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Sportswear demand rise as COVID-19 alert level heightened: ZALORA

It rose to 24% from 20% during the high alert period in Southeast Asia.

Shopline adds Instagram Live to smart commerce platform

In Singapore, over 40% of Shopline merchants adopted social commerce.

Australia household spending to grow 3.5% in 2022: Fitch Solutions

Recovery of consumer spending relies on the vaccination against COVID-19.

Validus, TTC Group, Do Ventures enter joint venture to help SMEs in Vietnam

The joint venture aims to expand SMEs’ credit access. 

Should Hong Kong’s brick-and-mortar retailers ride the e-commerce wave?

Surprisingly, retailers will need to cater more to the 62.1% of Hong Kongers who prefer to shop in-store.

What are the 10 leading technology trends?

Alibaba said these technology trends will rise in the next two to five years.

Amazon SG, Watsons partner for storefront on Amazon.sg

This will launch an extensive product range and offer free scheduled delivery.

Infrastructure-as-a-service: the unsung hero of annual festive sales

As we kick off 2022, e-commerce continues to gain momentum with retailers refining their strategies and upgrading their capabilities to address the ever-evolving landscape. Chinese New Year is right around the corner and other shopping events will instigate fierce rivalry as online and in-store retailers compete to out-perform one another by providing consumers better discounts, more personalised deals, and various payment methods and fulfilment options.

Shake Shack to open 10 Malaysian stores by 2031

The burger stand operator is present in five Asian markets.

Coupang raises service charge to cut losses

But an analyst fears that this will fall short of reaching profitability.

JD’s Seven Fresh to open 12 stores in Southern China by end-2022

The company seeks to expand its Greater Bay Area operations, currently with eight stores.

Reliance invests $200m in quick commerce player Dunzo

The delivery company is seeking to expand its operations to 15 Indian cities.

Weekly News Wrap: Delhi court halts Future-Amazon arbitration; 7-Eleven China fined over calling Taiwan a nation

And Walmart clarified they did not deliberately remove Xinjiang products on its app.

Asian food aggregators beef up e-grocery operations

Delivery companies seized the opportunity opened by a rise in online shopping.

These 3 consumer classes will drive APAC’s experience economy

The women, Gen Zs, and empowered 50s will have the biggest impact to the marketplace.

Shiseido, Tencent partner to improve social commerce business

This aims to provide new consumers to Chinese consumers globally.