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Starbucks' inaugural China Investor Conference highlights accelerated store growth
Starbucks Corporation recently presented the company’s key drivers that will fuel China’s market growth over the next five years at its first-ever China Investor Conference.
Starbucks' inaugural China Investor Conference highlights accelerated store growth
Starbucks Corporation recently presented the company’s key drivers that will fuel China’s market growth over the next five years at its first-ever China Investor Conference.
CapitaLand sets world record for Raffles City Chongqing
Singapore-based real estate company CapitaLand has written a new world record as it embarks on the complex crowning process for Raffles City Chongqing, the 1.12 million-sqm urban district located on Chongqing’s famed Chaotianmen riverfront.
UNCTAD, Alibaba Business School kick off eFounders Initiative for Asian entrepreneurs
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Alibaba Business School recently enrolled the first class of 37 Asian entrepreneurs for the eFounders Initiative at an opening ceremony held on the Alibaba campus in Hangzhou, China.
35,000 North American merchants now accept Alipay
Alipay, a digital payment platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group and commerce-enabling technology provider First Data, recently announced an expanded partnership that adds 35,000 merchants to the growing roster of businesses accepting Alipay in store.
Schenker Jinbei Logistics opens Shenyang-Tiexi Logistics Center
Schenker Jinbei Logistics (SJL), the joint venture between DB Schenker and Jinbei Automotive, officially celebrated the opening of its multi-user facility in Shenyang, China recently.
Bestseller improves business intelligence and innovation with Centric Software
Product lifecycle management (PLM) software provider Centric Software recently announced the release of a success story video about its customer, clothing and accessories company Bestseller.
Tencent, JD.com, Vipshop announce equity investment
Tencent Holdings, JD.com and Vipshop Holdings recently jointly announced that investment holding conglomerate Tencent and Chinese e-commerce company JD.com have entered into definitive agreements with Vipshop, an online discount retailer for brands in China, such that Tencent and JD.com will invest approximately US$863 million in cash in Vipshop at the closing of the transaction.
New Starbucks Roastery in China offers digital experience
Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Shanghai opened recently -- culminating in Starbucks most ambitious project ever. The world’s second Starbucks Roastery is created three years after the inaugural Seattle Roastery and it a multi-sensory coffee experience in an interactive coffee and retail destination, according to the company.
Strengthening cross border e-commerce across the Belt and Road
Singapore-based software solutions provider Y3 Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aerospace Digitnexus Information Technology (Shenzhen) Limited, a subsidiary of China Aerospace International Holdings, and Singapore cloud-tagging solutions provider veriTAG to advance the developments in the Belt and Road cross border e-commerce by establishing an ASEAN-China supply chain system to fulfil cross-border e-commerce deliveries.
Chinese commercial giant Suning reveals future of Smart Retail
Suning, China's second largest non-state-owned enterprise by revenue, recently published a White Paper uncovering the future of Smart Retail.
Driving change through innovation and transformation
As retailers strive to stay relevant and serve the needs of evolving customer demands, the recent Asia-Pacific Retailers Convention and Exhibition (APRCE) provided a platform to examine creative strategies to give customers an engaging shopping experience, as Muneerah Bee discovers.
Kuehne + Nagel establishes global supply chain quality control solution for JD.com
Drawing on its e-commerce fulfilment expertise, Kuehne + Nagel recently partnered with JD.com, China’s largest retailer, to design a supply chain solution including quality control checks at origin.
DHgate partners with Premier of Ontario to boost women entrepreneurship in digital trade
Last week in Beijing, Diane Wang, the founder and CEO of business-to-business e-commerce website DHgate.com, teamed up with Kathleen Wynne, the first female premier of Ontario, Canada, for the benefit of women entrepreneurs globally.
Alibaba's Singles' Day cashes in US$25.3 billion
Alibaba Group Holding announced that US$25.3 billion of gross merchandise volume (GMV) was settled through Alipay on November 11, 2017 (during the 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, also known as Singles' Day) -- an increase of 39% compared to 2016.
Convenience and a cashless society fuel m-commerce in China
China is, more than ever, becoming a “mobile-first” country and consumers there are increasingly making purchases via mobile. Alexis Bonhomme, co-founder of digital and tech company CuriosityChina, shares with Muneerah Bee how China’s complete and competitive mobile eco-system is pushing m-commerce in the country.
Urban Chinese consumers become more cautious in spending this year
As China’s economy continues to grow at a moderate pace, a survey finds urban consumers becoming more selective spenders in 2017 because of increased pressures at work and with their personal finances.
Improving brand building for China's digital age
Global brand and marketing consultancy Prophet announced it has collaborated with Alimama, the marketing technology platform of Alibaba Group, to build a new model to transform brand building in China.
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