A.S. Watson’s Group COO and CEO of A.S. Watson (Asia and Europe), Malina Ngai, has spoken at the industry event Beauty Tech Live this week.  She has explained how O+O (Offline plus Online) has become the new retail standard in health and beauty. O+O customers spend three times more than exclusive instore shoppers Malina Ngai describes O+O as “how customers shop today. The customer journey ...

Asia-based ecommerce platform Shopee intends to premiumise its beauty offerings, by increasing its focus on K-beauty brands.  Sales of Korean beauty continues to grow in Southeast Asia and Taiwan Korean beauty products remain as one of the top-selling products of Shopee.  The retailer has seen more shoppers searching and buying K-beauty brands on its platform, due to the popularity of K-pop c...

Central Retail Vietnam, which operates Big C, has launched Tops Market in Ho Chi Minh City.   Big C renamed in Vietnam Three Big C supermarkets in Ho Chi Minh City (Big C An Phu, Big C Thao Dien and Big C Au Co) were officially rebranded to Tops Market in March. Four other Big C supermarkets in Hanoi will be renamed in the third quarter of this year. In addition, five Big C hypermarkets loc...