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01-Oct-18 Thai officials believe charging for plastic shopping bags could help greatly to cut the amount of plastic used in the kingdom, which has been rated as one of the worst sources of plastic in the world's oceans. [image: AFP / Romeo Gacad]
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Events
GGM's head of Financial & Business Services, Tom MacDonald, has been invited to speak about payment market trends in the Middle East at the Commercial Payments International Middle East & Africa Symposium in Dubai on 6-Nov-18. Tom will use GGM's proprietary payments market data to compare the Middle East with other world regions, and identify opportunities and threats throughout the payment ecosystem. [Image: Commercial Payments International]
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18-Sep-18 Alibaba chief executive Daniel Zhang is banking on the company's New Retail model, where online and offline retail are integrated, allowing customers of Alibbaba's chain of Hema supermarkets to buy online from the chain's physical stores. [image: South China Morning Post]
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17-Sep-18 DHL eCommerce has launched a cross-border cash-on-delivery service in Southeast Asia. The service will allow sellers in China and Australia to target consumers in Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam who do not have credit cards or even a bank account. [image: Media OutReach]
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13-Sep-18 Industry players in the consumer products sector in the Middle East and Africa are showing signs of optimism about market prospects. In the next three years, they expect to increase sourcing in Asia, particularly in Southeast Asia, China and India. [image: HKTDC Survey]
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