Posts Tagged: ecommerce


LightInTheBox

China’s LightInTheBox Adjusts US IPO Plan, Now Seeks to Raise $100 Million

China’s first tech IPO of 2013 is still in the works as the global B2B e-commerce platform LightIn...

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  • May 24, 2013
  • at 11:00 am
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Zalora Supports Cash-On-Collection at 7-Eleven Stores Across Singapore

Things have been evolving quite a bit for Zalora since it entered Singapore. Last year, there was so...

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  • May 22, 2013
  • at 9:23 pm
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Pakistan's startup ecosystem

Pakistan’s Startup Ecosystem Has So Much Potential (INFOGRAPHIC)

Adam Dawood is the founding partner of DYL Ventures, a Pakistan-centric venture capital and consulta...

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  • May 22, 2013
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FoodPanda Asia

Foodpanda Merges with Rival, Claims to be Biggest Food Delivery Site in Singapore

Food delivery site Foodpanda has been making headlines a lot recently. First with a $20 million fina...

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  • May 20, 2013
  • at 5:33 pm
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Singapore’s Too Small? More E-Commerce Businesses Look Abroad

We recently ran a guest post on the blogshop phenomenon in Singapore, and as Lucas highlighted in th...

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  • May 16, 2013
  • at 10:00 pm
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foodpanda

Vietnam: HungryPanda is Rebranded as Foodpanda to Connect with the Regional Rocket Brand

I wrote about Vietnam’s food delivery landscape earlier this month, and already there are some new...

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  • May 15, 2013
  • at 12:22 pm
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The Blogshop Phenomenon in Singapore

Blogshops have become a huge phenomenon in Singapore, with four of the country’s ten most-searched...

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  • May 10, 2013
  • at 9:08 pm
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With 1.4 Million Users, Taobao Launches Hong Kong Official Site

E-shopping marketplace Taobao has been aggressively expanding to Hong Kong and Taiwan. With 1.4 mill...

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  • May 10, 2013
  • at 5:15 pm
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Square Japan launch

Square Makes First Overseas Move, Launches in Japan

Japan has long had square watermelons, and now it has Square for mobile payments too. This marks the...

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  • May 23, 2013
  • at 10:22 pm
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Rocket Internet’s Fashion E-Store Zalora Scores $100 Million in Funding

Rocket Internet’s fashion e-store for Asia, Zalora, has raised a truly massive round of fundin...

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  • May 22, 2013
  • at 4:38 pm
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China mcommerce

Mobile Commerce Worth $4.29 Billion in Q1 in China, But One Company Dominates

We know that mobile commerce in China was worth $7.8 billion in 2012 – and is expected to rise...

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  • May 21, 2013
  • at 5:43 pm
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Meituan gay deals

This Chinese Deals Site is Offering a Free Gay Marriage Trip to Canada

Today and tomorrow is a sort of Chinese Valentine’s, so it’s an apt time for couples to be think...

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  • May 20, 2013
  • at 4:50 pm
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Alibaba Working on a Set-Top Box to Bring E-Commerce to Your TV?

Alibaba Working on a Set-Top Box to Bring E-Commerce to Your TV?

Last year it was cheap smartphones; this year the China trend — again, inspired by Xiaomi R...

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  • May 16, 2013
  • at 8:45 am
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Zalora Delivers 1 Millionth Order to a Customer in Singapore

Rocket Internet’s fashion e-store for Southeast Asia, Zalora, has just shipped its one million...

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  • May 14, 2013
  • at 2:30 pm
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Autonavi apps 100 million users

Alibaba Explores Online Mapping, Takes Stake in Autonavi For $294 Million

You can wait years for a big deal to hit the Chinese web, but recently the blockbuster moves are com...

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  • May 10, 2013
  • at 6:12 pm
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Jingdong supermarket

Jingdong Gets Fresh, Adds a Supermarket to its E-Commerce Offerings

China’s Jingdong (formerly called 360Buy) is expanding yet again from its original Amazon-style of...

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  • May 7, 2013
  • at 2:00 pm
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