Thailand

Thailand is eBay’s largest online retailer in South-east Asia, and the California-based e-commerce operator is gearing up to get more small and medium-sized exporters in the country to use its platform.

Thai home furnishing and décor company Index Living Mall has signed a franchise agreement with the SM Group in the Philippines.

Five retail giants have teamed up with a Thai mall operator to offer a cross-border privileges programme for shoppers.

Tesco Lotus, a leading retailer in Thailand, recently partnered with Honeywell to implement a mobile retail solution that allows it to interact with customers via their smart phones. To implement the system, Tesco Lotus had to transition the POS system from 1D to 2D scanning capable of reading bar codes from smartphone screens.

South Korean tech giant Samsung has chosen Thailand to introduce a new retail concept.