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Macy's honours Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

This May, American department store chain Macy’s is celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the US with a host of events honouring the...

Macy's honours Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

This May, American department store chain Macy’s is celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the US with a host of events honouring the...

Visa welcomes new country manager for Singapore and Brunei

Financial services company Visa recently announced the appointment of Kunal Chatterjee as country manager for Singapore and Brunei.

Lazada's birthday sale reveals Singaporeans are spontaneous shoppers

On the first day of Lazada’s birthday sale, 24 April, traffic to the online marketplace surged and it saw a ten-fold spike in orders in comparison to...

ShippingEasy integrates with online marketplace Bonanza

Cloud-based shipping platform ShippingEasy has integrated with Bonanza, a fast-growing online marketplace of approximately 28 million items that...

7-Eleven portfolio offered for sale in Singapore

A portfolio of 13 prime Housing and Development Board (HDB) shophouses and a 999-year retail shop at Peninsula Plaza is up for sale in Singapore...

Pop-up retail event spotlights the best Hong Kong designers

FASHIONALLY.com, a website dedicated to the promotion of Hong Kong fashion, will organise an "unprecedented" retail event at PMQ mall starting from...

What is New Retail?

“New Retail is not just a concept or trend, it is the new reality," Lim Ming Yan, president and group CEO of CapitaLand Group declared at the New...

The luxury mobile shopper emerges in Asia

Shoppers in emerging economies such as China and India are seeking a more luxury, personalised shopping service on their mobile and many Asia-Pacific...

Subscribing to a growing retail trend

More than just a buzzword, the subscription e-commerce market in Asia has been growing in the last few years. Muneerah Bee had a quick chat with Jen...

Earth Day 2018 aims to end plastic pollution

Earth Day Network, the organisation that leads Earth Day worldwide, said Earth Day 2018 (which falls on April 22) will focus on mobilising the world...

Over 50% of commercial drone flights to be flown autonomously by 2022

THE commercial unmanned aerial services (UAS) market is experiencing a steady economic expansion due to disruptive innovations such as autonomous...

E-commerce is dead, long live digital commerce: Accenture

Technology has changed the face of retail, shifting the power from brands to consumers who are well informed and have more options. Management...

Keeping data safe during online transactions

With growing digitisation and greater privacy laws on the horizon, data protection is going to be more important than ever for e-commerce businesses...

Making sense of the big picture behind big data in retail

Retailers today have access to consumer data more than ever before, such as shoppers’ demographics, preferences, transaction details and purchase...

How retailers must respond to the changing power dynamic with their customers

In retailing days of the past, customers had access to a limited range of products, sold in specialist outlets, often in just some select locations...

Unboxing a new retail concept

Everyone loves a surprise in the mailbox. The boom in e-commerce has made online subscription services sprout all over Asia to offer customers almost...