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Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is to enter 97 international markets online. The move marks a dramatic expansion of the company’s current online strategy which is to partner with leading department store brands, such as Harvey Nichols and Harrods, and…
Visa subsidiary CyberSource has sealed a partnership with mobile messaging app Line Thailand, to allow Thai users to make mobile payments using its Line Pay service. CyberSource, one of the world’s largest providers of eCommerce payment management services,…
The possibility that China’s second-largest online retail giant will enter the Australian market poses a huge potential threat not just to bricks-and-mortar shops but to the slow-growing domestic online retail sector as well. That is the conclusion of…
Last week’s proposed merger between two of China’s leading consumer lifestyle sites was a wake-up call for firms that have yet to start an e-commerce platform in an economy where online transactions are tipped to total half of all consumer sales within seven…
Foodora Hong Kong – the expensive little sister of Foodpanda – claims it already has 100 restaurants and cafes on its books as it formally launches its service. Foodora – whose imminent launch was reported by Inside Retail Hong Kong on September 29 – has…
Asia Pacific consumers are increasingly likely to make their online purchases and bill payments through mobile devices (mobile phone or tablet), rather than via desktops, according to Visa’s 2015 Regional eCommerce Monitor Survey. The survey, which polled…
Origami, a social eCommerce startup for fashion and lifestyle products, is entering the offline payments fold. The startup, one of Japan’s most-funded, has announced the beta release of ‘Pay with Origami’ and ‘Shop Reward Program’. The new services allow…
Sa Sa International says its online arm sasa.com will launch a Sa Sa flagship store on JD.com’s eCommerce platform, JD Worldwide . The move opens the way for more than 100 million JD shoppers to access Sa Sa products in the Mainland as well as in Hong Kong.…
Familiarity breeds consent. Merchants who use transaction data in a secure and intelligent way will unlock the trust of the consumer in the fast growing eCommerce world, according to a new white paper researched by MasterCard. “People will be able to choose…
The best of Italian fashion will soon feature on a new fashion mall being created by JD.com. JD.com, China’s largest online direct sales company, says the Italian Fashion Mall is dedicated to introducing Italian fashion brands and products to consumers in…
Foodora – an upmarket little sister of mass market food delivery monopoly Foodpanda – is destined for Singapore. Foodora Singapore is best described as an “upscale Foodpanda”, a high-end food delivery service targeting cashed-up Millennials who want a higher…
Tag Heuer, the Swiss luxury watchmaker, has chosen to partner with JD.com to open its first online store in China. The exclusive partnership will see Tag Heuer open an online flagship on JD.com’s Marketplace platform. The store will offer product lines…
Hong Kong consumers continue to be the most well-travelled tourists in Asia Pacific, with 84 per cent of respondents having travelled internationally for leisure during the past 12 months. That’s well above the regional average (41 per cent) and ahead of…
Chinese B2C e-commerce website JD.com and South Korean retail giant Lotte.com have signed a strategic cooperation agreement and an exclusive agreement under which JD.com will become the sole strategic partner of Lotte.com in the Chinese mainland for five…
Hong Kong’s Fung Group has unveiled a large-scale ‘lab’ in Shanghai where it is testing a raft of high tech concepts which could shape the future of retailing. Named Explorium, the laboratory is an omnichannel platform and exhibition operated by the Fung…
Japan’s Seven & I Holdings says it will open a giant online store in November, offering products sourced from across its retail store brands. By February 2019, Seven & I anticipates a range of 6 million SKUs will be available on the new store, including goods…
