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22-Jan-19 Cross-border e-commerce platform NetEase Kaola will open 15 brick-and-mortar stores during 2019 in a bid to keep up with the Chinese new retail boom. The latest store sells over 3,000 SKUs including cosmetics, maternal and child, luxury, electronics and sportswear. [image: NetEase Kaola]
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27-Nov-18 E-commerce is reshaping retail and threatens to displace traditional shopping. Korea’s retail sector is thriving in the face of this upheaval, with 6% growth in 2018. Improved relations with China have driven 34% duty-free sales growth. [image: Shutterstock / Retail In Asia]
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05-Oct-18 Consumption of leisure services by China's middle class has grown rapidly. More than a third visit beauty salons for massage, facials and skin treatments. Younger consumers not only seek to improve their looks, but compete with others over appearance. [image: HKTDC Research]
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14-Aug-18 Kroger, the largest American supermarket chain, is partnering with Alibaba in China to offer products from its organic and natural line, Simple Truth, through Alibaba's Tmall platform, in an effort to keep pace online with Walmart and Amazon. [image: China Daily / Agencies]
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09-Aug-18 UAE retailer Lulu Group has launched operations in the Philippines with a logistics and export centre in Laguna. The centre will be engaged in sourcing and exporting fruit, vegetables and other commodities to the GCC and Egypt. [image: Arabian Business]
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