Posts Categorized: E-commerce


Airbnb Asia

Interview: Airbnb’s Plans in Southeast Asia (Live Blog)

We’ve seen US-based vacation home rentals site Airbnb pushing into Southeast Asia recently, so...

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  • April 5, 2013
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Women in Startups: Why We Need Them, and Why You Should Care (Live Blog)

Following up, we have an all-woman discussion panel on female entreprenurship featuring the followin...

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  • April 4, 2013
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Rakuten Branches Out to Asia (Live Blog)

Shin Hasegawa, assistant CMO and head of Asia marketing at Rakuten (JSD:4755), is onstage now to dis...

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  • April 4, 2013
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Rakuten Travel Sees Huge Revenue Growth in Southeast Asia and China

Rakuten isn’t all about e-commerce or its Kobo e-reader. It also runs Rakuten Travel, an onlin...

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  • April 2, 2013
  • at 8:08 pm
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The Future of Sanook: Thailand’s Largest Web Portal

Led by Tiwa York and Krittee Manoleehagul, Sanook.com attracts 18.5 million unique visitors generati...

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  • April 2, 2013
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Tokopedia Relocates Office, Reveals Strong New Growth Stats

Although Indonesian e-commerce site Tokopedia moved its office last month, the company chose an inte...

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  • April 1, 2013
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Singapore’s Design-Focused E-Commerce Site HipVan Launches Today

HipVan is a design-focused e-commerce site in Singapore that went live today

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  • April 1, 2013
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Axis Enters E-Payment Battle, Users Can Register Via Facebook

IndoTelko reported yesterday that Indonesian telco Axis has launched its e-payment gateway called â€...

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  • March 29, 2013
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Lots of Buttons Still Offers an Astonishing Number of Buttons

Regular Tech In Asia readers and craft enthusiasts might already be familiar with Hong Kong based Lo...

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  • April 4, 2013
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Coffee Chat: What Rakuten Taught Me After We Got Acquired (Live Blog)

Currently onstage now is the founder of Thailand’s e-commerce site Tarad.com, Pawoot Pongvitayapan...

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  • April 4, 2013
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MetroDeal’s Path To Daily Deal Dominance in the Philippines [Startup Asia Preview]

Daily deals have been one of the biggest trends to hit the internet since social media. Pioneered an...

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  • April 3, 2013
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Job Marketplace ‘Freelancer’ Now Supports Malaysian, wants 300,000 Users in 2013

Global outsourcing online marketplace Freelancer, which connects people to freelance jobs posted wor...

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  • April 2, 2013
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Perk by Kate: The Lingerie E-Commerce Site For Women in Singapore

Perk by Kate is Singapore’s representative lingerie e-commerce site.

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  • April 2, 2013
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Report: eBay Leads $50 Million Investment in India’s SnapDeal

SnapDeal pivoted/expanded into a broader e-commerce company early last year - and now eBay is intere...

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  • April 1, 2013
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China’s B2C E-commmerce Giant 360Buy Rebrands

One of the largest B2C e-commerce sites in China has rebranded to JD.com from 360buy.com. The old do...

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  • March 30, 2013
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China’s Alibaba Refocuses its AliExpress Site as a Global Shopping Marketplace

Alibaba has restructured and refocused its English-language AliExpress site so that it focuses more ...

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  • March 28, 2013
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