Archive for the ‘Shopping’ Category

IT Fair: SITEX 2014 (27 – 30 Nov) @ Singapore EXPO & promotions flyers

Sunday, November 16th, 2014

From 27 November, the final of the four large annual IT exhibitions in Singapore will take place for four days (27 –  30 Nov) at the Singapore EXPO, in Halls 5 & 6. SITEX 2014 will open daily from 11 am to 9 pm (Admission FREE).

SITEX 2014 @ Singapore EXPO (Halls 5 & 6) from 27 - 30 November. Admission FREE, daily 11am to 9pm.

SITEX 2014 @ Singapore EXPO (Halls 5 & 6) from 27 – 30 November. Admission FREE, daily 11am to 9pm.

Established in 1988, SITEX 2014 will see more than 500 brands of infocomm and consumer electronic products spread over more than 200,000 sq ft of exhibition space.

For SITEX 2014, I’ll be compiling selected promotions and flyers from the exhibitors in a photo album on the tech4tea.com Facebook page.

Promotions/Flyers in alphabetical order

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Zalora launches flagship pop-up store at ION Orchard in Singapore

Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

Zalora has launched its flagship digital interactive pop-up store at ION Orchard, extending its online fashion retail business offline into a traditional retail showroom, with a digital in-store experience.

The ZALORA Shop @ ION Orchard is located at #B2-04/05 and operates from 10 am to 10 pm daily till the end of January 2015.

The ZALORA Shop @ ION Orchard is located at #B2-04/05 and operates from 10 am to 10 pm daily till the end of January 2015.

The ZALORA Shop @ ION brings the online retailer to life by allowing customers to touch, feel and try on a carefully curated selection of exclusive brands.

They can choose from in-house label ZALORA, as well as global brands including River Island, Material Girl, Lola Skye, H.E. by Mango and Burton Menswear.

“ION Orchard is pleased to add the first ZALORA store to ION Orchard's exciting retail offerings. ZALORA’s proven track record of cult and favourite brands will surely be a hit with our trendy and fashion-savvy shoppers. The ION Orchard boutique will be a trendsetting concept which will offer the comfort of actual browsing through the racks of fashion and the ease of virtual shopping. This sits nicely with ION Orchard’s vision to create delightful and innovative shopping experiences,” said Chris Chong, CEO of Orchard Turn Developments Pte Ltd.

“ION Orchard is pleased to add the first ZALORA store to ION Orchard’s exciting retail offerings. ZALORA’s proven track record of cult and favourite brands will surely be a hit with our trendy and fashion-savvy shoppers. The ION Orchard boutique will be a trendsetting concept which will offer the comfort of actual browsing through the racks of fashion and the ease of virtual shopping. This sits nicely with ION Orchard’s vision to create delightful and innovative shopping experiences,” said Chris Chong, CEO of Orchard Turn Developments Pte Ltd.

With an entirely new click-and-mortar concept, The ZALORA Shop creates a seamless shopping experience through multiple touch points in a stylized and modern retail environment.

How it works:

  1. Specially curated products are displayed in-store and customers can pick out the items they want to try on.
  2. “Samsung is delighted to be the technology partner for ZALORA. With the GALAXY ALPHA 4G+, the functional beauty perfect for stylish fashionistas, shopping is now even more enjoyable for ZALORA customers,” said Eugene Goh, Vice President, IT & Mobile, Samsung Electronics Singapore.To enhance the customer experience, the shop is equipped with the GALAXY ALPHA 4G+ and GALAXY Tab S (10.5”) provided by technology partner Samsung. Free WiFi is also available so customers can browse lookbooks for styling tips on how to mix and match pieces.
  3. Once they decide which item/s to purchase, they can scan the barcode and then proceed to the self-serve express checkout counters to process their purchases.

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Raoul showcases Fall Winter 2014 collection with iQNECT app

Saturday, October 4th, 2014

Raoul offers an interactive shopping experience of its latest Fall Winter 2014 collection through the launch of its collaboration with iQNECT, with promotions below.

