With a $125 million investment round, Rent the Runway is now valued at over $1 billion. The female unicorn club just got a little bigger.…
Lazada announces “Super eBusinesses” to win market share
Lazada’s “super-solutions” will fuel brands and sellers of all sizes to win bigger market share.…
Alibaba bets on Chinese outbound travelers with Fliggy Buy Service
Fliggy, the travel service platform of Alibaba Group, has launched its Fliggy Buy service, which offers overseas merchants a new solution to capture opportunities presented by the growing purchasing p…
Zalora and NBCUniversal debut new TV show: Style Me Now!
Style Me Now, a DIVA original series, sponsored by Zalora.…
Google aims at training 50,000 AI experts by 2024
Google aims at increasing the number of machine-learning developers in the country and training 50,000 people in the next five years as part of that initiative.…
Toplife will merge into Farfetch China
Farfetch and JD.com expand strategic partnership to build the Premier Luxury Gateway to China.…
Tencent-backed AI startup checks students’ math homework
Beijing-based online education startup Yuanfudao has developed an AI-powered app to check children’s arithmetic problems.…
New Zealand bans Huawei from 5G mobile network
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government blocked Chinese telecom giant Huawei from the nationwide roll-out of a 5G data network over “significant national security concerns”.…
Alipay is available at Walgreens’stores now
Chinese consumers visiting the U.S. can now use Alipay at Walgreens, one of the largest drugstore chains in the country.…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW : the rise of YouTube and video content
Retail in Asia engaged in an interesting conversation with Ben Wong, Chief Marketing Officer, Google Greater China, about YouTube and the rise of video content, in Hong Kong specifically.…