Singapore

 Singapore-based e-commerce company Shopmatic has announced its expansion into the Middle East, its third regional market.

 

 The fifth #MYCYBERSALE 2018 online sale event, which will offer shoppers in Malaysia various deals and promotions, will be back from September 3 to 7 this year.

 Four electronics retailers -- Best Denki, COURTS, Gain City and Harvey Norman -- have joined DHL, StarHub and TES’ RENEW programme to further encourage electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) recycling in Singapore. Under the collaboration agreement, the four companies will place the RENEW bins in 20 of their retail stores. These include seven COURTS stores, five Best Denki and Gain City stores each and three Harvey Norman stores.

 International delivery and logistics services company Aramex has partnered with IMG Solar, a daughter company of Jordanian-based Izzat Marji Group, and inaugurated a 3.2-megawatt solar photovoltaic plant for its new logistics facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

 

 Warehouse and logistics systems solutions provider SSI Schaefer continues to expand its comprehensive shuttle portfolio for small load carriers with the new SSI Flexi Shuttle.

 

THE world’s 100 largest luxury goods companies generated sales of US$217 billion in FY2016 and the average luxury goods annual sales for a Top 100 company is now US$2.2 billion, according to the fifth annual Global Powers of Luxury Goods report by Deloitte.

Is it possible to run a retail store that does not produce any trash? Muneerah Bee finds out from Florence Tay, co-founder of UnPackt, the first zero-waste bulk store in Singapore which opened recently offering food and daily lifestyle products without unnecessary packaging.

Digital transformation has left a positive impact on e-commerce today and it is also increasingly playing a bigger role in delivering the purchases. Muneerah Bee checks in with Joseph Ng, CEO of Skyfy Technology, to get more insights into what retailers should be aware of when it comes to logistics for e-commerce.Logistics is often considered the biggest bottleneck to e-commerce growth in Southeast Asia and no retailer would want to lose a customer because of a shipping delay that was out of the company’s control.

With the explosion of pop-up retail spaces and events, it certainly seems like this temporary format, sometimes referred to as flash retailing, is now a permanent element of the retail industry. Muneerah Bee finds out more from Adrian Chan, co-founder of retail space rental agency PopUp Angels.What is the appeal of visiting a pop-up retail store?  Adrian Chan: Pop-up stores are most appealing when they deliver an experience that consumers cannot get elsewhere. It is common nowadays to see the same stores and brands across shopping malls wherever you go. Consumers are therefore drawn to stores that offer products and experiences that are different from the usual chain stores.

 

 For the first time ever, Amazon’s "highly-anticipated" annual shopping event, Prime Day will be available for Singapore Prime members.

 E-commerce platform Shopee has partnered with Nanyang Polytechnic’s Singapore Institute of Retail Studies (SIRS), to offer full-day e-commerce workshops.