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Helping Asia-based e-tailers reach customers in Europe and North America

Newegg – a tech-focused e-retailer in North America – is exploring avenues to give Asian sellers the opportunity to learn how its marketplace can help them sell cross-border and reach new customers in Europe and North America.

Helping Asia-based e-tailers reach customers in Europe and North America

Newegg – a tech-focused e-retailer in North America – is exploring avenues to give Asian sellers the opportunity to learn how its marketplace can help them sell cross-border and reach new customers in Europe and North America.

Food waste awareness festival debuts in Asia

For the first time in Asia, Singapore will host a community food festival to raise awareness on the 791,000 tonnes of food that are annually going to waste in in the country and showcase solutions to food waste.

Serving ample opportunities in F&B

AN impressive line-up of refreshed buyer programmes and rebranded key visuals are expected at THAIFEX-World of Food Asia, Asia’s leading F&B trade show, to deliver an even stronger focus on business quality trade deals and networking opportunities.

Study reveals significant growth opportunities in Asia-Pacific's loyalty landscape

CONSUMERS in emerging Asia-Pacific markets are embracing loyalty programmes with gusto, while their peers in developed markets express a more reserved sentiment, Mastercard’s inaugural multi-market study on Asia-Pacific’s loyalty landscape revealed. Despite the variances in perception, the research signals room for growth across the region to enhance the appeal of loyalty cards.

Handling e-commerce order returns and exchanges

One of the fundamentals of building and sustaining a successful e-commerce business is establishing a hassle-free return or refund policy that regains the customers’ confidence. Kate Low, founder of lingerie brand Perk by Kate, shares her thoughts.

Maersk, IBM to form JV applying blockchain to digitise supply chains

TRANSPORT and logistics company Maersk and technology company IBM announced in January their intent to establish a joint venture (JV) to provide more efficient and secure methods for conducting global trade using blockchain technology.

Reimagining the resale market

Associated with a myriad of terms — “second-hand”, “pre-owned”, “pre-loved”, “thrifting”, “reverse marketplace” and most recently, “recommerce” — the resale industry is steadily gaining acceptance and popularity in Asia for various reasons favoured by today’s shoppers. Muneerah Bee finds out why recommerce has a strong potential to be more than a buzz word in retail and why it is thriving in the online sphere.

Lights will guide you home and around the store too

Bricks-and-mortar retailers are coming apart brick by solid brick, as they continue to succumb to the compounding pressure from e-commerce retailers.

Schenker Jinbei Logistics opens Shenyang-Tiexi Logistics Center

Schenker Jinbei Logistics (SJL), the joint venture between DB Schenker and Jinbei Automotive, officially celebrated the opening of its multi-user facility in Shenyang, China recently.

Faire Leather Co. raises over S$406,000 to become most-funded Kickstarter campaign in Singapore

Singapore-based leather company Faire Leather Co. has surpassed its initial target of S$50,000 (US$38,151) to achieve over S$406,000 by the end of its crowdfunding campaign not too long ago. This reportedly places Faire Leather Co. as the highest funded Kickstarter project initiated out of Singapore to date.

ShipStation e-book offers tips on branded shipping for e-tailers

Web-based e-commerce shipping solution provider ShipStation recently launched a free e-book, titled Brand Your Shipping: How to Overcome the Brand Dead Zone.

Diebold Nixdorf AllConnect Services accelerate physical shopping

American financial security and services corporation Diebold Nixdorf has launched Diebold Nixdorf AllConnect Services, an offering that provides retailers and financial institutions the capabilities and technology needed to make physical distribution channels as agile, integrated, efficient and differentiated as their digital counterparts.

Global Treasure Bank issues its first bank cards in Myanmar

Global Treasure Bank (GTB) has launched its first set of bank cards in partnership with the global payments brand, UnionPay.

Pakpobox raised pre-Series A funding for its smart locker platform

Pakpobox Hong Kong Limited -- which provides intelligent products, services and solutions based on the Internet of Things -- recently closed its pre-Series A funding round for US$1.2 million led by Infinity Venture Partners, a Japan-based VC. SQ Capital Group and The Aria Group also took part.

Shining a light on women-owned businesses

Retail businesses that are owned and operated by women have an option to distinguish their products to inform shoppers that the goods are made or supplied by a woman-owned business.

Carousell introduces new category to offer financial products

MoneySmart, Singapore’s personal finance comparison website, recently announced a strategic partnership with mobile classifieds app Carousell to reach out to the next generation of mobile-first consumers.

Papa John's opens first restaurant in Kyrgyzstan

American restaurant franchise company Papa John’s International continues its expansion into Central Asia with the announcement of the first Papa John’s restaurant in Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyzstan Papa John’s is located in Bishkek and opened its doors on February 8, 2018.