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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…
Chinese online marketplace JD.com has closed its local branch after only 15 months in the market. The e-commerce giant launched its Australian office in Melbourne in February 2018, after its competitor Alibaba opened an office in Melbourne in 2017. At the…
More than 80% of the purchasing decision depends on price. Especially in the ultra-fast e-commerce arena where businesses showcase and change their prices every 3 to 6 hours. But before changing prices out of the blue you must know that there are certain…
Ebay Singapore and the Institute of Retail Studies have partnered in an e-commerce training program. Called “Let’s Ebay with SIRS”, the full-day workshop aims to help aspiring entrepreneurs kickstart their e-commerce business and connect with the global…
Pomelo, a leading omnichannel fashion company headquartered in Bangkok, announced the appointment of Jim Boland, former CFO of RedMart, to Pomelo’s core team as its new CFO. As part of Pomelo’s strategic approach to recent key hires, Boland’s appointment will…
The Philippines is lagging behind its neighbours in online retail sales growth, says a new report. Despite having the second-largest population of Southeast Asia, the Philippines has turned in the lowest B2C e-commerce sales growth figures, according to…
Ramadan month is the most popular time for online shopping in Indonesia, data from shopping search engine and price comparison platform Priceza Indonesia shows. Click rates increased by 26 per cent compared to the previous month, its figures show, while…
Singapore-based lifestyle marketplace Zilingo has raised US$54 million in series-C funding, taking its total capital raised to $82 million. Zilingo was founded in October 2015 by Dhruv Kapoor and Ankiti Bose, who was inspired after seeing the clothing stalls…
E-commerce platform Bukalapak kicked off on Wednesday the expansion of its partnership with courier service and logistics company TIKI to facilitate small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in selling their products. The new partnership will enable vendors to…
U.S. internet giant Amazon launched in Australia on Tuesday with retailers scrambling to cut costs and boost their online offerings as they brace for an expected shake-up of the sector. The arrival of the behemoth — which has grown from being an online…
South Korean shoppers set a new record for the volume of purchases made through mobile devices during September. Government data says mobile transactions through smartphones and tablets reached a new high of 4.04 trillion won (US$3.5 billion) in August, up…
The tax man is threatening to shut down social media accounts, but savvy retailers know that it’s an empty threat. Ho Chi Minh City sent out tax demands to nearly 13,500 Facebook retailers over a month ago, but a representative from the city’s Tax Department…
Over 85% of consumers in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, who mention e-retailer brand names in their social media posts don’t tag brand handles, according to Digimind. This means brands need to be vigilant in monitoring their brand reputation in the wider…
Nielsen has forecast that the Vietnamese e-commerce market will grow 22 per cent this year and 13.2 per cent by 2020. According to the Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM), the local e-commerce sector will become a 10-billion-dollar business in the next…
Independent French beauty house Sisley has appointed Sue Lewis as Asia Pacific Travel Retail Director, based in Hong Kong. The highly experienced and much-respected Lewis succeeds Benoit Wagner. Sisley Regional Managing Director, Asia Pacific Nicolas Chesnier…
DHL eCommerce Singapore has launched a hybrid shipping product to help e-tailers in Singapore tap into the cross-border e-commerce market in Australia. According to DHL, the new product, called Parcel International Direct Australia, delivers shipments of up…
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