Laneige launches video series Luminous Beauty
Skincare brand Laneige (Amorepacific Group) has launched a series of eight videos called Luminous Beauty dedicated to...July 21, 2020
Social-media trends from Retail & Tech No8
BW Confidential checks out what is making a splash on social media: #ratings The TikTok-based #ratings hashtag...July 20, 2020
Tech Bytes from Retail & Tech No8
The latest tech news to inform and inspire Social selling heats up. Just in the past week,...July 20, 2020
Google launches video shopping platform
Google has launched a new interactive video shopping platform called Shoploop, which is intended to help people...July 20, 2020
Deciem sees online sales growth following online consultations
Beauty company Deciem saw its average online basket size increase by 37% following online consultations, as part...July 17, 2020
Social media buzz from Retail & Tech No7
BW Confidential checks out what is making a splash on social media The #shelfie hashtag, which originally...July 13, 2020
Social media trends from Retail & Tech No7
Currently trending in beauty Florals. Users have taken the summertime floral theme to their make-up. Some have...July 13, 2020
Tech Bytes from Retail & Tech No 7
The latest tech news to inform and inspire TikTok bans. The US is considering banning certain Chinese...July 13, 2020
Shiseido Travel Retail collaborates with Chinese Duty Free Group for Nars Icons animation
Shiseido Travel Retail teamed up with China Duty Free Group (CDFG) to launch a digitally-driven Nars Icons...July 13, 2020
Net-a-Porter launches beauty edit Beauty Hall of Fame
Online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter has launched online beauty edit called Beauty Hall of Fame, positioned as highlighting...July 9, 2020
Social media buzz from Retail & Tech No 6
BW Confidential checks out what is making a splash on social medi: Doctors on TikTok Doctors and...July 6, 2020
Tech Bytes from Retail & Tech No 6
The latest tech news to inform and inspire Shoppable everything. Over the past few weeks, there is...July 6, 2020
Unilever partners with Alibaba Cloud to access consumer insights
Alibaba Group’s data intelligence platform Alibaba Cloud has partnered with Unilever to provide the consumer goods company...July 3, 2020
Live shopping platform Livescale launches on Shopify North America
Live shopping service Livescale has launched on e-commerce platform, Shopify in North America. Shopify merchants can now...July 3, 2020
India bans Chinese mobile applications
India has banned 59 Chinese mobile phone applications, including TikTok and WeChat, claiming that they threaten India’s...June 30, 2020
Social-media buzz from Retail & Tech No5
BW Confidential checks out what is making a splash on social media – Pride While most Pride...June 29, 2020
Tech bytes from Retail & Tech No5
The latest tech news to inform and inspire TikTok marketing. TikTok has launched a new platform called...June 29, 2020
Sephora launches storefront on Instagram
Sephora Americas has launched a storefront on social platform Instagram. The storefront will enable shoppers to buy...June 24, 2020
Virtual make-up try-ons grow 28% from end of February to April, says Perfect Corp
Virtual make-up try-ons increased 28% between February 24 and April 6, according to AI and AR beauty...June 23, 2020
Alibaba sees biggest ever 6.18 festival
Alibaba said it saw its largest 618 shopping festival ever this year, with the number of Tmall...June 23, 2020
Social-media buzz from Retail & Tech No 4
BW Confidential checks out what is making a splash on social media: #tiktokskincare The #tiktokskincare hashtag has...June 22, 2020
Tech Bytes from Retail & Tech No 4
The latest tech news to inform and inspire Serious about social commerce. ByteDance, the owner of short-video...June 22, 2020
The Hut Group signs brand partnerships worth £100m
UK-based The Hut Group’s (THG) technology services division THG Ingenuity has signed partnerships with six beauty brands,...June 22, 2020
JD.com transaction volume up 33.6% during 618 shopping festival
Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com’s transaction volume grew 33.6% year-on-year to Rmb269.24bn ($38.04bn) during the 618 shopping festival,...June 19, 2020
Zalando expands Connected Retail offer to Poland, Sweden and Spain
Online retailer Zalando will expand its Connected Retail program to Poland, Sweden and Spain from July. The...June 17, 2020
JD.com and Kuaishou launch livestreaming e-commerce partnership
E-commerce platform JD.com and Kuaishou, a video sharing and livestreaming platform in China, launched their first joint...June 16, 2020
WhatsApp launches payment system
Facebook has launched a payment feature for its WhatsApp messaging platform. The system, which will begin to roll...June 15, 2020
Social media buzz from Retail & Tech No3: #amplifymelanatedvoices
BW Confidential checks out what is making a splash on social media The #amplifymelanatedvoices hashtag, created to...June 15, 2020
Tech bytes from Retail & Tech No3
The latest tech news to inform and inspire Youtube beauty shows. Beauty influencer James Charles aired the...June 15, 2020
JD.com raises $3.9bn in Hong Kong listing
Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com raised HK$30.1bn (US$3.9bn) in its listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The...June 12, 2020