Chinese luxury fashion resale platform Plum, also known as Hongbulin, has inked USD 100 million in a series C funding round backed by second-hand trading platform, ZhuanZhuan Group, the company [̷…
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Ferragamo Boosts Digital Business through Farfetch Partnership
Through a new global strategic partnership with Farfetch, Salvatore Ferragamo is enhancing its digital capabilities.
The collaboration will give Ferragamo access to Farfetch’s global audience reach to…
A look into India’s second crackdown on Chinese technology
India has begun its second wave of cracking down on Chinese-owned technology, citing investigations by India’s Enforcement Directorate into dubious economic policies of Chinese technology as the reaso…
Asia’s retail leaders prioritize automation and future-proofing
Retailers across Asia have faced unprecedented challenges in recent years. Most significantly, the pandemic has accelerated the growth of online retail sales by two to five times pre-Covid rate, forci…
What happened at CES2022?
Held in Las Vegas, CES® 2022 concluded on 7th January welcoming over 40,000 attendees. More than 2,300 exhibiting companies from around the world, including over 800 startups, launched products featur…
Why is digital key to building retail resiliency in an evolving world?
2020 accelerated innovation as well as new services and features that would have taken years to achieve. People were experiencing how to shop in a more digitally oriented way, as life continued in a l…
Samsung partners with Digital Art Fair Asia
Samsung partnered with the first edition of Digital Art Fair Asia this October to exhibit new media artworks while delivering unparalleled NFT art curation experiences.…
Fashion brand Philipp Plein accepts cryptocurrency
The German fashion brand Philipp Plein becomes the first fashion house to accept cryptocurrencies as an official payment method.…
Understanding the digital pulse of retail in Asia
So, what is the digital pulse for Asian retail today? Let’s find out.…
GS25 launches AI robot delivery service
South Korean convenience store GS25 said that it has recently launched a delivery service using an artificial intelligence-based robot at a second location in southern Seoul.…