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Why is security so important in maintaining a company’s brand appeal and retaining their customers? Kuna Nallappan, marketing director, APAC, F5 Networks, explains.

Conversable has unveiled an enterprise platform that allows for the creation of interactive, automated experiences on messaging and voice platforms. The launch took place in partnership with international fast-food chain Wingstop, with the Conversable platform enabling customers to place orders from both Facebook and Twitter.

In the hyper competitive e-commerce industry in Asia-Pacific, retailers are moving beyond competing on price to competing on logistics, getting packages to more people with greater speed and security. The strategies employed range from expanding traditional inhouse logistics capabilities to creative ones such as investing in store-based retailers, using new types of pick-up locations and hyperlocal delivery. As the e-commerce giants battle it out in this new frontier, it will be imperative for all retailers to keep up or risk losing their share to those who can deliver quickly and efficiently.

The retail landscape in Asia- Pacic today is fast-growing, vibrant and competitive.

The RFD8500, Zebra Technologies’ first multi-operating system RFID sled, is now available. Zebra, which supplies products and services that enable real-time visibility into organisations’ assets, people and transactions, designed the RFD8500 to easily add high-performance RFID and 1D/2D barcode scanning to Android and iOS mobile devices in Asia-Pacific. 

How is the Internet of Things (IoT) changing the way logistics and supply chain workflows work? And how does implementing connected logistics solutions impact the rest of the chain? Millette Manalo-Burgos finds out more.

The recently negotiated Trans-Pacic Partnership (TPP) trade agreement will have a positive impact on both retailers and American consumers once enacted, according to a report released by the National Retail Federation (NRF). NRF is the world’s largest retail trade association, representing discount and department stores, home goods and specialty stores, Main Street merchants, grocers, wholesalers, chain restaurants and Internet retailers from the US and more than 45 countries.

UnionPay International (UPI) will be working closely with retailers across the island to offer a range of exclusive offers, rewards and privileges to UnionPay cardholders, as well as new shopping experiences to local consumers and visiting tourists during the Great Singapore Sale (GSS) 2016 period from June 3-August 14.

Rocket Internet has agreed to sell a 9.1% stake, on a fully diluted basis, in Lazada for US$137 million. Founded in 2012, Lazada is the one-stop e-commerce gateway for local and international sellers and brands to the consumers in six distinct South-east Asian markets: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Some 71% of Samsung mobile device users in Singapore keen to try Samsung Pay had their wish granted, as the giant mobile device manufacturer chose Singapore as the first country in South-east Asia to get the company’s flagship mobile payment service.

The region’s premier and most comprehensive trade event for Asia’s food and hospitality industries, Food&HotelAsia2016 (FHA2016) ended on an upbeat note last month, as attendees emerged delighted with their experience at the trade event.

With Singapore’s strategic location and the ready availability of world-class infrastructure, many major logistics companies are setting up or expanding their operations here.

While the current shrinkage numbers clocked in by global retailers may prove alarming, addressing the issues that cause the loss may be the best solution to slow it down. Millette Manalo-Burgos taps data from the latest Global Retail Theft Barometer, to help reveal some of these shrinkage-related issues.

Airports have increasingly become mega retail hubs across the globe and, today, are retail and lifestyle destinations in their own right. Vanessa Ching speaks with Teo Chew Hoon, senior vice-president, airside concessions division, Changi Airport Group, to find out more.