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5 China luxury market predictions for 2017
Jing Daily has made a list of predictions for China’s luxury market in 2017, which is set to bring both opportunities and challenges for luxury brands.…
Mobile payments to reach $410.5 billion by 2020
Mobile retail payments, both online and at the point of sale, are expected to total $180 billion in 2016 and balloon to $410.5 billion by 2020.…
Opinion: Chinese mobile commerce must be social
Teresa Lam of the Fung Group discusses the growth of mobile and social commerce in China, and how retailers need to keep up with the changing times.…
China’s m-commerce explosion drives 32 percent Singles’ Day sales growth
Alibaba’s gigantic online shopping holiday saw another record-smashing year in China, with mobile continuing to become an even more dominant shopping platform.…
Will Alipay dominate global mobile payments?
In less than ten years, Alibaba has become a global conglomerate with its arms stretching across multiple disciplines such as payment, big data, Hollywood and more.…
Instagram launches new in-app shopping feature
From next week, 20 US-based retail brands — including Warby Parky, J.Crew, and Levi’s — will be trialing Instagram’s new in-app shopping feature.…
Marcus Tan of Carousell: Snap, list and sell
Marcus Tan, co-founder of Carousell, tells us more about the buy-and-sell app’s beginnings, where they’re headed next and the tremendous potential of mobile commerce in Southeast Asia.…
5 retail trends in mobile and social marketing
A report from BI Intelligence has uncovered five insightful mobile and social marketing trends and how they can help retailers.…
3 ways millennials are using mobile commerce
According to the results of a new study, 84 percent of millennials are using in-store mobile commerce.…