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  • ShopClues partners with South Korea to help merchants sell products in India

    ShopClues partners with South Korea to help merchants sell products in India

    ShopClues has partnered with a South Korean trade body to enroll 30,000 wholesale merchants, allowing them to sell directly to Indian businesses and consumers through its online marketplace.

    ShopClues will provide cataloguing, delivery payment and customer support to members of the Korean International Trade Association (KITA), similar to the terms of a partnership it stitched with Chinese online B2B platform DHgate in May, opening up the Indian market to wholesalers from southeast Asian countries.

    Indian merchants do not have many options to buy goods directly from overseas ecommerce platforms. Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Group has 4.46 million Indian buyers and sellers registered with Alibaba Wholesale.

    But Amazon India’s Global Selling Programme launched in June and eBay’s Powership programme allow only exports by Indian merchants. ShopClues is also in talks with wholesale platforms in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. These alliances are essential for the company to be able to meet its 2015-16 target of $1.5 billion (Rs 10,000 crore) in gross merchandise value, or the total retail price of all the goods sold on its platform.

    In financial year 2015, ShopClues achieved GMV of Rs 2,500 crore. “The merchants on-boarded from DHgate as well as KITA are an overlap between our wholesale marketplace for consumers and small businesses as well as private marketplace for B2B sourcing for the 1.25 lakh merchants registered on Shop Clues,” said Sanjay Sethi, cofounder and CEO of the Tiger Global-backed company.

    “More importantly, it helps smaller merchants and those in Tier 2 and 3 cities who want to stock up certain goods for their physical retail outlets.”

    The Korean merchants will sell products including cosmetics, home and kitchen appliances, electronic goods and car accessories on ShopClues. They will be charged a fee for services provided by ShopClues.

    “We do the payment processing, including exchange services, and charge the merchant for it. Apart from this, the fulfilment services are also charged.Access to the ShopClues platform is free,” said Sethi. The turnaround time will be 14-45 days, depending on the volume of an order and whether the products have to be custommade, Sethi said.

    On plans for enrolling merchants in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, Sethi said, “Currently, we have not built the entire ecosystem for the SE Asian markets to buy or source from Indian merchants, though we will look at exports going ahead.”

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  • JD.com partners with Korean shopping site Lotte.com

    JD.com partners with Korean shopping site Lotte.com

    China’s online direct sales company JD.com has partnered with South Korea’s online shopping site Lotte.com.

    Under the deal, JD.com customers will be able to purchase products from Lotte through JD Worldwide, the company’s cross-border platform.

    Products will cover categories including baby and maternity, cosmetics, fashion, everyday household products, home appliances, food and Lotte-branded products.

    “The demand for products through Korean Mall has been strong and partnering with Lotte will help us meet the growing needs of our users,” said JD Mall CEO Haoyu Shen.

    The announcement follows the successful launch in late March of Korean Mall, which sells authentic imported Korean products on JD Worldwide. Since its launch, dozens of Korean brands started to sell their products to Chinese consumers through Korean Mall. The best-selling product categories include personal care products and cosmetics.

    Lotte.com CEO Hyeong Jun Kim said JD.com’s users are the ideal audience for the company as they look to develop their business in China.

  • China retail sales up 10.8 pct in August

    China retail sales up 10.8 pct in August

    China’s retail sales grew 10.8 percent year on year to 2.49 trillion yuan (390.89 billion U.S. dollars) in August, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Sunday.

    The growth rate picked up slightly from 10.5 percent in July.

    A key reason for the month-on-month rise in retail sales was rising retail prices, and the August retail sales growth rate is almost the same as in July if one deducts the price factor, said NBS statistician Lin Tao.

    In the first eight months, retail sales grew 10.5 percent.

    Growth in rural areas continued to outpace that in cities.

    Sales in rural areas rose 11.9 percent in August and 11.7 percent in the January-August period, in contrast to the 10.6-percent and 10.3-percent growth seen in urban areas.

