LazMall is now officially live at Lazada Malaysia, a congregation of all its Official Stores with a 15-days product return and 100% authenticity assurance.
Adobe acquires Magento for $1.6b
Adobe announced today that it was acquiring Magento for $1.68 billion. The purchase gives Adobe a missing e-commerce platform piece that works in B2B and B2C contexts and should fit …
How to sell on Instagram with Shopify
A super engaged user base and product-friendly feeds have made Instagram a highly anticipated sales channel for Shopify merchants. Last year, we began testing the ability for US merchants to …
Crafty Amazon merchants resort to “sniping” to gain the upper hand?
Mike Molson Hart, who sells toys on Amazon.com Inc’s marketplace, realised earlier this month something was amiss. His company’s popular disc-shaped plastic building set, called Brain Flakes, had dropped precipitously …
Did Hong Leong cause the demise of GEMFIVE?
GEMFIVE is an online shopping site (an e-commerce marketplace) owned by Hong Leong Group. Hong Leong Bank is the fifth largest bank in Malaysia. GEMFIVE was launched in May 2015 …
Amazon is now in Singapore!
Late last year, the ground began to rumble that Amazon was planning to enter Southeast Asia, via Singapore, in 2017. After some fits and starts, the e-commerce giant seems set …
Kit is now FREE for all Shopify owners
Starting today, all Shopify store owners can put me to work—free! Since joining Shopify in 2016, I’ve had the privilege of meeting many inspiring entrepreneurs. Our combined efforts have resulted …
Boo.com — Learning from one of the greatest failure of all times.
“Unless we raise $20 million by midnight, boo.com is dead”. So said boo.com CEO Ernst Malmsten, on May 18th 2000. Half the investment was raised, but this was too little, …
The Ensogo scam on a global scale
[Updated] June 21st, 2016 In the latest move, the Ensogo CEO has resigned and they have just announced they are shutting down all operations, and lay off all its staff …
Alibaba acquires controlling stake in Lazada
Alibaba Group Holding Limited and Lazada Group S.A. announced today that Alibaba entered into an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Lazada, a leading eCommerce platform in Southeast Asia. …