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Nexstgo Unveils Next Milestone in Company’s Expansion Plans at its Fourth Anniversary

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Launching NEXSTMALL BIZ, the exclusive commercial eCommerce platform

PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, Oct. 23, 2020 — Nexstgo, the new international brand of digital innovative products, today celebrated its fourth-year anniversary and announced its latest business strategies to capture opportunities emerged from the increasing connected and digitalised world. Since its inauguration, Nexstgo has been committed to investing in research and development (R&D) and product designs, as well as manufacturing and servicing capabilities, aiming to bring the technology start-up to international status.

"Nexstgo’s vision is to develop products that brings technology breakthroughs to users and shapes the future abiding to our motto ‘Do What the Giants Can’t,’ explained Alex Chung, Nexstgo CEO and co-founder. "Over the last four years, we have been responsible for bringing a number of innovations to power people in their work and lives, with exponential company growth as a result. Moving forward, we will continue to evolve this customer-centric approach in designing products and customised services that meet customers’ expectations."

Nexstgo’s new strategies focus on three key areas: creating products to support increasingly virtual working and lifestyle environments; leveraging e-Commerce trends to support customer interactions, and developing smart devices to enrich people’s everyday lives, especially in the healthcare area.

Success in product and customer segmentation

Nexstgo conducts comprehensive studies to understand customer behaviours and preferences when it comes to design and the development of products.

Nexstgo believes that a laptop is not only a tool but also representative of one’s identity and fashion style. With this belief, Nexstgo continues to roll out new generations of AVITA laptops in a variety of colours, patterns and design elements, that are light and thin and powered by state-of-the-art technologies. Targeting millennials and the younger consumer segment that are looking for their next tech statement through bold colours, it enabled Nexstgo to develop first-of-its-kind "Technology + Fashion" approach for its AVITA laptop products. Nexstgo also received accolades such as 2020 CES Innovation Awards and 2019 Computex Best Choice Award, marking its international presences and recognition.

In addition to establishing its own brands, Nexstgo also partners with industry leaders. The company created a win-win alliance with VAIO, in which the two companies share the same vision in producing top quality products for business executives. Building on Nexstgo’s solid design and technology foundation and VAIO’s powerful brand positioning, the two companies developed a new series of stylish and powerful laptops for the lucrative high-end market amongst professionals and demanding users in Asia.

In aligning the Nexstgo brand with AVITA and VAIO, the company created a holistic and integrated multi-brand strategy that has driven Nexstgo’s fast-track growth. Supported by strong manufacturing and R&D capabilities, Nexstgo has launched over 100 innovative products in the last three years. With aggressive market-penetrating marketing campaigns and fast geographic expansion, Nexstgo has achieved impressive growth and is now operating in 20 markets across the globe.

Next milestone for Nexstgo

As the company looks to the future, Nexstgo has announced three new strategies to mark its next business milestone.

Nexstgo will continue to focus on technologies and products that enable people to work and live better in a more connected virtual world. In the aftermath of the pandemic, Nexstgo advocates to develop technologies transforming the user experience in learning, working, entertainment and social interactions. New high-quality audio-visual features, more intuitive product designs and user interfaces, superior processing power and connectivity are all critical elements to fulfil ever more demanding user expectations.

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Nexstgo supports small and medium enterprises by utilizing e-Commerce trends to create platforms for interactive customer engagement. The newly launched NEXSTMALL BIZ platform focuses on the commercial segment by offering full laptop product portfolio of the company’s three brands NEXSTGO, VAIO, AVITA and the total digitalization solutions for business, such as one-stop professional IT service, remote conferencing and VPN security solutions, to empower working performance for corporate clients.

Nexstgo is developing a holistic approach to address people’s growing need in smart devices for health. Leveraging the IoT (Internet of Things), Nexstgo enables customers to live better and smarter through devices such as smart mirror and smart scales providing fun along with convenience, as people are seeking better and healthier lives. Nexstgo also plays a part in the community by donating laptops for those in need and providing special offers to students for aid in their e-learning.

"2020 has been full of challenges and yet at the same time we also see new opportunities," said Mr. Chung. "By identifying market changes, focusing on customer needs and developing products and services that support our customers’ requirements, we are confident that the company will continue to grow across regions, whilst at the same time giving back to society through our technology solutions."

About Nexstgo Company Limited

Established in 2016, Nexstgo Company Limited is co-founded by Mr. Wilson Leung, Chairman & CEO, Alco Holdings Limited (SEHK: 0328), and Mr. Alex Chung, out of a shared passion and pursuit of quality tech-innovation. Nexstgo is committed to bring new revolutionary experiences in technology through introducing a wide product range, which includes PC, Smart home, IoT, artificial intelligence and corporate solutions. Nexstgo is growing steadily in the Asia Pacific region. In August 2016, its Hong Kong headquarters and Taiwan Design Centre were set up to kick off preparation for the regional business. It owns the American fashionable-technology brand AVITA.

