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  • Singapore Traditional Retail Not Dead, Just Lacking Imagination

    Traditional retail has been on a dismal track in Singapore, with stores closing and global brands leaving the market, but the challenge may lie in how retailers really are engaging their customers and if they are tapping the right tools [...]

  • Weekly Focus: Grab Introduces Grocery Delivery Service & Opens Platform for Third-Party Services

    This week, ride-sharing operator Grab has further expanded its offerings to include grocery delivery as well as unveiled a suite of APIs (application programming interfaces) to allow other companies to integrate their services with Grab's platform. The grocery service, called [...]

  • APAC Retail Platforms Seek Deeper Partnerships as Data Role Widens

    With the role of data increasingly important, and access closely guarded, Asia-Pacific e-commerce platforms and retailers want deeper partnerships where there are mutual benefits. For online marketplaces, forming relationships with suppliers already is a top focus to ensure customers have [...]

  • Consumers Want Benefits from Data Sharing; Video Is Key for App-Install Success

    ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Consumers Want Benefits from Data Sharing; Video Is Key to App Install Success; Seven West Media Integrates Lotame DMP & Telaria SSP; [...]

  • GDPR Signals Need for APAC Firms to Evolve Data Strategy

    The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may be up and running for over a month now, but businesses in Asia-Pacific will need to reassess their data strategy and ensure they can earn the trust of consumers who are increasingly wary [...]

  • Weekly Focus: Google Makes £415m Move in China E-Commerce Market

    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 [...]

  • Staying Afloat: Why the CCO Is Key to Keeping Retail Doors Open  

    The retail industry has felt the impact of online shopping and, in 2017 alone, 5,855 high street retailers shuttered their doors. The first quarter of 2018 shows little hope for a storefront revival. In this piece, Kris McKenzie, SVP & general [...]

  • GDPR Ushers in New Era of Customer Empowerment & Engagement

    Experienced marketers and merchandisers understand that every few years there is a ‘-geddon’ or ‘-ocalypse’ that monopolises the industry’s attention – sparking fear, changing priorities and, in some cases, altering the landscape forever. In this piece, James Norwood (pictured below), EVP strategy [...]

  • How In-Store Associates Can Drive Online Sales – Q&A with Hero

    Today, retailers operating physical stores are faced with a decision: innovate or close. In this Q&A with RetailTechNews, Adam Levene, CEO & founder, Hero, explains how his company is helping retailers innovate, adapting the DNA of the brick-and-mortar retail store as they [...]

  • We All Love Consumer Reviews, But Can We Trust Them?

    In this piece, Joe Rohrlich, EVP & general manager, Bazaarvoice tells RetailTechNews how having consumer ratings and reviews on your website has become essential to meeting shopper expectations. According to their latest Shopper Experience Index, businesses with customer-generated content on their [...]