The Evolution of Prime Day In the United States, Black Friday has long been seen as the ultimate shopping event. However, Amazon’s Prime Day has been increasingly gaining momentum among consumers since its inception. Launched on June 15, 2015, as part of…
Vincom Retail targets a post-tax profit of VND2.5 trillion this year, up 5 percent from 2020 but lower than in 2019. The mall developer and subsidiary of conglomerate Vingroup eyes revenues of VND9 trillion, up 8 percent from last year but marginally below…
Although take-up has been patchy so far, there is a bit of a buzz around augmented reality (AR) in the retail sector, and it is definitely getting louder. Kate Ancketill, the CEO and founder of GDR Creative Intelligence is something of an evangelist on the…
Hong Kong’s retail sales in February plunged the most since 1999 as fewer Chinese tourists visited the territory during the Lunar New Year holiday. Retail sales dropped 21 percent in February to HK$37 billion (US$4.8 billion) year-on-year, according to a…
Luxury fashion brands sashayed their way to substantially more YouTube views in 2014. But they still have a lot of runway ahead for growth on the social media platform. According to a new report by think tank L2, conducted in partnership with YouTube ad…
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