 270 billion rupees ($3.89 billion) in syndicated loans to help expand the newly created infrastructure business. Jio Digital Fiber plans to use the proceeds to expand its…
A sister company of Google has been given the green light to launch drone delivery in Australia after years of test flights. The drone company Wing, owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, was given permission this week to deliver takeaway food and drinks…
Australian jewellery retailer Secrets is gearing up for international expansion online, with New Zealand slated to be its next major market. Customers in New Zealand can currently order from the Australian Secrets website, and while details are scarce, the…