    Earnings for catering services in August grew 12.4 percent, 0.2 percentage points higher than July.

    Chinese consumers increasingly favored online shopping. In the first eight months, online sales rose 36.5 percent year on year to 2.24 trillion yuan.

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  • Apple To Launch Retail Stores In China, Italy And Belgium By September End

    Apple To Launch Retail Stores In China, Italy And Belgium By September End

    Apple Inc.  announced that by September end, it will open two new stores in Italy and China. The announcement was made on September 9, at its long-awaited annual event in San Francisco, where it also launched a range of its new products.

    According to the company, the Chinese outlet in Nanjing will launch on September 19, while the Florence outlet will debut on September 26; both stores will open at 10 AM. Moreover, Apple unofficially confirmed its plans to launch a new store in Brussels on September 19, which would the company’s first-ever retail store in Belgium.

    The Brussels branch will be located at Avenue de la Toison d’O, the Florence outlet at Republic Square, and Nanjing outlet at Rainbow Joy Shopping Mall. Currently, the Belgium branch sports a board that states: “Creativity, to be continued,” with paintings surrounding the barricade.

    It is evident that Apple’s plan to open three new stores in different countries will help the company expand its product line to a wider customer base. With the event’s worldwide coverage, Apple’s efforts to attract a larger audience may prove successful.

    With the debut of iPhone 6s, iPad Pro, an upgraded Apple TV, and the Watch leather bands, Apple has successfully launched a diverse category of products that will help the company attract clients globally. Customers may be inclined to check the new Apple Stores after the immense hype about the new products.

    With the gradual product shipments, the company has smartly kept its users hooked for updates. Furthermore, with the three new stores scheduled to open in September, Apple has made a conscious effort to place them in central locations, which will help attract larger crowds.

    The new Apple Stores will create new job opportunities for local people, and help recruit potential employees in the respective regions. Through this expansion plan, the tech giant will not only help expand its services to other countries, but also establish improved and reliable relations for future ventures.

    The launch of the new stores, along with subtle hints for a potential store in Antwerp later, may push excited customers get a head start to plan their preorders.

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  • Zara’s online store opens in Hong Kong and Taiwan

    Zara’s online store opens in Hong Kong and Taiwan

    Zara’s online store opens today, September 9, in Hong Kong. The brand also offers online shopping in Taiwan since last week.

    Zara’s online store opens today, September 9, in Hong Kong. The brand also offers online shopping in Taiwan since last week. Both websites, www.zara.com/hk and www.zara.com/tw offer online shoppers the same full range of ladies, men and kids wear as the brick and mortar stores, supplied twice a week with new merchandise.

    In both markets, items sold online display the same price as they do in Zara’s brick and mortar stores. Customers of the online platform can choose between home delivery and the pick up at the ZARA store.

    Zara launched its ecommerce service in 2010 in several European markets, following the footsteps of Zara Home, which began its online platform in 2007. Other major markets followed, such as the US, Japan, China or South Korea. Zara’s customers can currently shop online in 27 markets.

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  • Starbucks execs optimistic on mobile ordering and China

    Starbucks execs optimistic on mobile ordering and China

    Starbucks is investing heavily in ‘mobile order and pay’, with plans to roll out the feature across the US by the end of this month, CFO Scott Maw said at the Goldman Sachs retailing conference on Thursday.

    Previously, the coffee giant had set itself the end of the year as a deadline to finish implementing the service nationwide, with the Android version poised for release a little earlier.

    “We have a winner, and it’s running ahead of our expectations,” Maw told analysts and investors at an investment conference in New York.

    The mobile ordering and pay feature was introduced last year and is gaining traction. In June Starbucks announced it will spend £30m on a technological revamp of its UK business and Starbucks’ UK MD Mark Fox told Retail Gazette that mobile has played a valuable role in the retailer’s success. Last year, the Seattle based chain process over $2bn in mobile transactions.

