Oompr is A Social Alternative to Buying and Selling on Forums
I recently met up with the founders of Oompr! (pronounced ‘Oom-per’), Louis and Weikiat. Both are graduating next year and have done a f...
Posts Categorized: E-commerce
China’s WineNice Raises Over $15M in Funding, Rumored to Involve Rothschild Support
Yes, this is the third bit of news for a China-based wine e-commerce site in as many days. This time it’s the turn of WineNice to coun...
China-Based Wine E-Tailer Vinehoo Raises Funding For its Flash Sales
Being big fans of both alcohol and startups, we’re pleased to hear of yet more funding for a Chinese wine e-commerce site. This time i...
HomeAway Brings its Vacation Rentals to Chinese Tourists in TuJia Tie-Up
One of the first Chinese startups I wrote about this year was TuJia, which is an online service for vacation home rentals. Then a few months...
Australia’s Flippa Helps You Flip Websites Quicker than Ever
While I’ve never ventured into the business of buying and flipping domain names or websites myself, it seems like an intriguing busine...
China’s Priciest Wine E-Commerce Site Launches, Aims at $50M in 1st Year Sales
China’s wealthiest wine connoisseurs now have another option when trying to source the very best wines. Over the weekend, the new e-co...
China’s Taobao and Tmall Top 1 Trillion RMB ($159 Billion) in Sales So Far This Year
China’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba, has just announced that two of its sites, Taobao and Tmall, have collectively hit RMB 1 t...
Zalora Indonesia Reaches 150,000 Daily Visits Thanks to TV Ad Spot
Rocket Internet’s fashion e-commerce company Zalora Indonesia has laid out its plans for the upcoming Christmas holiday season. Zalora Ind...
China’s Boldest Groupon Clone to Launch Open Group Buying Platform: a World First?
Innovation isn’t something you would normally expect fron Tuanbao, China’s most blatant Groupon clone. After all, Tuanbao CEO Re...
Lazada Receives $26M From Summit Partners, Has Now Raised Over $100M in 4 Months
Rocket Internet’s Asia-oriented e-commerce site Lazada announced yesterday that the company received $26 million in funding from equity in...
Rakuten Rolls Out ‘Smartpay’ Mobile Payments Solution
I suppose given that many other companies have already launched smartphone payments solutions in Japan already, it should come as no surpris...
Rakuten Set to Ship Kobo Mini in Japan on December 18
Rakuten’s (JSD:4755) subsidiary Kobo has announced that its Kobo Mini e-reader is now available for pre-order, with shipments starting...
Association of E-Commerce Indonesia to Hold First Seminar in December
The Association of E-commerce Indonesia (IdEA) was assembled by heavyweight Indonesian e-commerce players back in May to help spur the growt...
Multiply to Relaunch in 2013 as 100% E-Commerce Site After Total Blog Platform Shutdown
Earlier this year Multiply made the big decision to transform and dedicate the site entirely to e-commerce. In the process, the company anno...
With Railway Ministry Ticket App Still Missing, Train Ticket Apps Flourish in China
As part of what I’m increasingly convinced is actually a performance art piece about incompetent bureucracy, China’s Railway Min...
Clothing E-Tailer Vancl Cutting 25% of Workforce Ahead of 2013 US IPO?
Chinese clothing e-tailer Vancl is reportedly cutting as much as 25 percent of its workforce ahead of an anticipated US IPO in the first or ...
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