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Lane Crawford goes digital for China’s millennial shoppers
The president of Lane Crawford and Joyce, Andrew Keith, is digitalizing the 167-year-old Hong Kong luxury department store chain for China’s millennial shoppers.…
COS to open online mall in Korea
Hyundai Department Store announced that it will open COS brand mall at The Hyundai.com.…
JD.com expansion of offline experience shops
The company, which rose quickly to become China’s largest retailer, online or offline, through its e-commerce business, is looking to leverage the advantages of an offline experience to further expand…
Nars coming to China online via WeShop
Japanese cosmetics firm Shiseido will bring its luxury Nars brand to China, via an online distribution deal with WeShop.…
Cosmetics brand VDL to open in through China’s online website, Tmall
LG Household & Health Care, Korea’s No. 2 cosmetics maker, said that its international cosmetics brand VDL started to be sold through China’s online website, Tmall, a website for business-to-cons…
Alibaba rolls out Tmall World for overseas Chinese citizens
Alibaba Group has launched Tmall World, a new sales channel, to allow the 100 million Chinese citizens residing overseas, to purchase items from its retail site Tmall.…
Korea’s Mobile shopping soars to record levels
Purchases made through mobile devices like smartphones accounted for record-high levels of all products traded online in April, government data showed. Mobile transactions through smartphones and tabl…
E-Bay Korea helps firms bolster overseas sales
E-Bay Korea has been helping a number of small consumer goods makers by providing an online sales platform through which they can reach millions of buyers abroad.…
US retail giant Walmart launches flagship online store on JD.com
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is looking to provide same- and next-day deliveries to more than 600 million mainland Chinese consumers, with the opening of its own flagship online store on JD.…