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3 Luxury Brands making it work in the Metaverse
Luxury brands have been making waves in Web3 and the metaverse recently. Here are 3 of the most interesting recent luxury fashion brand drops. 1. DOLCE&GABBANA x UNXD Launch of DGFamily community, a set of NFTs based around D&Gs ornately carved, carretto-style jewelry box, built to connect real life and the metaverse. 2. Gucci x SUPERPLASTIC® An exploration of phygital…
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Southeast Asia sees fastest Ecommerce sales growth in the World
Ecommerce sales in Southeast Asia will total $90 billion in 2022, an increase of $15 billion over last year. By next year, the region will cross the $100 billion mark, a long way from the $37 billion seen in 2019. This represents 21% year on year growth in ecommerce and a massive 141% growth over…
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Retail Tech Consumer Analytics Startup Shooper Raises US$130k
Indonesian Retail Tech platform Shooper has raised US$130,000 from undisclosed private angel investors during a pre-seed round. The Shooper app helps families save money on shopping with smart location enabled AI technology, and provides real-time big-data consumer analytics solutions to FMCGs. Shooper is a consumer analytics startup in the retail tech space, providing data-driven, real-time…
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Unlocking the Untapped Potential in Asia’s Digital Economy
Digitalization of Asia’s commerce brings choice to consumers and opportunity to businesses. It also provides the region’s societies with a path to greater economic growth and prosperity. Better government and business support of the digital economy is needed though, to fully reap these benefits. Greater public and private sector collaborations are also key to unlocking…
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Lazada Launches New Online Retail Solutions in SEA
by Damian Duffy Lazada is stepping up efforts to strengthen its position as the leading online shopping destination in Southeast Asia. In conjunction with its 7th birthday celebrations the company announced a series of products and services aimed at helping brands and sellers, both small and large, to win market share in the region by…
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E-commerce in SEA: Holiday Sales Online Consumer Trends
The friendly folks at Meltwater have just released a new report titled ‘E-commerce in SEA: Supercharging Holiday Sales Through Social Media’ analysing consumer sentiment across South East Asia during the year-end shopping period last year to help e-commerce companies better reach their audiences. The report found that Christmas shopping pulled in 56% of chatter, while…
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Adventures in New Retail: The Subscription Flash Sales Platform
The OnTheList flash sale platform fills a crucial gap in the Asian retail industry. By serving as a third-party vendor of members-only flash sales, it not only offers brands an environmentally friendly way to get rid of past-season stock, it also gives brands access to a growing consumer database with a more direct, D2C-style subscription…
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