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Lazada’s RedMart has recently announced the launch of a new on-demand grocery delivery service in Singapore, RedMart Now, which guarantees to deliver orders within 30 minutes. Expanded Delivery Options The latest service supplements RedMart’s pre-existing…
Providing productivity, space efficiency, speed, and accuracy – with the bonus of increased safety and social distancing. An Advanced Grocery Online Fulfilment Centre – Scaling Up to Meet Growing Demand Occupying 32,500 square metres (350,000 square feet),…
Swee!, a hyper-local brand under the Private Label umbrella of RedMart, Singapore’s leading online grocery retailer, has been awarded Gold in the New Brand category at the 2019 Vertex Awards. The annual Vertex Awards celebrates and recognises the best in…
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…
Bangkok-headquartered omnichannel fashion company Pomelo has appointed Jim Boland, former RedMart CFO, as its new CFO. Boland has successfully led finance organisations in fast-growing e-commerce businesses for more than 19 years in leadership roles at…
Lazada Group has announced plans to ramp up its supermarket business in Southeast Asia as part of its strategy to become the region’s biggest e-commerce ecosystem. The supermarket transformation is being started off in Singapore, as homegrown online grocer…
Japanese beauty brand Utena has launched in Singapore. The 91-year-old heritage brand, which is currently distributed throughout Greater China and Thailand, is now available at selected Watsons stores, Yue Hwa, Welcia-BHG, Tokyu Hands, Don Don Donki, Metro…
Back home in Singapore to work for online supermarket RedMart, Silicon Valley veteran Patrick Teo says he has another job on his hands: attracting other talent back to boost the island city/state’s expanding tech hub. After gaining a PhD in Computer Science…
Lazada Singapore has unveiled three new shops on its online marketplace, in a bid to bolster its e-tail offering and win consumers during its ‘birthday sale’. Lazada has launched ‘shop-in-shops’ for international heavyweights Coca-Cola, Nestle and Redmart,…
A Lazada loyalty program for Singapore shoppers looks set to be expanded to other Asian markets. Alibaba-owned Lazada has teamed up with Netflix and Uber Technologies – the first time the companies have jointly created an online rewards program, according to…
The Singapore online grocery market is set to more than triple in size over the next three years, according to research house IGD. The global organisation expects sales will rise from the current S$130 million (US$91 million) to S$500 million (US$350 million)…
On Wednesday, Singapore-based e-commerce company Lazada announced that it will acquire Redmart, an online grocery retailer. Singapore startup Lazada, whose platforms sell goods from smartphones to baby products throughout the region of 600 million people,…
Southeast Asia ecommerce portal Lazada is reportedly in talks to buy online grocery provider Redmart. The acquisition amount is said to be around US$30 million to US$40 million, which if true, is in the low range given it raised US$26.7 million last year.…
French sporting house Decathlon is a relatively young player in the local retail scene, opening up its store earlier this year. The brand entered the retail scene at a point many established players were pulling out. The launch came after it had already…
A $100 million investment aimed at funding pan-Asian expansion is on the cards for Singapore’s online grocer RedMart. Discussions involving the Series C investment are said to be at an advanced stage, reportsTechCrunch, citing two sources. While closure is…
Singapore-based online grocery organization RedMart is near raising a huge $100 million Series C round to grow its services crosswise over Asia. The new subsidizing is relied upon to shut in the following couple months. The organization was established in…
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