Concerns are increasing over the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) when shopping, with the majority of Singaporeans saying that it is important to know if they are communicating with AI or…
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Four major e-commerce trends in Hong Kong for 2023: Shopline
Online shopping in Hong Kong continued its steady growth in 2022, with four trends emerging as key areas to watch for merchants moving into 2023, according to a report from Asia’s biggest smart commer…
63 percent of Malaysian sellers positive about e-commerce
Shopee Malaysia kickstarted the New Year by launching its three-part 2023 consumer trends series called ‘Adapting to Malaysia’s Digital Consumers in 2023’. The first part of the series that focuses […
Amazon Fashion debuts new AR shopping experience with Snap
Amazon Fashion and Snap have partnered to bring Snapchat users Virtual Try-On (VTO) experiences. With 1.4 billion people expected to use augmented reality on smartphones in 2023, the social media […
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Juliette Gimenez, Co-founder & CEO at Goxip
The pandemic has drastically shifted customer traffic to digital channels. For instance, a two-week period in March 2020 saw an increase of 25 percent in online sales, which have grown […]…
Survey unveils what Chinese e-shoppers look for in Western brands
A survey, which has polled 1,000 Chinese shoppers who shopped on the largest cross-border marketplace Tmall Global in the past 12 months, was carried out to understand these cross-border shoppers’ onl…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Twitter about Southeast Asia online retail
Retail in Asia had the pleasure to interview Martyn U’ren, Research Director, APAC & Global Export of Twitter about the online retail scene in Southeast Asia as observed in Twitter. …
Korea’s online shopping up 24.9 percent in July
Online shopping in South Korea hit a record high in July, as there was a strong demand for food delivery services and the purchase of foodstuffs amid the pandemic, data showed.…
Online shopping in Korea up 25 percent in second quarter
Online shopping transactions in South Korea grew at the fastest pace in the April to June period from a year ago as online and mobile food and grocery shopping become a norm in Covid-19 environment.…
Online shopping in Korea reaches US$13.49 billion in a year
The active shopping via the internet of households is likely to contribute much to the gross domestic product of South Korea in terms of increasing production and reducing the inventories of local man…