BUYMA, a popular personal shopping site in Japan with over three million members, has launched in the US.…
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C-Connect launches Ippin online shopping mall in Japan
Launched by C-Connect, Ippin is a new online shopping mall specialized in direct sales and distribution from Japan to foreign countries.…
Vietnam gears up for mobile e-commerce
Companies can no longer ignore mobile e-commerce as a retail channel in Vietnam because more and more consumers are using their mobile devices to shop.…
Will Thailand’s e-Commerce ‘cashless’ boom disrupt Asia’s retail market?
Thailand’s e-commerce market is booming and shaping up to be one of Asia’s top performers with the imminent start of the government’s national e-payment system aimed at making Thailand a cashless soci…
China: Online shopping picks up
Chinese consumer spending of fast moving consumer goods grew just 2 percent in the first quarter from a year ago.…
Retail giant Central Group is buying Zalora’s businesses in Thailand and Vietnam
Zalora, the fashion-focused e-commerce site backed by Rocket Internet, is selling its businesses in Thailand and Vietnam to retailer Central Group.…
Alibaba to open office in Australia
Alibaba, the e-commerce colossus that processed transactions worth USD149 billion in the December quarter alone, said at an event in Hangzhou a week ago it would open an Australian office “later…
E-commerce sales in Vietnam surge 37pc to USD4b in 2015
The business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce sales in Vietnam reached USD4.07 billion last year, increasing 37 percent compared to that of the previous year.…
Hong Kong-based fashion retailer Rue Madame launches online store
Hong Kong-based fashion retailer Rue Madame has launched an online store which offers French designer brands and international contemporary brands to consumers, the company said on Friday.…
E-commerce emerges in Chinese smaller cities
China’s e-commerce activities in lower tier cities are showing greater growth potentials than that in the first and second tier cities, and new service areas are showing strong growth opportunit…