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FaceCake Showcases Live Demo of Its AI-Driven AR Shopping Platform at KeyBanc Capital Markets Future of Technology Series

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FaceCake’s CEO Linda Smith was a featured industry leader demonstrating real solutions to retail’s online and in-store challenges today

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21, 2020 — FaceCake presented its Artificial Intelligence ("AI")-Driven Augmented Reality ("AR") Shopping Platform at the Future of Technology Series hosted by KeyBanc Capital Markets on September 15, 2020. A virtual gathering of today’s most transformative technology companies, the series provided a vision of modern retail commerce from renowned industry leaders. Featuring both private and public companies, the series showcased FaceCake’s capabilities and the breadth of its industry-leading AI / AR platform built exclusively for shopping.

FaceCake presented an omni-channel consumer shopping journey that demonstrated the ability to virtually Try-On different types of products live as though looking in a mirror for highly realistic AR virtual shopping, including jewelry, apparel, accessories, makeup, and home décor. FaceCake highlighted key patented aspects of its platform including Visual Search, AI-driven recommendations, AR advertisements, and MarTech.

FaceCake’s visionary Founder and CEO Linda Smith’s presentation was a conference highlight. She addressed key business topics driving online conversion, such as personalized consumer interaction, omni-channel connectivity, data-driven shopping intelligence, and online retail engagement.

"We are honored to have been invited to present at the Future of Technology Series, particularly when contactless shopping is on everyone’s mind," said Linda Smith. "We were happy to demonstrate our robust platform, unique in its ability to offer touchless AR Try-On and recommendations in multiple product categories, whether online, in-store, or via mobile. Broad accessibility, quality, and celebrating shopper individuality on a mass scale have been the cornerstones of our company’s focus to make shopping easier and more personalized."

To watch FaceCake’s KeyBanc demonstration, click here.

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About FaceCake

FaceCake, creator of the Swivel® Virtual Dressing Room, CAKE AR™, and Scout Visual Search, is a leader in augmented retail with its patented AI-Driven AR shopping platform. FaceCake’s innovations in Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence allow consumers to virtually try products on their own images live, while instantly providing relevant product recommendations for superior personalization. FaceCake has the only AI/AR offering across multiple shopping categories, and its platform is cross-device compatible, making it accessible from anywhere at anytime. The privately held company is based in Calabasas, CA.

About the Future of Technology Series

This inaugural seven-week virtual series centered on timely and unique content across the Technology landscape. Leaders from today’s most relevant technology names gathered to take a thematic approach toward exploring market shifts, particularly in light of an increase in digital acceleration, remote work, deglobalization and changing consumer consumption habits. Attendees included more than 900 investors, 164 private and public companies, with 115 fireside chats and panels, and more than 700 one-on-one meetings.

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Artprice by Artmarket.com: Condition of the Street Art market worldwide

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PARIS, Oct. 20, 2020 — At its online sale on 28 May 2020, Phillips sold Banksy’s lot Happy Choppers (2003) for $39,000. That may not seem surprising until you take into account that the work was a screenprint numbered 621 from a series of 750, purchased four years earlier for $4,500… which means its value climbed 70% per year.

 

Festival Peinture Fraîche (Wet Paint Festival) at the Halle Debourg in Lyon, from 2 to 25 October, 2020 - extended until 1 November 2020
Festival Peinture Fraîche (Wet Paint Festival) at the Halle Debourg in Lyon, from 2 to 25 October, 2020 – extended until 1 November 2020

 

Festival Peinture Fraîche (Wet Paint Festival) at the Halle Debourg in Lyon, from 2 to 25 October, 2020 – extended until 1 November 2020
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"Street Art is a truly universal art that can be found everywhere – from Rio to Berlin – and whose place is changing very rapidly on the Art Market," observes thierry Ehrmann, President and Founder of Artmarket.com and its Artprice department. "It’s a market that took 15 years to consolidate and is at last reaching maturity. It now constitutes a segment in its own right, with its stars and its masterpieces… but also numerous editions, some more important than others… some more affordable than others."

Works ‘in circulation’

Street Art is by nature a work created in an urban environment. As soon as it leaves the street to be exhibited in a gallery or exchanged in an auction room, it necessarily loses a great deal of its essence. That said, there is quite clearly a fully fledged and dynamic Street Art market.

The development of the market for Street Art seems to have learnt a lot from a number of other relatively recent art movements (Land Art for example). Street artists can record their interventions in public spaces with photography; they can also make small works or drawings or screenprints based on original street creations, or they can create a second body of paintings and original sculptures alongside their outdoor work. All of these ‘derivatives’ are now changing hands and lots end up in auction rooms… now forming a genuinely ‘deep’ market.

