Events
GGM's head of Financial & Business Services Tom MacDonald has been invited to speak about e-commerce payments at the Arabnet Digital Summit 'Money Forum' event in Dubai on 30-Apr-18. Tom will place UAE and GCC e-commerce in the global context, explain the evolution of digital payments and how consumers choose to pay, and outline best practices for payment providers in the region. [Image: Arabnet]
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23-Feb-18 Russia is looking to impose duty charges on cross-border e-commerce purchases from May-18, bringing an end to the boom years for major players such as China's AliExpress and JD.com. [image: HTDC Research]
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13-Feb-18 Australia's Eagle Health, which produces a range of traditional Chinese medicine and Western nutritional products, has launched its clinically-tested ‘Hutang 1’ product to combat Type 2 diabetes and blood glucose imbalances in Chinese pharmacies, supermarkets and online. [image: Small Caps]
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09-Feb-18 Samsung Electronics is pushing ahead with its efforts to drive future growth for the organisation, with initiatives such as opening an e-commerce center in India and investing in venture start-ups in the US. [image: Business Korea]
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07-Feb-18 Alibaba has secured a USD200 mn stake in leading Indian online grocery group BigBasket, while its payments affiliate Ant Financial agreed to invest the same sum into Indian food-ordering app Zomato. [image: Morgan Stanley Research / FT]
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