Retail

Fashion and lifestyle e-commerce platform, ZALORA, has announced that it will be launching its first E-Commerce Booster Package in partnership with Enterprise Singapore, to help local Small-and-Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and sellers diversify and scale their operations online. The E-Commerce Booster Package was first introduced...

Business leaders representing the major retail landlords and tenants in Singapore have been appointed members of the Fair Tenancy Industry Committee (FTIC). The FTIC will take the lead and act as the custodian of the Code of Conduct (CoC) for the Leasing of Retail Premises in Singapore.Major...

Pace Enterprise (Pace), a fintech solutions provider, has announced an exclusive regional partnership with luxury goods and retail specialist, Valiram.  Through this partnership, Valiram’s brands in the region will offer Pace’s Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) solution to all its customers, allowing them to...

As Singapore exits Phase 2 Heightened Alert (P2HA), about 35% of micro and small enterprises in Singapore’s F&B and retail sectors indicated that their earnings have dropped by more than half since the start of P2HA. This is marginally better than last year’s Circuit...

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed an exceptionally difficult challenge for the travel industry, exacerbated by its impact occurring across all markets. Travel brands and marketers face challenges in creating travel experiences with their customers and clients while simultaneously complying with health precautions While COVID-19...

Amazon Singapore has released the results of a nationwide survey on consumer shopping behaviour in the past year, conducted by YouGov.  Surveying 1,207 adults in Singapore, the study sought to explore the online shopping behaviour across three main generational groups in the country – Gen...

E-commerce enabler Shopmatic is offering zero hosting charges to anyone signing up between 3rd June and 31st August 2021.  As part of its 'Inspiring Entrepreneurship Programme' merchants will be able to use the entire Shopmatic platform for setting up their ecommerce presence without paying any sign-up...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented levels of business disruption. In Singapore, many businesses are struggling to cope with the lack of footfall islandwide as the city-state has gone into Phase 2 Heightened Measures to combat the spread of the virus. There is great...

Criteo has announced their latest research around ecommerce trends observed during Ramadan this year, which took place from 12 April to 12 May. The second year in a row that Muslims are observing Ramadan under COVID-19 conditions, Criteo’s data revealed an uptick in indexed...

This past year has been especially challenging for SMBs in the region, with International Data Corporation (IDC) reporting 70.6 percent of micro and SMBs forced to temporarily cease operations due to the pandemic.  In response, TikTok has introduced Shop Local Saturday, an initiative to...