    Next year, the app will add suggestions for orders based on consumer data.

    Starbucks has recognised the power of e-commerce and is wielding it to allow for its next revolution: delivery.

    Supposedly, the hazelnut latte maker hasn’t been hampered by the economic stagnancy in China,

    the company “is not seeing any material impact on profitability or revenue,” Maw said. “The number of transactions that we’re seeing is good,” and this quarter’s results are “going to stack up really well in China,” he added.

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  • MANGO opens its largest store in Asia at Wisma Atria shopping centre in Singapore

    MANGO opens its largest store in Asia at Wisma Atria shopping centre in Singapore

    MANGO has opened its largest store in Singapore. The capital of Singapore is the location for the store which, with over 1,200m2 distributed on a single floor, becomes the company’s largest store in the region.

    The store, located in the busy Wisma Atria shopping centre, stocks the firm’s different brands (MANGO, MANGO Man and MANGO Kids) and represents the fifteenth MANGO store in Singapore since it arrived in the capital in 1995.

    Toni Batlló, MANGO’s Director of International Expansion, declared: This opening represents a challenge for the company and a commitment towards the Asian market. The new store also strengthens our brand image in the country and consolidates the firm’s different brands. This is a market with plenty of potential and the new flagship store confirms MANGO’s commitment to continue growing and to extending our expansion plan.

    MANGO opened its first store on Barcelona’s Passeig de Gràcia in 1984, and now has over 2,700 stores in 108 countries. MANGO closed the 2014 financial year with a Consolidated Group turnover for the MANGO-MNG Holding of 2.017 billion euros, representing a 9% increase on 2013, and an EBITDA of 223 million euros.

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  • Jakarta’s motorcycle startup game has another contender in the form of Wheel Line

    Jakarta’s motorcycle startup game has another contender in the form of Wheel Line

    With the evident popularity of Jakarta’s motorcycle startups like Go-Jek and HandyMantis, it’s fair to say that the city’s transport and delivery nervous system has potential to be rewired. Now, those two firms see another competitor in the form of Wheel Line.

    Wheel Line is an on-demand courier and transportation company that utilizes motorcycle taxis, or “o-jeks” as they’re called in the archipelago. The company is brand new compared to its competitor Go-Jek, which has been around for a few years already, as it just launched in early January.

    “I have a wine business that requires delivery to our customers which are located in diverse part of Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi, and I found it hard to find a reliable courier service that can be trusted with the goods,” explains Wheel Line’s founder Chris Wibawa as he recalls the startup’s inception. “What is awesome about Wheel Line is that we stand by our motto, to deliver within two hours and also, we handle one order at a time to ensure care and precision.”

    Wibawa says one strength his company has is that, at this stage, Wheel Line can pay close attention to each individual customer. The startup also offers customizable orders that can include additional requests. For example, a customer could order several different items in a single delivery parcel. These can also include things like delicate objects and perishable foods, not unlike the offerings of Wheel Line’s competitor HandyMantis.

    Wheel Line charges customers based on the delivery zone they’re located in. According to Wibawa, there are eight zones. The first zone costs Rp 30,000 (US$2.30) and the price goes up to Rp 120,000 (US$9.25). The zones are calculated based on a radial distance from Wheel Line’s office in Muara Karang.

    Wibawa didn’t comment on the details of his startup’s revenue, but he did say:

    This market still has a lot of room to explore and expand…We provide A to Z services for our customers, not only in delivering goods or merchandise but also buying movie tickets, exchanging invoices, and more.

    Currently, Wheel Line does not have a mobile app, as it simply takes orders via email and telephone. The same goes for its running mate HandyMantis. This is something the startup will need to create if it hopes to stay competitive with Go-Jek, a company that already has apps for Android and iOS, and claims more than 2,500 drivers.