All shoppers need to do is to download the IQNect app and visit Raoul (located at #02-49 Paragon), snap pictures of selected Raoul looks and be taken on a virtual journey to New York Fashion Week and this season’s Lookbook.

All shoppers need to do is to download the IQNECT app and visit Raoul (located at #02-49 Paragon), snap pictures of selected Raoul looks and be taken on a virtual journey to New York Fashion Week and this season’s Lookbook. Photo taken with Samsung GALAXY S5 smartphone.

Through the iQNECT app, Raoul is transporting shoppers from its boutique in Singapore to the heart of New York Fashion Week through rich branded content and information on their mobile devices.

The Raoul FW14 collection pays homage to Wiener Werkstatte – a progressive alliance of artists and designers founded in 1897.

Some of the more conscious and graphic approaches to the design ideals of this movement inspired the strict black and ivory diamond-shaped graphics in linear silhouettes along with the overblown flower motifs.

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New PayPal mobile SDK help Singapore businesses go mobile

Thursday, October 2nd, 2014

PayPal partners with local merchants to create seamless mobile app experiences and to solve business productivity challenges.

“With smartphone adoption growing and smart devices become more integral to our daily lives, it is more important than ever for businesses to adopt mobile strategies with flawless purchasing experiences,” said Lawrence Chan, Vice President of Merchant Services, Asia Pacific and General Manager for Southeast Asia and Japan, PayPal.

“With smartphone adoption growing and smart devices become more integral to our daily lives, it is more important than ever for businesses to adopt mobile strategies with flawless purchasing experiences,” said Lawrence Chan, Vice President of Merchant Services, Asia Pacific and General Manager for Southeast Asia and Japan, PayPal.

PayPal has announced the general availability of its new mobile software development kit (SDK) in Singapore.

“In 2013, PayPal processed $27 billion in mobile payments globally, so we understand the challenges and opportunities of capturing the mobile market. We are excited to be announcing the launch of the new mobile SDK in Singapore, which offers businesses a simple and secure way to accept mobile payments, as well as the innovation to push the boundaries of mobile commerce and drive productivity,” Chan added.

The new mobile SDK eliminates app redirects, provides a one-time sign-in for future payments and enables both PayPal and credit card payment processing options.

With this, consumers can make seamless and secure payments across their favourite apps in just a few clicks.

PayPal is announcing the launch with four merchant partners which will be the first local businesses in Singapore to go live with the mobile SDK:

  • Coastes
  • HotelQuickly
  • My Laundry Box
  • Dilivr.it.

Key Features of the new mobile SDK

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Thermos celebrates 110th Anniversary with new sports bottles and museum

Saturday, September 13th, 2014

Thermos has announced a new series of sports bottles for children and adults, as well as a pop-up museum in Singapore.

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“Artefacts” exhibited at the Thermos Pop-up museum.

The pioneer in developing innovative vacuum-insulated lifestyle products celebrates its rich heritage of 110 years this September with a mini pop-up museum in Singapore.

The original plaque awarded by Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain to Thermos.

The original plaque awarded by Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain to Thermos.

The pop-up museum will make its first stop at Ngee Ann City’s B2 Takashimaya Square from 11 till 28 September 2014.

After that, it will next appear at OG Albert Complex from 2 – 15 October 2014.

Thermos also launched new sports bottles for children and active adults – the FFG and FFZ series, which are available in stores immediately.

An urban chic straw bottle TS-400 is slated to be available in October.

More details from the press release below.

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POTD: COMEX 2014 – IT shopping frenzy in Singapore

Friday, August 29th, 2014

Photo of the Day: If you’re thinking of visiting Singapore this weekend and is keen on buying IT devices and tech gadgets, check out COMEX 2014 at Suntec Singapore.

The doors had just opened for COMEX 2014 and early-bird shoppers packed the aisles of the exhibition floor on Level 4 of Suntec Singapore. Photo taken with a Sony A7R full-frame mirrorless interchangeable lens camera and Carl Zeiss 35mm F2.8 Lens. Photo credit: John Tan.

