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Sport can simply be recognized as a physical activity that involves competition between individuals or teams. That being said, it doesn’t seem clear where fashion fits into this notion, apart from the sportswear used to play such games. Though, traditionally,…
Next week Google’s popular Google Meet platform for video calls and conferences is going to receive some useful features to further improve the video conferencing experience. The two features that will be coming starting next week are the ability to create…
The banking software company is joining up with the Chinese internet giant on cloud-based services. The deal opens a huge new potential market for Geneva-based Temenos: it is joining Alibaba’s cloud services, the company said in a statement on Thursday. In…
With the coronavirus pandemic prompting the growing popularity of ‘untact consumption’, South Korea’s publishing industry is seeing online book sales outstrip offline sales. Kyobo Book Center, the No. 1 online and offline bookstore in South Korea, says that…
Online shopping in Singapore has surged since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Research from data and analytics firm GlobalData suggests the effect on the country’s e-commerce market will be long-lasting, estimated to reach US$9.5 billion this year.…
Social commerce is about to get a whole lot more social, with Facebook announcing the launch of its business-to-consumer marketplace offering Facebook Shops. The new platform began rolling out in New Zealand yesterday and will be progressively rolled out…
Sephora China has launched a flagship store on Alibaba’s B2C platform Tmall Global. The Sephora Tmall Global flagship features a selection of beauty brands including Fenty, perfume house Bon Parfumeur, and skincare brands like Farmacy and Dermalogica. The…
Italian jewelry firm Bulgari has launched an e-commerce platform in Singapore prior to opening online services in its home territory. Korea will soon follow. The luxury brand is accelerating its digital program following the effect of the coronavirus pandemic…
The Singapore retail real estate market has weakened amidst the coronavirus pandemic, according to a quarterly market report released by Edmund Tie. Transactions fell across all real estate sectors despite significant support measures passed by the government…
Meta-search website iPrice Group has released data insights on the online behavior of Filipino consumers during the coronavirus lockdown. The firm’s e-commerce aggregator compared impressions of products on its platform between November last year (a month…
Nike online sales soared 36 percent in the February quarter, compensating in part for a slump in sales across Mainland China which was in lockdown for much of January and February due to the coronavirus outbreak. The strength of online sales gave the retail…
Seventy percent of Thai consumers prefer to use apps to shop online, according to a study by Wirecard – but they expect a consistent offer across all of a brand’s sales channels. According to the report, “consistent cross-channel experiences are vital to…
ZA Bank – one of the eight recipients of Hong Kong’s virtual banking licenses – kicked off operations yesterday, marking the dawn of digital lending in the city. The virtual banking arm of China’s ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance began operations, according to a…
Tech startup OneDash has unveiled a chat-to-checkout service which eliminates the need to quit a chat session to complete a purchase. The OneDash app also enables interactive video so shoppers can connect with retailers in real-time and interact personally.…
Ikea has launched a flagship store on Alibaba’s marketplace Tmall, the first third-party platform the brand has partnered within Asia, and after leaving Amazon last year. Initially, with a six-month trial across the Chinese provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and…
Indian retailers are staging a three-day nationwide boycott on selling Samsung mobile devices in response to the firm’s exclusive discounting deals with e-commerce operators. The All India Mobile Retailers Association (AIMRA) has arranged the Samsung boycott…
