Farfetch CMO Gareth Jones on the state of luxury fashion in 2020 and beyond
Farfetch, the luxury marketplace, has bucked retail trends this year, seeing lucrative results from its online strategy.
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What’s behind the success of China’s social commerce app Pinduoduo?
How does Pinduoduo do social commerce? What are the secrets to its success? And is there anything that other companies – both within China and in the west – can learn from it?
Why livestreaming is a major part of Singles Day 2019
It’s that time again: 11.11, or Singles Day, China’s answer to Black Friday and the world’s biggest shopping holiday.
The biggest ecommerce sales events in Asia: From 9/9 to 12/12
Most people are quite familiar with ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Cyber Monday’ shopping holidays by now.
These are the seven retailers at the forefront of China’s New Retail revolution
‘New Retail’. ‘Smart Retail’. ‘Boundaryless Retail’. The evolution currently taking place in China’s retail and ecommerce sector goes by a few different names, but in each case, it’s characterised by the use of technology to merge online and offline commerce.
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An introduction to China’s offline-online ‘New Retail’ revolution
For those unfamiliar with ‘New Retail’ as Alibaba’s Jack Ma calls it, or ‘Boundaryless Retail’, if you prefer the JD.com terminology – essentially it refers to an offline push to open grocery stores (to begin with) that are seamlessly integrated with ecommerce technology.
Stats, sales and successes from Singles’ Day 2018
Singles’ Day, the one-day mega-shopping event in China, was held on Sunday – and again, it broke its own records.
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What can we expect from Singles’ Day in 2018?
Singles’ Day (November 11th) is, by far, the world’s biggest one-day shopping event. While it is still largely focused on China, there are signs it is starting to have an influence on ecommerce globally. Here’s what you need to know.
Cresco Data’s Anna Trybocka on brand leadership: “It’s not good enough these days to just make money”
On August 17th in Singapore, Econsultancy is hosting an event for client-side marketers which features talks by marketing industry leaders.
The event, ‘Digital Divas’, is slightly different from our other events in that all of the speakers are women and it aims to offer marketers a fresh perspective on the latest industry trends. Those interested in attending can request their seat here.
The best APAC digital marketing stats from November 2017
Unsurprisingly it’s been a big month for Chinese ecommerce, with Singles Day dominating the headlines.
Our roundup for November is therefore focused on China and ecommerce, but never fear – we bring you a range of fascinating insights into consumer behaviour, as well as some stats from India, too.
Eight Singles’ Day insights for Asian brands targeting 2018
Asian brands planning to market themselves in China during Singles Day in 2018 have some important lessons to learn from the shopping festival’s performance in 2017.
Livestreaming in China: Everything you need to know
Livestreaming has been growing rapidly since 2015 in China, thanks to a slew of social apps and better mobile networks.
In this article, we’ll take a look at:
- the stats behind the rise of livestreaming
- some brand campaigns
- important ivestreaming platforms
- Alibaba’s investment in the trend