    Currently, Wheel Line is a fully bootstrapped operation and all marketing to date has been done through word-of mouth. However, Wibawa says he is open to hear about opportunities and potential partnerships. “For now we have a centralized process which is effective since it allows us to supervise more closely and provide the best service to our customers,” says Wibawa.

  • Jakarta’s HappyFresh gets $12M more in the bag to boost grocery delivery in Asia

    Jakarta’s HappyFresh gets $12M more in the bag to boost grocery delivery in Asia

    Indonesia-based grocery delivery app HappyFresh announced today it raised US$12 million in a series A funding round led by Vertex Ventures, the venture arm of Temasek Holdings and Sinar Mas Digital Ventures (SMDV), the venture arm of Indonesia’s Sinar Mas Group. Other participating investors include Asia Venture Group, Beenext, Ardent Capital, 500 Startups, and Cherry Ventures.

    After launching its next-hour online grocery delivery service in March in Indonesia and Malaysia, HappyFresh decided to expand to Thailand and Taiwan.

    “We are very happy to partner with Vertex […] and SMDV […] We are looking forward to benefitting from their strong networks to further expand our footprint across Southeast Asia,” says HappyFresh CEO and co-founder Markus Bihler. “We will continue to invest in enhancing our product and service […] building HappyFresh into the region’s leading food tech group.”

    HappyFresh is an early mover in the food marketplace industry in Southeast Asia. Established in October 2014, the firm has partnered with well-known supermarkets, including Ranch Market and Farmer’s Market. The company employs personal shoppers who choose products in-store. HappyFresh claims its on-demand logistics network allows for next-hour delivery. The company is headquartered in Jakarta with operations in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Taiwan. The founding team includes Markus Bihler, Benjamin Koellmann, and Fajar Budiprasetyo.

    Koellmann a Manila launch is slated for October, while HappyFresh is also exploring other Indonesian cities for expansion, like Surabaya. Koellmann and his partners have also created HappyRecipe, a spinoff of the startup’s core offering. HappyRecipe lets users read blog posts to get inspired about cooking. It also offers up various ready-made recipes, which users can follow to purchase specific ingredients and prepare dishes at home.

    “We have very strong and experienced local managing directors who run each market with a local team, and they are supported by our headquarters here in Indonesia,” says Koellmann. “Data science and customer insights are at the core of our DNA.”

    HappyFresh faces many competitors in Asia including Go-Jek in Indonesia with its Go-Food service, as well as names like Indonesian meal-kit delivery service Black Garlic, as well as Tesco Lotus and Tops Shop Online in Thailand. Singapore-based RedMart and Indonesia’s Sukamart can also be seen as a regional contenders.

    “This is a business model which clearly benefits the supermarkets and the consumers. Its capital efficient model allows it to scale easily and very quickly,” says Joo Hock Chua, managing director of Vertex, who will join the board of HappyFresh. “Markus and his team are experienced entrepreneurs and they have demonstrated strong execution capability. Vertex is happy to lead this round of investment. We will bring our experience and global network to help HappyFresh.”

  • Dell To Drop $125 Billion In Cold Hard Cash On China To Expands Research And Development

    Dell To Drop $125 Billion In Cold Hard Cash On China To Expands Research And Development

    Michael Dell is no longer beholden to shareholders after taking the computer company he founded private two years ago. As such, he’s free to invest more than $125 billion in China over the next five years as part of his “In China, For China” 4.0 strategy announced today without having to worry about how it might affect the company’s stock price.

    The massive investment will continue to expand and enhance Dell’s research and development team in China, Dell’s second largest market for PC sales. It will also contribute some $175 million to imports and exports, which in turn will sustain more than 1 million jobs in the country.

    “China and the United States are among the countries where the information industry is developing the fastest, resulting in the most vibrant enterprises,” said Mr. Dell. “The Internet is the new engine for China’s future economic growth and has unlimited potential. Being an innovative and efficient technology company, Dell will embrace the principle of ‘In China, for China’ and closely integrate Dell China strategies with national policies in order to support Chinese technological innovation, economic development and industrial transformation.”