The 4 pillars of the market

Jean-Michel Basquiat left his mark on the streets of New York at the start of the 1980s, but did he remain a street artist all of his (short) life? Are his paintings and his drawings – worth millions of dollars – still part of Urban Art? In 2019, works by Jean-Michel Basquiat generated $130 million on the secondary market and those by Keith Haring totalled $42 million. These two major Contemporary artists remain generally associated with Street Art… but they are not in fact catalogued as such.

A similar ambiguity seems to apply to the more recent mega-phenomenon Kaws ($108 million in 2019) who has gradually moved away from his initial practice of Street Art over the course of his career. His paintings and sculptures, offered for sale by the most powerful Contemporary art galleries, have seduced a broad international market, particularly in Asia.

Flowing somewhat ironically against this trend there is of course the anonymous artist Banksy ($28 million in 2019) who voluntarily maintains his presence in urban spaces around the world.

15 years to create a structured market…

Nobody epitomises the rapid evolution of the Street Art market more than Banksy with his auction track record:

  • His first paintings were sold at auction in 2005
  • His auction turnover peaked just before the subprime crisis
  • 10 years of more or less regular turnover growth between 2010 and 2019
  • Exceptional resilience to the coronavirus crisis

With Banksy, the Street Art movement has undoubtedly found its figurehead and in the wake of the ‘Banksy phenomenon’, a whole market has emerged with three names that have become unavoidable: the French artist Invader ($4 million in 2019), the English artist Stik ($1 million) and the American artist Obey ($1 million), the latter who, alone, sold more than 700 lots at auction in 2019.

A dozen other street artists generate several tens of thousand of dollars a year each: Jonone, Mr Brainwash, Futura 2000, Vhils, JR, etc. But the markets of the bulk of street artists are still fragile. This is true even of relatively established artists like Ernest Pignon-Ernest, whose turnover usually averages around $50,000 per year.

Specialized sessions

In February 2008, Bonhams organized the first auction sale dedicated to Street Art in London. Soon afterwards, Phillips also offered a Contemporary & Urban Art session. But the subprime crisis and its repercussions halted the development of these sessions, and they were dropped by Phillips in 2009 and by Bonhams in 2013.

Artcurial also started its Urban Art sales in 2008 … and never abandoned them. The leading French auction house, which organized four Street Art sessions in 2019, now clearly dominates this niche market. In 2009, dedicated Street Art sales generated $10 million from 3,000 lots in auctions scattered between Europe and the USA: Digard and Cornette de Saint-Cyr in Paris, Tate Ward in London, Heritage in Dallas and Julien in Los Angeles.

An exciting market

Christie’s and Sotheby’s prefer to offer Street Art works in their catalogues, especially those of their most prestigious sales. In July 2020, Sotheby’s sold Banksy’s triptych Mediterranean Sea View (2017) for $2.9 million in an extraordinary sale entitled Rembrandt to Richter. Surrounded by such respected signatures, Banksy’s work was bound to elicit strong bidding.

Indeed, the sale of any Banksy work at a physical auction will always arouse interest since his Girl with Balloon (2006) self-destructed in 2018. In February 2020 at Artcurial, Raising the steaks (2001) – a photograph taken by Steve Lazarides but framed by Banksy himself –  reached $84,500. It was not impossible that Banksy had hidden another surprise in the work, which was duly accompanied by his PEST Control (certificate of authentication issued by the artist himself). 

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Artmarket is a global player in the Art Market with, among other structures, its Artprice department, world leader in the accumulation, management and exploitation of historical and current art market information in databanks containing over 30 million indices and auction results, covering more than 740,000 artists.

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Artmarket with its Artprice department accumulates data on a permanent basis from 6300 Auction Houses and produces key Art Market information for the main press and media agencies (7,200 publications). Its 4.5 million ‘members log in’ users have access to ads posted by other members, a network that today represents the leading Global Standardized Marketplace® to buy and sell artworks at a fixed or bid price (auctions regulated by paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article L 321.3 of France’s Commercial Code).

Artmarket with its Artprice department, has been awarded the State label "Innovative Company" by the Public Investment Bank (BPI) (for the second time in November 2018 for a new period of 3 years) which is supporting the company in its project to consolidate its position as a global player in the market art.

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Consumers in APAC continue to struggle with bill payments amid COVID-19

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The second wave of Experian’s 2020 Global Insights Report highlights the impact of the global pandemic on consumer spending habits and potential implications for financial institutions

SINGAPORE, Oct. 19, 2020 — Consumers in Asia Pacific (APAC) have reported difficulties in paying their bills and almost a quarter (23 per cent) are reducing their discretionary spending since the start of the pandemic, according to latest data from Experian. One in five are doing so due to job loss or an anticipated shift in their financial circumstances, and 29 per cent are spending less due to lifestyle changes imposed by social distancing measures such as dining out, entertainment or travel. The survey also found that there has been a 50 per cent increase in the number of APAC consumers who face challenges in paying personal loans and mortgages since COVID-19 started.

