Social media messaging service WhatsApp is planning to launch a digital payment service in Indonesia, with the U.S. firm in talks with several local payment platforms, sources have revealed to Reuters…
Are luxury brands engaging their WeChat communities?
DLG (Digital Luxury Group) has just released the first part of the 2019 WeChat Luxury Index, which focuses on the engagement performance of luxury brands on WeChat.…
ZALORA launches Fashion Festival pop-up in Singapore
ZALORA puts together experiential and interactive themed rooms from favourite fashion and beauty brands.…
Ooops… they did it again!
It seems that brands are slowly learning how to handle this type of crises; however, those episodes have now become a never-ending witch hunt! Once, one is spotted, a long tail of others fall behind i…
Indonesian influencer e-commerce start-up Raena raises $1.82mn in funds
Indonesian start-up Raena has inked $1.82 million in seed funding, as the social media influencer and e-commerce platform looks to grow within Southeast Asia and beyond.…
Kobe’s Evangeline Leong’s opinion on the removal of “likes” on Instagram
How will the removal of ‘likes’ affect our Asian community? What are some of the repercussions?…
China’s Xiaohongshu removed from Chinese app stores
Chinese social e-commerce platform Xiaohongshu, also known as RED in overseas markets, was pulled from major Chinese Android stores and it is unclear when the app will be made available again for down…
Luxury brands collaborating with k-pop stars
A special collection launched by Italian luxury brand Fendi and K-pop boy band GOT7 member Jackson Wang sold out in a matter of hours.…
The Shilla Duty Free teams up with top beauty influencers
The Shilla Duty Free has teamed up with some of China and Vietnam’s top beauty influencers in a campaign that reached 11 million foreign consumers.…
Instagram hides “likes”
Instagram’s test of hiding “likes” on posts just expanded to more markets around the globe.…