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Delivery management technology provider MetaPack recently introduced a new service for retailers and brands with the launch of its MetaPack Carrier Mapping tool. This service sees the publishing of MetaPack’s comprehensive carrier label library.

American financial security and services corporation Diebold Nixdorf recently announced Gerrard Schmid as its president and chief executive officer (CEO). He also joins the Diebold Nixdorf Board of Directors.

The growth momentum in global smartphone market will remain weak in 2018 due to lower demand and less replacement purchases, said global market intelligence provider TrendForce.

American commercial real estate company Simon Property Group recently announced it has amended and extended its US$3.5 billion unsecured multi-currency revolving credit facility.

Singapore-based e-commerce company Shopmatic has announced its strategic partnership with the Asia-Pacific MSME Trade Coalition (AMTC), a working committee of the Asia Business Trade Association (ABTA). The association is aimed at extending Shopmatic’s e-commerce offerings and technological capabilities to more micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in various high-potential markets across the region through AMTC, enabling them to build, launch, manage and scale their online presence in a seamless and hassle-free manner.

E-commerce start-up ShopBack is teaming up with online social networking service LinkedIn to hunt for its Chief Shopping Officer.

Hypermarket chain Giant Singapore has launched a series of exciting activities this Lunar New Year to usher in good luck and prosperity.

How can video and new media content help online retailers? Muneerah Bee catches up with Ankiti Bose, CEO and co-founder of Zilingo, to find out more.

Retailers generally grasp the challenges they face in achieving excellent customer experience levels and they understand how they can deploy technology and talent to sustain them. Erwann Thomassain, vice-president of Marketing, APJ, Genesys, shares a brief checklist of the strategies and perspectives distinguishing iconic firms in the retail industry that optimise their resources in service of their brands from those that do not.

With South-east Asia set to be the leader in the e-commerce space, it is important for retailers to know how to best reach their customers. Muneerah Bee finds out what multiple retargeting is all about and how it can boost the online shopping experience.

As of the third quarter of 2017, there are about 5.3 million sqf of vacant retail space in Singapore, according to the republic’s Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and e-commerce could have contributed to a substantial portion of that.

In a globally growing category, Asia-Pacific comes in as the world’s fastest-growing snack foods market. Very notably over here in Asia, where multinational companies (MNCs) have always led the way, the trend is shifting towards home-grown snack foods companies. According to Kantar Worldpanel’s Asian Brand Power report,local brands in Asia attract 74% of  shoppers’ fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) spend and they are growing at twice the rate of multinational brands.

Going green within the retail industry is now more than just a social responsibility. It is also about meeting customer expectations for malls and brands to be environmentally friendly, especially when it comes to waste minimisation. What can be done to encourage malls and their retail tenants to recycle and reduce the amount of waste they generate? Muneerah Bee highlights some waste reduction plans by some malls and a store in Singapore.

To help commerce providers better engage shoppers during the festive Lunar New Year season, commerce marketing technology company Criteo has released seasonal data from 2017.

With digital allowing culture to move rapidly, big brands that do not keep up get disrupted quickly by trends if they do not respond to it, according to digital agency Havas, which has developed a new Millennial-led model which crushes the divide between brands and the emerging marketplace.

Global market research company Euromonitor International unveiled via webinar the latest trends shaping the halal market as companies race to benefit from a pool of untapped consumers.