Lotte Shopping Unveils Southeast Asia and Retail Tech Strategy at 2025 CEO IR Day in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- South Korea's leading retailer, Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd., hosted its 2025 CEO IR Day at The Westin Singapore on September 17 for the third consecutive year, reinforcing its long-term commitment to Southeast Asia expansion, AI transformation, and shareholder value. The event followed the company's annual CEO IR Day held in Seoul on September 15 and investor…

South Korea’s Bunjang Global surpasses 2M monthly active users, accelerating K-recommerce growth across Singapore, APAC

Bunjang, South Korea’s tech-driven re-commerce platform, announced Wednesday that its global cross-border marketplace, Bunjang Global, has surpassed two million monthly active users, cementing its position as the new global benchmark for K-recommerce. The firm said in a statement that in the first half of 2025, Bunjang Global recorded a 333 per cent year-over-year increase in gross merchandise…

Google Cloud launches Agent Payments Protocol with over 60 organizations

Google Cloud announced Wednesday the launch of Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open protocol developed with leading payments and technology companies to securely initiate and transact agent-led payments across platforms, with with over 60 Southeast Asia ecosystem players. Google Cloud said in a statement that AP2 can be used as an extension of the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol and Model Context…

Shipsy Partners with Tech Mahindra to Expedite Logistics Transformation by Building an AI-Native Supply Chain Ecosystem

LONDON, Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shipsy, a Gartner recognized leading global AI-native transportation management platform provider, and Tech Mahindra (NSE: TECHM), a leading global provider of technology consulting and digital solutions to enterprises across industries, announced a partnership aimed at expediting AI-led innovation across the UK and Europe's supply chain industry.…

Aduna Welcomes Spark as First New Zealand Partner

PLANO, Texas, Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Aduna, the global aggregator of standardized network APIs, today announced a partnership with Spark, New Zealand's leading digital services provider, to accelerate the adoption of advanced network APIs across the country. With Spark joining Aduna's growing global ecosystem, New Zealand becomes part of a worldwide federation of operators bringing…

Aduna Welcomes Spark as First New Zealand Partner

PLANO, Texas, Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Aduna, the global aggregator of standardized network APIs, today announced a partnership with Spark, New Zealand's leading digital services provider, to accelerate the adoption of advanced network APIs across the country. With Spark joining Aduna's growing global ecosystem, New Zealand becomes part of a worldwide federation of operators bringing…

Shopware celebrates 25th anniversary with merchants at Shoptoberfest and Shopware Community Day 2025

The two events will feature Shopware's global community of merchants and partners, product innovation and building the future of e-commerce NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shopware, the leading open-source global e-commerce platform, is today hosting their two flagship community events of the year: Shopware Community Day (SCD) in Cologne, Germany, and Shoptoberfest in New York City. This…

Accertify Now Offers Easy Integration for Shopify and Salesforce Commerce Cloud Merchants

ITASCA, Ill., Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Accertify, Inc., a leading provider of fraud prevention and digital identity solutions, today announced that merchants using, or considering a move to Shopify or Salesforce Commerce Cloud, can now connect quickly and easily to Accertify's ecommerce fraud prevention platform. With prebuilt integrations for both platforms, merchants can implement…

Kuaishou Showcases Digital Inclusion at China-Germany Forum, Empowering Women Through Economic Transition

BEIJING, Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kuaishou Technology ("Kuaishou" or "the Company"), a leading content community and social platform, reaffirmed its commitment to inclusive development and women's empowerment through digital innovation at the 2025 China-Germany Sustainable Development Forum in Beijing. Participating in the roundtable discussion on "Opportunities and Challenges for Women in…

Global Times: How rational consumption drives healthy economic growth without contradicting anti-waste efforts

BEIJING, Sept. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A netizen from people.cn asked that many interest subsidy "red envelopes " and e-commerce platform subsidies have been introduced recently, and I've even traded in my old phones and housing appliances for new ones.  "However, some people around me wonder whether boosting consumption will encourage waste. Is it possible to both combat waste and boost…