Retail

Stridec Worldwide is helping more food and beverage (F&B) businesses get found online to generate more traffic, customers and revenue, by recommending the top 3 SEO strategies that they should implement as part of their ongoing search optimisation efforts.The market is getting more competitive than ever, and...

Research from Manhattan Associates has found that 80% of Australians are now more discerning and selective in their purchasing decisions compared with twelve months ago, creating a significantly higher barrier to sale for local retailers. Between inflation and interest rate rises, consumers find themselves caught in...

To support businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook and Instagram have lined up new features to direct people to gift cards from local businesses on the platforms and purchase them via select third party partner sites. Facebook is testing a feature where people...

New precinct-level digital initiatives and an SME Centre have been launched to help Chinatown businesses grow their business by attracting more visitors, with dedicated efforts to target the younger and digitally-savvy crowd. New Digital Initiatives COVID-19 has impacted Singapore’s tourism businesses...

Almost 30,000 retail shops were onboarded on foodpanda shops in the past year, with SMEs making up almost half of shops that had gone digital. This marks the first step in helping SME businesses build a strong digital core, to become more risk-resilient and cater to their customers' new...

Game Xtreme was founded more than eighteen years ago. From their beginnings in a humble shop house, they have grown to a familiar presence through their multiple retail outlets in heartland malls. While the pandemic has affected their brick-and-mortar retail, it did not curb...

Research by DBS on digital transformation found widespread enthusiasm among companies to digitalise customer experience and engagement but they faced significant challenges in achieving success.The findings were based on a global survey of 1,225 executives from commercial and finance/treasury teams across 22 markets in APAC, Europe and...

It’s a lucrative time of year, and not just for retail businesses. Cyber criminals also look to take advantage of the increased traffic and high sales volume, which provides cover for them to actively target retailers with cyber attacks.  Keeper Security is sharing cybersecurity...

Visa has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) to address the needs of Singapore’s tourism and lifestyle small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) impacted by COVID-19. The STB-Visa collaboration focuses on two strategic areas to revive the local...

In 2020, the Economist Intelligence Unit conducted a survey to measure the relative acceptance of digital currencies and other digital payment methods, finding that a cashless trend was strong with consumers globally. In February and March of 2021, a new survey set out to...