Experian – a leading global information services company – surveyed 3,000 consumers and 900 executives working in retail banks, e-commerce, consumer technology and telecommunications. Respondents spanned Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Japan, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. This report is the second of three in a longitudinal study exploring the major shifts in consumer behaviour and business strategy pre- and post-COVID-19, with economic perception at the epicentre.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, governments across the region have instituted loan moratoriums for businesses and consumers, observed in several markets including Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Japan, China and India.

Ben Elliott, CEO Asia Pacific, at Experian, says: "This crisis has created huge challenges for everyone. Consumers are doing the right thing to protect their financial health by re-prioritising their spending. For those facing challenges in paying their bills, the loan deferrals available in some markets enables them to discuss a short-term payment suspension, or to defer or reduce payments, and this should not impact their credit history if they agree on the terms with their lender."

The impact of the pandemic on the relationship between consumers and brands that can support them is already visible. Majority (89 per cent) of consumers who have opted for financial assistance or payment deferment support stated that they would recommend these services to others. Moreover, 41 per cent of APAC customers would give an organisation more business if they felt they were treated fairly during the pandemic.

Mr Elliott adds: "As customer profiles change rapidly, lenders face the prospect of steep provisioning. We have been helping banks and lenders to understand that during a downturn, it is important for them to utilise a decisioning system to identify financially stressed customers with early-warning indicators, respond quickly to change, predict future customer behaviour, and deliver the right treatment at the right time. We’ve found that this helps with building greater trust and ensuring loyalty in the long run, and also improves their customer retention."

The report found that businesses in APAC are increasingly prioritising investments in analytics to better determine customer affordability and hardship. Sixty-two per cent of businesses are increasing their budget for analytics and customer creditworthiness in the next six months and nearly half (48 per cent) of APAC businesses are looking to recalibrate and improve their existing analytics models.

MoneyPlace, one of Australia’s fastest growing personal loan providers, is an example of a fintech company successfully leveraging Experian’s data, cloud-native decisioning platform, and analytics to manage existing and new customers. The technology enables them to identify suitable customers instantaneously, with risk-based pricing to offer low-interest personal loans with fixed rates and no ongoing fees, enabling customers to tide through tighter economic situations. Speed and agility are key to MoneyPlace’s success, as potential customers can obtain a personalised interest rate online in two minutes, with the whole loan application process completed in 10 minutes.

Stuart Stoyan, founder and CEO at MoneyPlace, says: "Experian provides us with an enterprise grade, cloud-based platform to combine customer data at the point of application with credit, fraud, and internal data, enabling us to obtain a comprehensive view to make informed decisions quickly. This is especially important during the current environment, where a broad range of data sources are needed to appropriately assess a loan application, whilst fulfilling customer expectations of a seamless online experience."

Read more about findings from the Global Insights Report – Wave 2 here.

About Experian

Experian is the world’s leading global information services company. During life’s big moments – from buying a home or a car, to sending a child to college, to growing a business by connecting with new customers – we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence. We help individuals to take financial control and access financial services, businesses to make smarter decisions and thrive, lenders to lend more responsibly, and organisations to prevent identity fraud and crime.

We have 17,800 people operating across 45 countries and every day we’re investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation to help all our clients maximise every opportunity. We are listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and are a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

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YouTrip Launches Dedicated Group to Take On The Rise of Online Gaming

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With Singapore’s First SEA Games Esports Medalist Onboard

SINGAPORE, Oct. 15, 2020 — YouTrip, Singapore’s leading multi-currency mobile wallet announces the launch of ‘YouTrip Gaming’, an online gaming community tailored for Singaporean gamers. As a consumer past time, gaming has grown significantly during the pandemic. With the launch of YouTrip Gaming, YouTrip hopes to provide a platform to connect like-minded users and strengthen the love for gaming that spans beyond the pandemic. With restrictions still in place for group sizes and public gatherings, many Singaporeans are still opting to stay home to play video and online games instead. In 2020 (January to September), YouTrip has noted a 260% increase in online transactions of games and accessories compared to the same period in 2019.

YouTrip Gaming Community

With COVID-19 social distancing measures increasing the demand for gaming as a form of entertainment, YouTrip has noticed a similar trend in users making more online purchases from gaming-related sites like Nintendo, Twitch, and Steam. Based on a survey of 2,000 YouTrip users, the top five most popular games are Dota 2, Valorant, Among Us, League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

To provide a platform for passionate gamers to connect, YouTrip Gaming is hosted on Discord, a server-based instant messaging platform. On the dedicated server, users can chat with others who enjoy the same type of games, discuss tactics and initiate gaming sessions together. Since the launch, YouTrip Gaming members have spent 3,620 minutes on Valorant and 2,735 minutes on Dota 2. 

One of the prominent features of the community group is the interest-based chat groups where users can discuss with others who share the same interest. For example, in the "Recommend Gears" discussion group, users can recommend their gaming equipment purchases to others who might be new to this area.