    Dell currently employs nearly 2,000 senior engineers in China. In addition to expanding its R&D team in the country, the investment will help to further develop a R&D center for end-to-end solutions specifically intended to serve the Chinese market.

    The PC maker has a major retail presence in China with almost 11,700 stores cover 97 percent of the market. That includes over 100 retail stores for Alienware, the gaming brand that was once a standalone boutique builder.

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  • Shrinking 7-Eleven Singapore turns to meals

    Shrinking 7-Eleven Singapore turns to meals

    7-Eleven Singapore is preparing to launch a range of ready to eat meals across its 500-strong store network, in what CEO David Goh says is the core pillar of its ‘change in direction’ business plan.

    The Singapore convenience store network, operated by Hong Kong-based Dairy Farm International, has trialled a chicken and rice meal in two stores as the first step in what will eventually be a full scale roll-out of ready to eat foods.

    About 100 stores will get the new range by the end of this month, the remainder by the end of November.

    The company hopes a fresh meals focus will lead a turnaround in the business, which closed about 60 stores over the last two years. Squeezed by the tight labour market and tough new liquor sales laws, the company is searching for new categories to drive growth and restore profitability for franchisees.

    “In the last few years, we have closed more stores than we (have) opened,” Goh said in an interview with Today.

    “This has now stabilised. Having consolidated and redeployed resources, we may be opening as many, if not more, stores than we closed over the next couple of years.”

    Goh said the chicken rice meal was developed after staff searched for and taste tested the best chicken rice dishes in the city. The goal was to create a meal which looked and tasted better than meals available at coffeeshops and hawker centres.

    In Japan, ready to eat meals are a key category in 7-Eleven stores, which sell sushi, noodles and bento boxes to time-poor Japanese consumers.

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  • Lulu to open first hypermarket in Indonesia this year

    Lulu to open first hypermarket in Indonesia this year

    The UAE-based Lulu Group will mark its first retail push in Indonesia by opening its first hypermarket in the capital city of Jakarta by this year end.

    The announcement came during the visit of President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo (popularly known as Jokowi), to Abu Dhabi. He visited the Lulu Hypermarket at Khalidiyah Mall in Abu Dhabi, along with a high-level delegation.

    The Indonesian President is on a five-day state visits to three Middle East countries — Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

    “With an initial investment of $300 million in the first phase, we plan to open 15 hypermarkets by the end of 2017 and a central logistics and warehousing facility in Jakarta. These projects are likely to generate more than 5,000 job opportunities for Indonesians,” said Yusuffali MA, managing director of Lulu Group.

    The group expects to invest a total of $500 million in Indonesia over the next five years.

    “The fact that we are going to Indonesia with our Halal Hypermarket concept, is giving us the encouragement to look for a wider market segment there,” added Yusuffali.

    Apart from Jakarta, Lulu intends to open hypermarkets in Bandung, Solo, Semarang, Surabaya and Yogyakarta.

    “We also plan to set up contract farming to ensure continuous supply of high quality products and to support the Indonesian agriculture sector,” said Yusuffali.

    The Indonesian President was welcomed at the hypermarket by Yusuffali; Saifee Rupawala, CEO; Salim M A, director; Rajmohan Nair, director – Lulu Far East operations, and a large number of Indonesian expatriates.

    President Jokowi and the accompanying delegation were taken on a guided tour of the hypermarket by Yusuffali and team who briefed him about specialties of the retail store.

    The president later urged Yusuff Ali to export more products from villages and towns in Indonesia.

    The Lulu chain currently operates 117 stores across the UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt and India. -TradeArabia News Service

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  • Indonesia Motorbike Export Soars; Could Overtake Thailand

    Indonesia Motorbike Export Soars; Could Overtake Thailand

    Indonesia is seeing a surge in motorcycle exports. From January to August 2015, the export volume reached 123,790 units, soaring from only 9,000 units in the same period last year.

