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Amazon launches bigger local online store in Singapore
Amazon.com Inc has launched a bigger local store and marketplace in Singapore, expanding its product selection and intensifying competition with rivals Read more…
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Online retail – a real struggle for bricks and mortar players
We are used to seeing big numbers in predictions about ecommerce and retail and the latest Juniper Research report into online sales does not disappoint. According to the report ‘online retail sales will exceed $6 Read more…
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Online customers in Asia prefer Asian-made smartphones
Online customers in Asia prefer Asian-made smartphones most of all according to findings made by analysts. Read more…
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Belgian Trappist monk beer brewers turn to online sales
Belgian Trappist monks who brew one of the world’s most coveted beers are turning to online sales to ensure their limited supply goes directly to beer lovers. Read more…
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IKEA shifts focus from store visits to online app experience
IKEA is launching a new app to allow customers to shop remotely for products they can visualise in the context of their own home. Read more…
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Traditional TV in this age of online and mobile entertainment
In the age of online media, audience expectations continue to evolve and traditional TV as we know it faces severe challenges unless it reinvents itself – again Read more…
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New Zealand massacre highlights the dark side of live-streaming
Online live-streaming sites seemed oblivious to the New Zealand massacre unfurling and failed to stop it until well after it had gone viral Read more…
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China arrests over 60 suspects abroad in online fraud crackdown
China has arrested 62 suspects abroad and seized $1.5 billion from 380 fraudulent peer-to-peer lending platforms as part of crackdown on online finance. Read more…
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China upset because Taiwan and Hong Kong listed separately online
One of China’s top government-linked think tanks has called out foreign companies for not referring to Hong Kong and Taiwan as part of China. Read more…
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Online sellers appeal against India CCI ruling favouring Flipkart
A group representing online sellers in India will appeal against the Competition Commision of India’s (CCI) ruling in favour of Walmart-owned Flipkart Read more…