UK lifestyle media group Dazed Media has entered China with the help of the nation’s largest streetwear platform, Yoho Group, marking the release of Dazed China this summer.…
Malaysia welcomes the first shopping mall app
The newly launched Sunway Pyramid Mobile app is the very first shopping mall app with real-time in-mall navigation, set to revolutionise the shopping experience in Malaysia.…
Guess misses estimates as earnings despite profit uptick
Guess Inc. reported net earnings that missed analysts’ expectations for the fourth quarter, despite the holiday period proving profitable for the U.S. fashion brand.…
Zara Home merges with Zara brand
Inditex Group confirmed that it plans to progressively merge its Zara Home category into Zara during 2019, motivated by the brands’ “increasing synergies.”…
Korean Duty-free sales hit another monthly record
Duty-free sales set a record in February, in part due to holidays that fell during the month, according to data provided by the Korea Duty Free Shops Association.…
The Shilla Duty Free partners with comics strip artists
The Shilla Duty Free is partnering with popular Chinese webtoon artists to boost its appeal to travelling Chinese shoppers.…
How to make millennial customers even more loyal
For all the ubiquitous public kvetching about millennials, like it or not, they are the future. By 2020, it’s estimated that one in three adults will be millennials.…
Lotte to introduce ‘Intelligent Shopping Advisor’ with IBM
IBM announced it has signed an agreement with the Lotte Group to provide cloud-based IBM Watson solutions to help the Group deliver innovation across the business and become a world-class retail compa…
Can Japan’s renowned customer service be recreated online?
Can brands find a happy medium between the traditional idea of ‘omotenashi’ and the quick, efficient shopping a younger generation demands?…
5 tips to improve the retail customer experience
In order to help your customers move through the purchase process, here are five ways to utilize data and analytics to strengthen your retail brand and its sales.…