Will we see Alibaba’s products in the PH? Big news for Lazada today, and we’re not talking about Elephone: Chinese e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba has bought controlling stake of the Rocket Internet brand for a cool $1 billion. Why Lazada? Well, Alibaba has pretty much topped out in China, one of the world’s most mature ecommerce […]
A big name from China is coming Lazada has given us a heads up that Elephone, a big-name Chinese brand is coming to the PH, and will be selling their phones through the e-commerce site. Elephone’s bringing three of its smartphones when it launches in Q2 this year, namely the extremely thin, Helio P10-equipped P9000, […]
Yes you read the title correctly. PayMaya Philippines Inc. (formerly Smart eMoney, Inc.) just announced here in MWC 2016 that they have completed successful trials of interoperability with Globe’s GCash. This basically means that eventually you can send funds from PayMaya to GCash and vice-versa. This is one of those super rare moments that PLDT/Smart […]
Access, Trust, Experience, and Price According to Eva Claravall, Research Director of TNS, the Philippines ranks 6th in the world in accessing content online. However we’re very low in terms of e-commerce or online shopping/buying. She identified 4 major barriers that came up in their research that are stopping a lot of Filipinos from buying […]
Customer satisfaction at its best Kristian Salvo, CEO and Founder of a new online e-commerce site YouPoundit.com, knows full well how crappy the online shopping experience can be. “It can be frustrating at times,” he said. “We expect to get good service when we go to a restaurant when we spend hundreds of pesos, but […]
Did they make the right decision? Xiaomi has always stated they were an e-commerce company first and phone manufacturer second when Unbox talked to their VP of Global, Hugo Barra. But the times, they are a changin’ – back in May the company announced that they would be moving to offline sales in India, a move […]
People really want the ZenPower The folks at ASUS are very happy today – as soon as their credit-card sized ZenPower power bank went live on Lazada’s website at noon today, the company has managed to sell more than 5000 them as of press time. An even bigger feat is that 2000 units of the power […]
Corruption still a huge hurdle for businesses in the PH? While our stories on Epson setting up a major plant in the Philippines and over 200 Japan companies looking at relocating from China to our country got a lot of positive comments from our readers, we also got a barrage of negative private messages from […]
Max storage! A few days ago a 128GB version of the Zenfone 2 was listed in Indian e-commerce site Flipkart and today, that particular ZF2 version has finally arrived in the PH via PC Corner. To be clear, ASUS Philippines has not announced the availability of the 128GB version of the ZF2, and only lists […]
Lazada will still be the primary sales channel for the Chinese brand A few days ago we reported that Xiaomi will be moving away from their online-only sales strategy in the Philippines and will be offering offline, retail channel sales soon. This put Lazada, Xiaomi’s online partner in an awkward position, since they have been Xiaomu’s sole […]
Xiaomi’s finally going offline and to retail stores In case you missed it, Xiaomi’s officially going to offline stores in the Philippines. That’s right – you’ll be able to finally buy your favorite Xiaomi gadget from retail stores instead of ordering through Lazada. The move is surprising and oddly enough, unsurprising in a couple of […]
The times, they are a-changin’ Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has officially started selling smartphones in physical retail stores in the first time in its history in India. If you recall the Chinese company has always maintained that its e-commerce model is the way forward for the company, which allowed them to cut prices of their […]