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02-Mar-19 Alibaba’s Tmall expects cosmetics brands to open 1,000 shops this year to meet demand from Chinese consumers. Seven international cosmetics companies - Tom Ford, P&G’s Oriental Therapy, Cosme, d-program, Primera and Barnängen - will open on Tmall in 2019. [image: Retail In Asia]
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28-Feb-19 Thumbay Group announced a new partnership with Noon.com, a MENA e-commerce platform, to offer its entire range of products including optical and nutrition portfolio through an online platform strengthen its presence in Egypt and GCC countries. [image: Khaleej Times]
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28-Feb-19 Future Retail, which operates local retail chains such as Food Hall and Nilgiris, has secured a deal with 7-Eleven to set up the first 7-Eleven stores in India and will convert some of its existing operations into 7-Elevens. [image: Reuters / Toru Hanai]
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26-Feb-19 Pinduoduo, an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals, is expanding into China’s booming cross-border e-commerce business. The expansion comes as Chinese e-commerce giants are raising their globalization initiatives, to bring in more imported products. [image: Jill Shen / TechNode]
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20-Feb-19 Korea-based beauty company Amorepacific has entered into a global strategic partnership with health and beauty giant AS Watson, with wide offline and online distribution in Asia and Europe. AS Watson has 14,900 stores under 12 brands in 25 markets. [image: Watson]
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