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Online fashion platform Zalora has appointed Louise Pender as chief people officer, essentially a head of HR role. With the new role, Pender will oversee “the people and culture teams” across all markets, the online retailer said in a statement. She will also…
High-end Chinese e-commerce platform Tmall Luxury has implemented new features to boost its brands’ appeal for Gen Z consumers in the region. The three new features include a daily live streaming service on luxury topics, a content-rich magazine channel…
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group’s revenue soared 34 percent to US$21.762 billion in the June quarter as the company emerged strongly from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in its home market. “Our domestic core commerce business has fully recovered…
China’s JD beat analysts’ estimates for quarterly sales, as the firm benefited from a shift in shopping habits of domestic consumers who have largely moved to online ever since the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic. The results coincide with growing tensions…
Chinese e-commerce giant JD is planning on a widespread store network expansion within five years. The firm will open 20 E-Space experience stores in first-tier cities, 300 home-appliance flagship stores in prefectural-level cities and 5000 stores in towns…
Amazon announced the expansion of Project Zero to seven new countries – Australia, Brazil, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Turkey, and the UAE – making it available in 17 countries where Amazon has a store. Project Zero combines Amazon’s advanced…
Businesses are pushing cashless payment services amid demand triggered by social distancing measures imposed to curb Covid-19. MoMo announced on Tuesday that it plans to tie up with ride-hailing company Be Group to offer its popular e-wallet services to the…
Victoria Beckham Beauty has launched a flagship store on Alibaba’s Tmall Global platform, marking the brand’s debut in China. The Victoria Beckham Beauty online store features a wide range of skincare and makeup products, including the brand’s exclusive…
The popularity of e-commerce has risen in Hong Kong as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, despite the market’s longstanding preference for physical stores. Analytics firm GlobalData says its research shows that the e-commerce market in the territory will…
Singaporean e-commerce platform Shopmatic has registered 200-per-cent growth in revenues, transactions, and GMV during the last financial quarter in spite of the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The firm works to bring various elements of the…
JD Worldwide has teamed with LG and Korea International Trade Association (KITA) to introduce more Korean brands to Chinese customers. “The epidemic has encouraged more Chinese consumers to shop online. With this trend, we will put more effort into helping…
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…
Vietnamese online marketplace Tiki has successfully raised US$130 million in its latest funding round led by Northstar Group. According to Deal Street Asia, the total value of the investment may increase by a further $20 million. Founded in 2003, Northstar…
Liverpool FC has partnered with soccer shop Kamo to launch its first online store in Japan. The Liverpool FC online store offers a wide range of replica kits and the brand’s authentic merchandise, apparel and fashion accessories, including the exclusive Hello…
Amazon-owned Flipkart has been blocked from entering the food-retail business by Indian regulators who had deliberated for almost a year on an application. Subsidiary Flipkart FarmerMart had applied to sell foodstuffs grown or manufactured in India online via…
Chinese retail behemoth Alibaba Group shrugged off the impact of the Covid-19 crisis to report a 35-per-cent increase in sales in the year to March, and achieving its five-year-old goal of surpassing US$1 trillion in GMV. Revenue for the year reached $71.4…
