This week, two of Singapore's online marketplaces, Carousell and Carro, have secured funds totalling USD$145m (£106.82m), while Alibaba says it has acquired South Asian e-commerce platform, Daraz. Classifieds site Carousell snagged USD$85m (£62.62m) in its Series C funding, which also saw [...]

In this piece, Grant Coleman, VP and market director, Emarsys UK, tells RetailTechNews how, today, customers enjoy more purchasing options and control than ever before. A shift in the balance of power from brand to customer has triggered a period of [...]

Even though more sales are taking place online, shoppers have as many questions to ask as when they went in-store. This Q&A with Marie Sagarzazu (pictured below), UK country manager, iAdvize, looks at how conversational marketing tools can fill this gap, and [...]

RetailTechNews’ weekly Amazon Watch brings you some of the company’s biggest moves from the past seven days, analysing how the giant is revolutionising the retail space. In this week’s edition: Prime Membership Numbers Announced; USPS Could Make Amazon Suffer; and [...]

Marketers in China need to consider 'seamless' user experiences and ensure their ads are appropriately designed to meet local market conditions and demands. The fragmented Android app store environment, for instance, means developers need to spend more effort building apps [...]

This week, the spotlight remains on Alibaba and its deal to buy out all remaining shares it does not already own in Chinese online delivery platform, Ele.me. The transaction was estimated to place Ele.me's market value at USD$9.5bn (£6.86bn), according [...]

RetailTechNews’ weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world. In this week’s edition: The Power of Couponing; Millennials Turning to Online Reviews; and An Eggcellent Easter. The power of couponing Nearly two-fifths of US grocery shoppers have [...]

This week, Alibaba Group takes the spotlight with its USD$2bn (£1.44bn) investment in Singapore-headquartered e-commerce operator Lazada, as it ramps up it expansion plans for Southeast Asia. This would push its total investment to USD$4bn (£2.88bn), following its initial USD$1bn [...]

This week, the spotlight is back on JD.com and its hopes to develop next-generation supply chain technologies with the launch of a new research facility. The Chinese e-commerce operator opened its Global Supply Chain Innovation Centre (GSIC) with the aim [...]

Technological advances in retail happen quickly, so retail marketers have to be able to react just as quickly. In this piece for RetailTechNews, Abigail Davies (pictured below), content marketing manager, Ometria, describes the changes we have already gone through, and how machine learning [...]