    Meanwhile in 2013, the export volume of motorcycle reached 27,135 units, the Indonesian Motorcycle Industry Association (AISI) said.

    This year’s export volume as per August accounts for 2.85 percent of the total sales, which amounted to of 4.34 million units.

    AISI Chairman Gunadi Sindhuwinata said ahead that if the national motorcycle industry can keep up with the growth rat—with each brand maintaining their export commitment, Indonesia could overtake Thailand’s achievement. Thailand currently has a balanced market between exports and domestic sales at 50:50.

    “In the future, Indonesia could overtake Thailand’s exports [ratio] that has reached 50:50,” he told on Sunday, September 9.

  • “In Style – Hong Kong” Promotion Opens in Jakarta

    “In Style – Hong Kong” Promotion Opens in Jakarta

    The mega “In Style – Hong Kong” campaign kicked off in Jakarta today with the launch of a citywide promotion at the Grand Indonesia Shopping Town mall, showcasing a range of Hong Kong fashion, food and lifestyle attractions until 20 September.

    Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), “In Style – Hong Kong” also includes a Hong Kong branded product expo (17-19 September) for trade buyers and a services symposium (17 September) featuring business insights, networking, business matching and consultation services. An invitation-only gala dinner will be held on 17 September for 500 members of the business community.

    The multilayered promotion aims to enhance the already strong trade links between Hong Kong and Indonesia. Hong Kong is consistently rated as the world’s freest economy by the United States-based Heritage Foundation while Indonesia is the world’s fourth-most populous nation. In 2014, bilateral trade between Hong Kong and Indonesia reached US$5.16 billion.

    “In Style – Hong Kong” is an expansion of the successful Lifestyle Expos held by the HKTDC in Jakarta over the past three years, whereby Hong Kong’s innovative and quality products were featured to Indonesian buyers. This year’s event will highlight ways Indonesian companies can partner with Hong Kong to capitalise on the new business opportunities in Asia, especially China. It also showcases Hong Kong’s unique, vibrant lifestyle trends to local consumers through the citywide promotion.

    Citywide promotion – connecting with Indonesian consumers

    The centerpiece of the citywide promotion is a Hong Kong galleria at the Skybridge in Grand Indonesia Shopping Town (14-20 September), spotlighting Hong Kong fashion, food and lifestyle products. Some of these offerings were showcased at two product parades during today’s on-site press conference.

    A unique combination of Indonesian batik and Hong Kong design will also be on display at the Skybridge from 18-20 September. Under the title of “Batik Crossover”, and sponsored by leading Indonesian textile and garment company Sritex, this innovative programme features six batik fashion collections by renowned Hong Kong designers; Lulu Cheung, Walter Kong and Jessica Lau, Walter Ma, Aries Sin, Harrison Wong and Cecilia Yau.

    The citywide promotion also includes retail and gourmet specials at venues across Jakarta. A “Hong Kong Gourmet” campaign, with a webpage featuring more than 10 Hong Kong-style restaurants in Jakarta, has been launched on OpenRice Indonesia’s portal. The “OpenSnap Photo Competition” (www.opensnap.com/hktdc) is also being organised to encourage patrons to dine at participating restaurants.

    Indonesian-operated bistro chain Hong Kong Cafe is offering a three-course gourmet menu created by Hong Kong celebrity chef Walter Kei for “In Style – Hong Kong”. Dim sum specialist Tim Ho Wan is offering complimentary desserts while traditional Hong Kong-style milk tea is also available at the Chatime Indonesia takeaway beverage chain. The tea is brewed using blended tea leaves from Hong Kong beverage company Kampery.

    Meanwhile, a “Hong Kong Lifestyle Products” promotion is underway in Jakarta, with Hong Kong fashion brands such as G2000, Giordano and Staccato offering discounts and other consumer incentives.

