E-commerce firms are seeking strategies such as linking up with artificial intelligence and exclusive products to increase profitability, as consumers continue to shift their shopping tendencies to mo…
Givenchy launches e-commerce
Givenchy’s new artistic director, Clare Waight Keller, is revolutionizing the brand’s digital image with a new website and the launch of its e-commerce business on 25 September 2017.…
MDS invests $16m into MatahariMall.com
Indonesian retail firm Matahari Department Stores (MDS) has upped its stake in local e-commerce firm MatahariMall.com, after the Multipolar–owned firm invested an additional $16 million for a 16% stak…
Korean online shopping growth surge as retail sales stumble
Online shopping is experiencing a growth surge, accounting for close to 20 percent of all retail sales in the first quarter of this year.…
RIP high street retailers, faced by the relentless onslaught of mobile
Landmark, Pacific Place and other high-profile malls appear awfully sleepy these days, as Millennials resort to a lifestyle run by smartphones.…
Amazon, channel for Vietnam’s apparel to enter EU
Amazon, leading online shopping channel, has the potential to become a window for Vietnamese textile and garment products to gain access to European Union market. This was stated in Hanoi at a seminar…
Singaporeans most likely to give negative online shopping review
According to research conducted by iPrice and Trusted Company, which analysed 30,000 e-commerce reviews in Southeast Asia, online shoppers in Singapore are on average the least happy with their online…
Global Chinese travel retail vs. online shopping
It’s a well-established fact that online shopping is disrupting the global retail sector, both in developed markets as well as in developing markets such as China and India.…
Singaporeans are convenience shoppers, 2017 mobile sales to hit $850m
More than a third of Singapore consumers say they will spend more online in 2017, drawn in by the convenience of Internet shopping, especially via smartphones.…
5 things to know about affluent older customers
Retailers are investing millions of dollars in a bid to capture the digital wallet of the millennial shopper, yet older consumers appear to spend more time, and potentially money, online.…