This week, JD.com says it clocked a record high of USD$24.7bn (£18.62bn) in transactions from its recent mid-year sales event, which also marked the first time the Chinese e-commerce site integrated online, offline, and virtual shopping experiences. Dubbed 'JD6.18', the [...]

This week, we see Google making a USD$550m (£415m) move in China's e-commerce market and more Australian consumers window shopping than actually buying online. It may have long exited the Chinese search market, but Google appears to be making its [...]

This week, Alibaba's logistics arm has announced plans to build a logistics hub in Hong Kong, setting aside USD$1.53bn (£1.14bn) for the new development, while JD.com has turned on an AI system to 'speed-write' product descriptions and shopping guides. To [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: Almost Half of ANZ Marketers See Traditional Paid Ads As Overrated; China to See Biggest Ad Spend [...]

There is a stark contrast between the news stories surrounding British and Chinese retail at the moment. While we are inundated with stories of shop closures and businesses entering administration, those keeping abreast of the retail scene in the East [...]

This week, online consumers in Australia learn that they soon will no longer be able to shop on Amazon.com's international sites – a result of the e-commerce giant's move to sidestep the country's new GST rule. From 01 July 2018, [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: AANA Forms Alliance with PwC's CMO Advisory; Forsman & Bodenfors Goes to Singapore; Majority of Australians Read [...]

Fortnite is the break-out gaming success of the year. It has currently got 45 million users playing the game (across platforms) and has a run rate of around USD$3bn (£2.3bn) per year. The game has barely touched the sides in [...]

This week, Alibaba Group is back in the news with a string of announcements, including an investment in a Chinese express delivery company and the introduction of a voice-recognition retail system that lets customers correct their orders. The e-commerce giant [...]

Each time someone swipes or taps their credit card to complete a transaction, data is being collected and analysed to help retailers tweak their services to better cater to consumers' spending habits. Singapore shoppers, for instance, spend more at supermarkets [...]