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Online spending on Tuesday is tracking ahead of its projections and marks the biggest e-commerce day so far in 2026, Adobe said.

US online spending hits US$8.3 billion as Amazon Prime Day kicks off, Adobe says

ONLINE shopping among shoppers on the first day of Amazon’s Prime Day rose 5.3 per cent from a year earlier to US$8.3 billion across US retailers, Adobe Analytics said on Wednesday (Jun 24).

Amazon has highlighted deals on groceries, household goods, travel and school items.

International

Amazon Prime Day to gauge US consumer strain as focus shifts to basics

Shoppers will spend more on this Prime Day than on Cyber Monday and Black Friday 2025 combined, Adobe predicted

Chengdu’s success at revitalising its retail spaces is worth studying. Start with people, create reasons to gather, allow concepts to be tested and let the place evolve.

Opinion & Features

What Singapore can learn from Chengdu about revitalising retail

Mall operators should prioritise experiences over monetisation

This year’s event on platforms such as JD.com began in mid-May and will run until Jun 20 or 21 – about 40 days long.

International

China’s mid-year shopping festival highlights weak demand, rising role of AI

The 618 festival has evolved from a one-day event to a weeks-long extravaganza from major e-commerce firms

According to a 2025 survey by the Indonesian Internet Providers Association, millennials and Gen Zs make up 86.6 per cent of online borrowers.

Asean Business

‘I feel so stupid’: How young Indonesians get stuck on the debt treadmill

Online peer-to-peer lending, commonly known in Indonesian as pinjol, short for pinjaman (loan) online, is a booming industry

Money

Livestream shopping is transforming how young people shop

[SINGAPORE] Back in January, while Singaporeans flocked to malls to pick out their newest Chinese New Year outfits, Joyce R turned to TikTok livestreams instead.

Startups

Shopee, Lazada are laying the ground for AI shopping agents. Is a brutal price war looming?

RELYING on artificial intelligence (AI) for gift selection this holiday season may be a stretch, but the e-commerce industry’s move towards AI shopping agents now looks inevitable as OpenAI, Perplexit...

In 2024, 4.6 billion small packages entered the EU, with 91 per cent of them originating from China.

International

EU agrees to 3-euro small parcel tax to tackle barrage of China imports

It will be introduced on a temporary basis until the bloc reaches a permanent solution for taxing such imports

Physical stores remain popular and outperform e-commerce overall, with 27% preferring to shop in-store.

Style & Society

RETAIL

How AI is transforming Singapore consumers’ shopping habits

Study finds that shoppers want seamless shopping across multiple platforms and demand greater payment flexibility

Competition, especially in online deals, should help avert a massive hike in prices.

International

Despite doubts over economy, Americans set for record holiday spending

National Retail Federation says holiday sales to top US$1 trillion for the first time

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