Offering the unique proposition to pay at the best foreign currency exchange rates at no mark-ups and fees, the use case of YouTrip to pay for games and accessories from overseas sites was highly popular. YouTrip has seen a 98% quarterly increase in transactions made in foreign currencies from April to June, compared to January to March. Similarly, online transactions on gaming accessories like computer monitors, which boasts a dual-use for remote work arrangement have also been on the increasing trend. 

YouTrip Gaming Ambassadors

To represent YouTrip’s unique extension into gaming, prominent names in the local gaming community are onboard as YouTrip’s gaming ambassadors. They include content creator and Singapore’s first silver medalist for e-sports in 2019’s SEA Games, Thomas Kopankiewicz, and Megan Soh, a full-time gaming and lifestyle streamer on Twitch with over 10,000 followers. Till date, YouTrip has amassed close to 5,000 active users in various community groups with interest in shopping, beauty and travel.

YouTrip Gaming Community is open to anyone with an interest in gaming. To join, please visit http://go.you.co/Gaming. In the coming weeks, YouTrip will be launching mini gaming tournaments and curated rewards for the gaming community.

ABOUT YOUTRIP

YouTrip is a regional financial technology startup, dedicated to creating the best mobile financial services for travellers across Southeast Asia by simplifying overseas spending and creating a fuss-free travel experience. YouTrip first launched in Singapore in 2018 and subsequently in Thailand in 2019.

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THOMAS SABO and Rita Ora inspire with Magic Stars Collection

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LAUF AN DER PEGNITZ, Germany, Oct. 14, 2020 — THOMAS SABO is celebrating the most beautiful time of the year with its new Magic Stars Collection, and from 15th October 2020, will be presenting exquisite pieces of jewellery that sparkle like a thousand stars in the night sky. Brand ambassador Rita Ora is once again the face of the campaign and inspires with a festive look.

THOMAS SABO Magic Stars is celebrating the holiday season with sparkling gift ideas
THOMAS SABO Magic Stars is celebrating the holiday season with sparkling gift ideas

The intricately worked Sterling silver jewellery enchants with elegant pearls, filigree vintage structures and radiant stones, which are artistically crafted into rings, necklaces and earrings. A highlight and extraordinary eye-catcher of the Magic Stars Collection is a stylised butterfly in two-tone look. Handcrafted, the pendant delights with detailed moon and star cut-outs, fine engravings and precisely placed decorative elements. Its high-quality workmanship and strong symbolism make it an absolute must-have with timeless magic.

All designs and even more fantastic gift ideas are now available in THOMAS SABO shops, online at www.thomassabo.com and from selected partners.

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About THOMAS SABO
THOMAS SABO is a leading international jewellery company, offering its versatile designs through selective and high-quality multi-channel distribution. In addition to its core segment of elaborately handcrafted jewellery in 925 Sterling silver, THOMAS SABO has designed and distributed watches since 2009 and sunglasses since 2019. Founded in 1984 by Thomas Sabo in Germany, the company has over 3,100 points of sale worldwide, including around 260 shops and the online shop at www.thomassabo.com. THOMAS SABO has an international workforce of around 1,600 employees.

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ChannelAdvisor Introduces ‘Shoppable Media’, a Comprehensive Suite of Multi-Channel Solutions for Brands

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Enhanced Where to Buy capabilities, global marketplace integrations, and First-Party (1P) connections, among new features designed to help brands reach consumers more efficiently

MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 14, 2020 — ChannelAdvisor Corporation (NYSE: ECOM), a leading provider of cloud-based e-commerce solutions that enable brands and retailers to increase global sales, today announced the launch of Shoppable Media, a comprehensive suite of multi-channel solutions designed to help businesses reach purchase-ready consumers more efficiently.

Whether buyers are exploring a brand’s product offerings on its website, social media, email, or digital ads, today’s release enables brands to deliver a seamless shopping experience for consumers while leveraging actionable analytics to help inform business decisions for stronger online performance.

"ChannelAdvisor continues to support brands and retailers with digital transformation in an increasingly volatile e-commerce environment," said Steve Frechette, Vice President, Product Management at ChannelAdvisor. "Shoppable Media can help brands connect their customers with purchase options, whether on the brand’s website or from within digital media."

O’Cedar®, a leader in household cleaning products, credits ChannelAdvisor for helping their brand connect consumers with more online purchase options.

"We’ve seen firsthand the consumer trend of e-commerce as a preferred purchasing method due to the COVID-19 pandemic along with increased demand for our home cleaning products. Our partnership with ChannelAdvisor provides a vital connection from our brand site to retail partners so that consumers can find our products on their terms," said Fiona Odumosu, Senior Digital Marketing Manager at O’Cedar®. "The new ChannelAdvisor Shoppable Media tools are a natural step for us to help make life a little easier for consumers as they research and purchase our home cleaning products online."

