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A Central Department Store app has been launched to keep customers informed about in-store promotions, aiming to drive traffic in the lacklustre market in Thailand. In the Thai language, Central Smart Shopper lets users key in such factors as date, store…
Thai retailer Central Group Vietnam is putting the brakes on its acquisition spree to focus on consolidating profit, according to media reports. Deputy group CEO Prin Chirathivat says Vietnam is shaping up as a second home for the Central Group, with the…
Thai retailer Central Group said it will put a hold on its acquisition spree in Vietnam, after the recent aggressive expansion in the country, to focus on making profit over the next three years, according to different media reports. The recent forays in…
Zalora, one of Southeast Asia’s biggest online fashion marketplaces, has completed a deal to sell its Vietnamese operations electronics retailer Nguyen Kim, reported Sunday, quoting Zalora Group. The subsidiary of Germany’s Rocket Internet has also sold its…
ZALORA, the largest e-commerce fashion company in Southeast Asia, has extended its partnership with Oracle Marketing Cloud. ZALORA has relied on Oracle Marketing Cloud technology since 2013 to send its customers targeted and personalized marketing…
Online retailer Lazada Malaysia claims it had at least double-digit growth in sales last year, yet is still losing money. It was a challenging year for retail, says CEO Hans-Peter Ressel of Ecart Services Malaysia, the company behind Lazada Malaysia. He says…
Central Group is set to buy Zalora’s businesses in Thailand and Vietnam, according to reports. Zalora is a fashion-focused e-commerce site. Central Group’s assets, which include multiple shopping malls and national department store chains, are worth close to…
Numerous reports have been written on how eCommerce spells the death for brick-and-mortar stores in the retailing industry. But others have written on how the preference of customers taking in the whole in-store shopping experience will ensure that there will…
Like most disruptions in the past, the advent of ecommerce has been framed as a battle between online convenience and the traditional brick and mortar experience: your couch or the mall. Ecommerce has played its part as the upstart in this battle, with brands…
With unseasonably warm weather at the end of last year dampening demand for winter clothing, Japanese apparel retailer TSI Holdings had weaker earnings for the year ended February 29. Its operating profit was flat at about 1 billion yen (US$8.86 million),…
ZALORA, Asia’s online fashion destination, is celebrating its fourth anniversary this year. To commemorate the milestone, ZALORA will host a series of events and activities for customers, media and partners in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong,…
Evergage, the real-time personalization platform company, today announced that ZALORA, Asia’s leading online fashion destination, has selected Evergage to support its real-time personalization initiatives across all the company’s digital properties. In a move…
As a first step toward growing its international presence, Indian fashion brand Wildcraft has launched into the Middle East and Southeast Asia. It has formed partnerships for its foray into the UAE, Oman and Muscat markets, and online partnerships for Hong…
Local brands are a focus of a new eCommerce fashion venture in Indonesia. Part of the PT Media Nusantara Citra Group (MNC), BrandOutlet features fashion and beauty collections for women, men and children, reports the Jakarta Post. Not to be confused with the…
With less than a few days until 2015 comes to an end, ZALORA, Asia’s Online Fashion Destination, is proud to unveil its significant milestones achieved this year that changed the online fashion retail landscape in Southeast Asia. Initiated in 2012 with a…
Asian online fashion retailer Zalora recorded sales six times higher than any day ever before during its December 12 Online Fever promotion last weekend. Zalora sells in eight Asian markets: Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong…
