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Vietnam saw its national brand value increase by 11% this year to $431 billion thanks to its foreign direct investment policies. Its increase of $184 billion year-on-year was the third highest of any country, U.K. consultancy Brand Finance said in a recent…
Taobao has teamed up with local retailers to launch a brick-and-mortar, multi-label store to host independent clothing brands that sell on the Alibaba Group-owned online marketplace. Piloting at the Hangzhou Kerry Center shopping mall, the “Taostyle” store…
Technology has penetrated in every sphere of our lives. We live, love, eat and sleep on #technology now. Each year, we see technology moving deeper and deeper into our existence. It’s good and bad – both. Good because it helps us in doing more in less time…
The future of retail is about to be delivered to Hong Kong’s commercial developers, and it’s coming via the Internet, according to a report released today by property consultancy JLL. The company’s report on the city’s shopping scene, “Reimagining Retail –…
E-commerce websites have the ability to collect a ridiculous amount of information. With access to such large data sets it’s no wonder so many e-commerce businesses are touting about how “big data” and “business intelligence” (“BI”) sets them apart from the…
Specialising in electronics, IT and furniture, COURTS Singapore has put more than a year into researching and redesigning its in-store experiences and omni-channel customer journey. The results are two recent announcements: the relaunch of its e-commerce…
Deck Commerce, a leading omni-channel commerce technology provider, today announced that Build-A-Bear Workshop, – an interactive destination for making personalized furry friends – has implemented Deck Commerce’s Distributed Order Management Solution to help…
With the increase in operating costs and growing competition in e-commerce, Singapore’s retailers are realising the importance of leveraging omni-channel retail strategies to bring new and better experiences to today’s shoppers. Philips Lighting, a global…
Electronic payments account for 69%1 of consumer transactions in Singapore – just slightly higher than the global average of 65%. The country’s e-commerce market, valued at US$1.39b in 2015, is predicted to exceed S$7b in 2025 with 60% of consumers saying…
Co-organized by the China Daily Asia Leadership Roundtable and the Omni-Channel Retailing Conference, the co-branded session, themed “Defining Next Generation Retail in Asia”, was held today at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. It was the fourth…
Innovations in technology are predicted to make progressive strides related to online and offline commerce, thus improving the retail experience significantly in 2016. With new developments like Google’s Physical Web and Eddystone, we’ve started to get a…
Apparel retailer Madura Fashion & Lifestyle, part of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd on Saturday launched a new digitally integrated store under its flagship formal wear brand—Van Heusen—indicating the two-decade-old retailer’s push to morph into a more tech-savvy…
“I haven’t seen such a behaviour in other South East Asian markets. While businesses in countries like Taiwan, Thailand and Philippineshave adopted e-commerce in a big way, there is a clear focus on bottomline. Money is being made on every transaction and…
Shinsegae Department Store is set to launch a new smartphone app that offers online and offline shoppers e-receipts with extras. While the electronic receipt app avoids the hassle of scraps of paper receipts, it can also provide discount coupons and make it…