Additionally, ChannelAdvisor has added support for new retail dropship connections and third-party marketplaces and made it easier to monitor the health of channel integrations, manage ongoing deals, and maximise efficiency in the order pipeline. Frechette added, "By providing deeper insights into daily channel operations, we aim to help brands and retailers achieve greater operational agility by making it easier to find critical performance data and take action."

Enhancements in this release include:

E-Commerce Solutions for Expanded Audience Reach

  • Shoppable Media: From inspiration to conversion, brands can ease the path to purchase directly from their websites and across various marketing and advertising channels with ChannelAdvisor’s Shoppable Media, a product offering that comprises Where to Buy Online, Where to Buy Local, Dynamic Shopping Links, and Buy Now Interstitial, a new dynamic linking feature.
    • Where to Buy Online and Where to Buy Local: Designed to provide a better online shopping experience by connecting well-informed, ready-to-buy consumers directly to products on authorised retail websites and/or by directing them to local stores.
    • Dynamic Shopping Links – Transforms digital marketing campaigns into shoppable experiences while eliminating wasted spend through the use of backup retailers and products to help ensure the products being promoted can be purchased.
    • Buy Now Interstitial (new with this release): Aims to provide a complementary experience to Dynamic Shopping Links. Instead of automatic routing, Buy Now Interstitial allows consumers to select a preferred retailer from within an on-brand interstitial experience that is displayed following interaction with the digital campaign.
    • Shoppable Media Analytics Console: The newly designed Shoppable Media Analytics Console can provide users with insightful data in a simplified format for easier reporting.
  • Saved Views for Amazon Advertising Console: Advertisers can access ChannelAdvisor’s Saved Views for Amazon Ad Console to closely monitor performance and identify areas of improvement, including opportunities for automation and accelerated growth. Saved views can be tailored to fit unique business needs and advertising strategies.
  • Search Terms Generator for Amazon: Seller Central merchants advertising and selling on Amazon through ChannelAdvisor can save time and resources with the Search Terms Generator. This new feature automatically generates Search Terms and provides updates based on advertising performance to help improve organic listings.

Support for New Marketplace and Dropship Integrations

  • New Marketplace Integrations: ChannelAdvisor is committed to helping brands and retailers reach new global audiences through the support of Bunnings Marketlink (AU), Grupo Exito (US CBT to CO), Kroger (US), Love the Sales (UK), Onceit (NZ), and Stockd (US), adding to the global total of more than 100 marketplace integrations.
  • New First-Party Retail Dropship Connections: ChannelAdvisor added support for first-party integrations with Bluestem (US), JClub (US), OTTO VAL (DE), and Walgreens (US).

Enhanced Client Experience to Improve Operational Agility

  • New Order Pipeline Dashboard: With this new analytics tool, ChannelAdvisor continues to help brands and retailers minimise costly order processing delays, especially during peak volume periods with powerful visualization and monitoring of where those delays may be occurring in the processing pipeline.
  • New Channel Health Console: Allows ChannelAdvisor Marketplace users to understand and gauge operational health across all channel integrations, enabling prioritization and focus on the most important areas of their business.
  • Deal Planner: Introduces a new way to manage short-term promotions in dozens of marketplaces. Brands and retailers can create deals for a specified time period and then adjust the price for the deal’s duration. When the time window expires, the listing returns to the original price.

More to Explore

ChannelAdvisor will present its new set of features in a webinar planned for October 20, 2020, at 11 a.m. EDT. Ahead of the holiday shopping season, register today to explore solutions designed to:

  • Efficiently expand your audience reach across selling channels
  • Create a seamless shopping experience for purchase-ready consumers
  • Optimise your advertising strategy on Amazon
  • Easily manage orders and minimise processing delays

For more details about ChannelAdvisor, visit ChannelAdvisor’s blog, follow ChannelAdvisor on Twitter @ChannelAdvisor, like ChannelAdvisor on Facebook and connect with ChannelAdvisor on LinkedIn.

About ChannelAdvisor
ChannelAdvisor (NYSE: ECOM) is a leading e-commerce cloud platform whose mission is to connect and optimise the world’s commerce. For nearly two decades, ChannelAdvisor has helped brands and retailers worldwide improve their online performance by expanding sales channels, connecting with consumers, optimising their operations for peak performance, and providing actionable analytics to improve competitiveness. Thousands of customers depend on ChannelAdvisor to securely power their sales and optimise fulfilment on channels such as Amazon, eBay, Zalando, Google, Facebook, Walmart, and hundreds more. For more information visit channeladvisor.com.au.