    Main events to open 17 September

    The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Mr C Y Leung and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Mr H M Jusuf Kalla are expected to be guests of honour at the Opening Ceremony of the “In Style – Hong Kong” expo and symposium on 17 September.

    The expo is expected to attract about 10,000 trade buyers, importers, distributors, retailers, brand agents, franchisees, department stores and specialist vendors. It will be held at the Jakarta Convention Center from 17 to 19 September, presenting myriad opportunities for buyers to source the hottest styles and trends from Hong Kong.

    More than 190 participating companies will feature Hong Kong lifestyle products in four major themed zones as well as a display of award-winning pieces. The four themed zones are; fashion and fashion accessories (including Bossini, Cocomojo and Mastermind), jewellery and watches (including Chow Tai Fook, TSL Jewellery, Memorigin, Cosi Moda, Saga, Edwin and Charles Hubert), gifts and houseware (including Lexington, PO: Selected, Biba Toys, Kid Galaxy and Kinox), and consumer electronics (including Goodway, Gold Peak and SAS Lighting). Meanwhile, the Hong Kong Design Award Display Zone, titled “Fame – In Style” will showcase a range of award-winning products to highlight Hong Kong’s creative and design capabilities, while buyers can place low-volume orders of five to 1,000 pieces at the hktdc.com Small Orders display.

    Symposium provides global business insights

    The day-long symposium will be held at the Jakarta Convention Center for an expected 1,000 participants, mainly Indonesian businesspeople. It will feature a main symposium and five thematic sessions highlighting ways Hong Kong services, including financial services, legal and arbitration, design and branding services, digital marketing and ICT services, can help Indonesian companies expand their business in Asia, and especially the Chinese mainland.

    Distinguished speakers at the symposium include the Secretary for Justice of the HKSAR, Mr Rimsky Yuen SC; Armando Tolomelli, CEO, Prada Asia Pacific; Y K Pang, Director, Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd; Royce Yuen, Founder & CEO, New Brand New Ltd; Kent Wong, Managing Director, Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd; Peter Lo, Chief Country Officer, Deutsche Bank AG Hong Kong; Tommy Li, Creative Director, Tommy Li Design Workshop Ltd; Peter Mack, Executive Director, Marketing, Landor Hong Kong; and Jason Chiu, CEO, Cherrypicks.

    The symposium will also feature a mini-exhibition where 18 Hong Kong services providers and trade organisations will provide on-site business consultations. The CreateSmart Initiative*, administered by Create Hong Kong of the HKSAR Government, sponsors the participation of some of these exhibitors from various creative sectors in the symposium and their market visit in Jakarta on 18 September.

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  • Pedder Red Launches E-Commerce Site

    Pedder Red Launches E-Commerce Site

    Pedder Red, Pedder Group’s in-house private-label that specialises in contemporary shoe fashion, is proud to announce the launch of its e-commerce site, pedderred.com, offering free shipping & returns to customers in Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore.

    The site will carry all Pedder Red releases including more than 70 styles of edgy pumps, popular skater slip-ons, stylish booties and handbags. The “TRENDS” section will display a frequently refreshed, curated selection of popular and best-selling items; while the “SHOE WANTED” section highlights the season must-haves. Pedderred.com also offers online-only pre-ordering on key items and special promotions.

     The online store launches with Pedder Red’s Autumn/Winter 2015 collection titled “Who Cares”. Celebrating modern femininity with a salute to the rebellious, carefree attitude and style of street fashion, the collection includes exquisitely designed shoes using materials such as studs, zippers, crystals, neoprene and tweed as well as modern and chic prints like leopard and plaid.

    “Pedder Red fans can now shop anytime, anywhere,” said Peter Harris, President of the Pedder Group. “It is with great enthusiasm that we launch pedderred.com, extending our brand access from our store network to the wider world of omni-channel retailing, connecting to our existing and new audiences, continuously growing the Pedder Red community of shoe lovers.”

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