Citi and e-commerce platform Lazada Group announced the launch of the Citi Lazada credit card in Singapore on Monday. The new co-brand credit card allows millennial shoppers to enjoy the launch promotions and card benefits as they shop online during the…
Giants Lazada and Tiki are racing to reduce their delivery times as competition heats up in Vietnam’s e-commerce market. Singapore-based Lazada Friday launched a 4-hour delivery service for flowers in Vietnam, a move in response to Vietnamese startup Tiki’s…
The financial services company Citi has partnered with Lazada Group to launch the Lazada Citi credit card in Southeast Asia. Offering 10 times more rewards on Lazada purchases and Lazada Wallet top-ups, Citi and Lazada aim to reach more than 500,000 signups…
Lazada Philippines customers can now buy goods online and pay by installments. Called eShopaLoan, the service targets the increasing population of middle-class Filipino shoppers offering monthly installment options for purchases made via Lazada’s platform.…
Alibaba Group boosted second-quarter revenues by 42 per cent, as the number of active users on its e-commerce sites grew by 20 million. “Alibaba had a great quarter, expanding our user base to 674 million annual active consumers, demonstrating our superior…
Following its new theme ‘Go Where Your Heart Beats’, the festival will launch across all six of its markets in Southeast Asia for 24 hours. Lazada held its first Lazada Mid-Year Festival on July 12. Consumers will get access to a wide assortment of product…
HotNow, the retail marketing platform has announced the soft launch of Evergleam Hill, a casual mobile game where users mine their way to discounts, vouchers, and giveaways. After months of testing, the soft launch version is now available on both the Android…
Singaporean gadget and mobile-accessories retailer Uniq has opened its first Philippine store. Located at Cyberzone in Quezon’s SM North Edsa Annex, the store targets young professionals who are particular about style. Its products known for their “minimalist…
Southeast Asia e-commerce platform Lazada Group has activated its Olympic Games partnership as part of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) long-term partnership with parent Alibaba Group. As an official Olympic partner in Southeast Asia, Lazada will…
Southeast Asian e-commerce platform Lazada has launched a new brand campaign – Go Where Your Heart Beats. This is the first refresh of the Lazada brand in five years, representing an attempt to elevate the role of the company beyond a transactional shopping…
Amorepacific’s luxury skincare brand Sulwhasoo has launched on Lazada. The partnership marks the brand’s expansion into the Southeast Asia e-commerce market. With this Lazmall store, shoppers in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam can access…
Bobbi Brown cosmetics is launching on Lazada Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore this week. The flagship stores on Lazada Singapore will see the largest online inventory of products – more than double the selection of the largest existing online distributor.…
L’Oreal has signed a joint business plan with Lazada to fulfil next-day delivery in top metro cities by June this year. This L’Oreal-Lazada logistical pact demonstrates the cosmetics company’s ambition to grow its e-commerce business in Asia. Both companies…
From an e-hailing app, Grab has made great steps forward, providing many different services. Most recently, it started the payment service GrabPay and lending service Grab Financial. The consumer lending market in South East Asia is very large. As estimated…
With RedMart officially completing its move to the Lazada platform on 15 March, customers can now enjoy a one-stop solution for all their shopping needs. Those who buy their groceries online via RedMart now have access to more than 400,000 retailers in…
Southeast Asia eCommerce leader Lazada today announced an allen compassing series of products and services that will fire up the growth of its brands and sellers – big or small – to win market share in the region by transforming them into “Super eBusinesses”.…
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