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Columbia Sportswear Company Selects Adyen as its Payments Partner in the US and Globally

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Adyen will power unified commerce payments for Columbia Sportswear Company and its brands including Columbia, Sorel, Mountain Hardwear, and prAna

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 8, 2020 — Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, announced today that it has been selected by Columbia Sportswear Company (CSC), a leader in the global active lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories and equipment industry, as its primary payments provider. Adyen is live with CSC brands today and will continue its roll out across the U.S., Canada, and Europe with all major CSC brands, including Columbia, Sorel, Mountain Hardwear, and prAna.

By integrating with Adyen, CSC and its family of brands will have access to a unified commerce platform, creating a single view of payments and customer data across in-store and online purchases. 

With the global pandemic keeping people at home, customers have increasingly turned to online shopping. Having a seamless platform with a consistent experience across all channels became even more essential to CSC and its brands in 2020.   

"Adyen was the clear choice for us as we build our unified commerce capabilities to create an even better consumer experience both online and in-store," said Mike Hirt, Chief Information Officer for Columbia Sportswear Company. "We’re feeling good that we had the foresight to begin work with Adyen before the COVID-19 crisis hit and consumers began to prefer online shopping and contactless payments." 

"We’re honored to work with Columbia Sportswear Company and its family of brands to create a better customer experience for their shoppers in the US, Canada, and beyond," said Kamran Zaki, COO, Adyen. "Payments in the retail landscape are changing faster than ever, and businesses need to be equipped to stay on top of emerging trends. Many of these trends are happening at the point of checkout and together we hope to create a positive shopping experience across all channels."

For more information, visit www.adyen.com.

About Adyen
Adyen (AMS: ADYEN) is the payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, providing a modern end-to-end infrastructure connecting directly to Visa, Mastercard, and consumers’ globally preferred payment methods. Adyen delivers frictionless payments across online, mobile, and in-store channels. With offices across the world, Adyen serves customers including Facebook, Uber, Spotify, Casper, Bonobos and L’Oréal. The cooperation with Columbia Sportswear Company as described in this merchant update underlines Adyen’s continuous growth with current and new merchants over the years.

About Columbia Sportswear Company
Columbia Sportswear Company has assembled a portfolio of brands for active lives, making it a leader in the global active lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment industry. Founded in 1938 in Portland, Oregon, the company’s brands are today sold in approximately 90 countries. In addition to the Columbia® brand, Columbia Sportswear Company also owns the Mountain Hardwear®, SOREL® and prAna® brands. To learn more, please visit the company’s websites at www.columbia.com, www.mountainhardwear.com, www.sorel.com and www.prana.com

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Introducing maaiiconnect LITE: A Flexible Business Engagement Solution for Both Customers and Staff

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HONG KONG, Oct. 8, 2020 — maaiiconnect launches the LITE Plan, a flexible and scalable business engagement solution for e-commerce retailers, SME’s, and start-ups. Organisations can quickly hit the ground running with tools optimised to curate customer experiences that convert online traffic to sales, and connect remote staff with rich multimedia engagement.

Digitally transforming with the right solution opens growth opportunities and sets a new benchmark in competitive industries. Survey results show that the main benefits of digital transformation are increased operational efficiency, meeting customer expectations, and faster time to market[1]. With maaiiconnect LITE, organisations can quickly open new growth opportunities, and convert online traffic to customers with the essential maaiiconnect multimedia web communication and smart management features. LITE’s flexible licence structure enables organisations to scale up or change tact at any moment to fit their business needs and changing market conditions.

Centralised Communications for Experience-led Business Engagement

Research by Forrester Consulting found that it pays to be an experience-led businesses – with 1.9x higher average order value, 1.7x higher customer retention, 1.9x return on spend, 1.6x higher customer satisfaction rates, and 1.5x higher employee satisfaction rates[2]. By centralising all of an organisation’s key stakeholders and communication together in one platform, maaiiconnect LITE optimises business engagement with smart capabilities:

Customer Engagement that Delivers Conversions

Widen the sales funnel and reduce bottlenecks of the customer purchase journey, reduce manpower spent handling enquires, and improve response rates with maaiiconnect LITE:

  • Add the web widget for live chat and call to web stores
  • Create dynamic corporate tags on the web widget that display for specific pages, products, or campaigns to direct traffic to the best staff
  • Enable a staff directory to allow customers to connect instantly to a certain staff for interviews, meetings, or consultations
  • Set up smart routing to intelligently connect enquiries to the right staff based on pre-set criteria
  • Improve engagement rates for EDM and SMS campaigns by adding web links for direct call and chat
  • Add QR codes for direct call and chat to product packing and printed materials to maintain valuable customer relationships

Multimedia Team Collaboration for a Borderless Office

Quickly identify colleagues or teams and start a chat or call from anywhere, and with any device. Create a group chat, launch an audio and video call, screen share, and securely send files.

Reports and Insights

Access comprehensive reports for customers, staff, enquiries and more to better understand customer behaviours.

Secure, Certified, and Compliant

Designed for security, all communication data on maaiiconnect is encrypted, ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified, and GDPR compliant.

A Cost Effective, Quality, and Scalable Solution

While the name may be LITE, the maaiiconnect LITE Plan ensures quality experiences at every touchpoint. Calls and video calls made through maaiiconnect are carrier-grade, with a Service Level Agreement of 99.95%, and the web widget is multi-domain capable for use on multiple domains.

For a fast and scalable solution to engage customers and staff, register for maaiiconnect LITE today. Or start your free trial now by signing up to maaiiconnect ESSENTIALS Plan and getting started in 1 minute.

About maaiiconnect

maaiiconnect provides businesses with an all-in-one solution for customer engagement and internal collaboration. Leveraging an innovative multi-dimensional convergence model, maaiiconnect seamlessly unifies telecom and digital communication channels, such as PSTN, VoIP, websites, apps, and social networks. It is device agnostic, empowering employees to be more productive, as well as providing companies a platform to deliver a suite of multimedia experience to their customers anytime, anywhere, on any device. Learn more at www.maaiiconnect.com.

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Olay partners with Shopee to accelerate e-commerce growth in Southeast Asia with Adult Fearlessly campaign targeting millennials

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MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 8, 2020 —  Empowering women with the confidence to navigate adulthood, P&G-owned skincare brand Olay partners with Shopee, one of the leading e-commerce platforms in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, to launch Adult Fearlessly campaign. The campaign seeks to reach and engage with digital natives in Southeast Asia, empowering millennial women to #adultfearlessly and overcome the perceived challenges of ‘adulting’ and invest in quality products catered to their skincare needs. The refreshed brand campaign will be held exclusively on Shopee and rolled out in phases across six markets including Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Shankar Viswanathan, Senior Vice President - P&G Market Operations - Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and E-Commerce - Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa with Ian Ho, Shopee Regional Managing Director
Shankar Viswanathan, Senior Vice President – P&G Market Operations – Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and E-Commerce – Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa with Ian Ho, Shopee Regional Managing Director

This second collaboration between Olay and Shopee builds on the previous success of Olay’s regional campaign which launched the Retinol 24 product line last April. The campaign surpassed targets by almost double due to Olay and Shopee’s hyper localised marketing strategy, enabling them to reach the right audiences. Adult Fearlessly aims to ramp up Olay’s growth momentum on e-commerce with a digital-led campaign leveraging Shopee’s marketing tools and core engagement features, such as Shopee Live stream and Shopee Games.

A study on over 16,000 consumers across Asia-Pacific revealed that 58% of millennial consumers are more influenced by online brand videos when choosing brands, including decisions about beauty and skincare needs[1]. As such, Olay teamed up with Shopee to conceptualise and co-create content, such as the campaign hero video, "Fearless with your choices", to capture the attention of millennial female consumers.

"We want to focus on how our consumers are integrating their lifestyle with their skin needs," said Lucy Moran, Olay and Personal Care Senior eCommerce Director, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa.

"As one of the top facial skincare brands in the world, we are continually innovating and advancing the way we connect with our consumers. With e-commerce driving a major shift from offline to online sales, there is potential to achieve further growth in this segment. Riding on this momentum to broaden our reach in Southeast Asia, we are partnering with Shopee once again to bring more engaging  and convenient experiences online, where consumers are able to access Olay products– all at the click of a button," she adds.

Ian Ho, Regional Managing Director of Shopee said, "The Health & Beauty category is one of the top-performing on Shopee, and the new normal has driven even more consumers to browse and buy skincare products online. We are proud to be able to support Olay in their e-commerce growth through this campaign. Our shared consumer insights and widening base of millennial users have enabled a hyperlocal strategy for Olay to deliver the best online shopping experience. We are confident in supporting Olay to achieve another successful campaign with us."

The Adult Fearlessly campaign is brought to life in the "Fearless with your choices" video, which strives to shift the mindsets of millennials as they confront their fears of turning 30. Olay seeks to inspire women by highlighting the positive aspects of this journey. With personal and financial independence that comes with age, women can make choices fearlessly, and invest in skincare products that are of good quality and value to make ‘adulting’ easier. 

Watch the video here.

The Olay Super Brand Day will run from Oct 18-20. Find out more about the Olay Adult Fearlessly Campaign here

[1] "What makes Asia−Pacific’s Generation Z different?", published 29 June 2020 by McKinsey & Company.

About Procter & Gamble

P&G serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®. The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and information about P&G and its brands.

About Shopee

Shopee is the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. It was launched in 7 markets in 2015 to connect consumers, sellers, and businesses in the region. Shopee offers an easy, secure, and engaging experience that is enjoyed by millions of people daily. It offers a wide product assortment, supported by integrated payments and logistics, as well as popular entertainment features tailored for each market. Shopee is also a key contributor to the region’s digital economy with a firm commitment to helping brands and entrepreneurs succeed in e-commerce.Shopee is a part of Sea Limited (NYSE:SE), a leading global consumer internet company.

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