The doors had just opened for COMEX 2014 and early-bird shoppers packed the aisles of the exhibition floor on Level 4 of Suntec Singapore. Photo taken with a Sony A7R full-frame mirrorless interchangeable lens camera and Carl Zeiss 35mm F2.8 Lens. Photo credit: John Tan.

Started yesterday, the IT trade show will be on until Sunday night.

You can check out some of the promotional discounts on offer by browsing selected flyers that I’ve compiled here.

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COMEX 2014 (28 – 31 Aug) at Suntec Singapore & promotions flyers

Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

The third of four large annual IT exhibitions in Singapore will be in town in two weeks. It will return to Suntec Singapore at Levels 4 & 6.

COMEX 2014 in Singapore.

COMEX 2014 in Singapore.

As in past IT shows, I’ll be compiling promotions and flyers from the exhibitors in the COMEX 2014 photo album on the tech4tea Facebook page.

You can browse the album or directly access a specific flyer via the list of links below. So far, only the flyers for TomTom are in.

Promotions/Flyers in alphabetical order

Embargoes for most of the flyers will only be lifted on the first day of COMEX 2014, as exhibitors vie to safeguard the promotions that they plan to offer.

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313@somerset road tests beacon-based indoor positioning technology for retail

Monday, August 11th, 2014

313@somerset is the first mall in Singapore to road test the mobile technology to help connect customers to relevant content and promotions in real-time at participating retailers in the shopping mall.

Screenshots of the Tring 313 mobile app when the user receives a notification, and the promotion on offer.

Screenshots of the Tring 313 mobile app when the user receives a notification, and the promotion on offer.

313@somerset has its eyes set on Beacon-based Indoor Positioning,the latest in retail innovation that enable shoppers to receive hyper-targeted messages, deals and other content based on their proximity to the offering retailer inside the mall.

As a forerunner in the adoption of new and emerging technologies, 313@somerset is set to pave the way by being the first commercial outlet in Singapore to test out the potential of Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) Beacons for retailers, including messaging targeted at specific mall and store locations, analytics and potentially payments.

In partnership with technology partner Sprooki, the mall conducted test trials in the form of short experiential tours around the mall and exclusive test groups were invited to take part in the trials.

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Trend Micro exposes undetectable malware against bank session tokens

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014

Are your devices infected? “Operation Emmental” is a new criminal operation which targets banks that use session tokens such as Short Message Service (“SMS”) for authentication purposes – to steal customers’ online banking credentials to gain full access and control of their bank accounts.

A comparison between the two-factor authentication process in uninfected and infected computers with Operation Emmental.

A comparison between the two-factor authentication process in uninfected and infected computers with Operation Emmental.

Like Swiss Emmental cheese, the ways in which your online banking accounts are protected might be full of holes, or rather loopholes.

Commenting on today’s rampant mobile cybercrimes, Paul Oliveria, Technical Communications Manager of Trend Labs, Trend Micro shared: “Monetary benefits remain the biggest motivation for cybercriminals. Based on Trend Micro TrendLabs 1Q 2014 Security Roundup report, the number of online banking malware detections in the first quarter reached roughly 116,000 showing a steady increase from the same quarter in 2013.”

Cloud security experts Trend Micro warns of “undetectable” malware infection that targets mobile banking users.

Currently prevalent in Austria, Sweden and Switzerland, this cybercrime has reached Japan, leaving the Asia Pacific region at greater risk of a similar attack.

Mobile devices are also increasingly being included in cross-platform threats.

With mobile devices no longer being just phones and serve as computer substitutes in their own right, users are often connecting their mobile devices to their home/work systems to sync their files and documents.

This link between the devices is what threats use to jump across.

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Newstead Technologies opens largest Digital Style at Suntec City Mall

Friday, July 11th, 2014

The 9044-square feet store in the newly renovated Suntec City Mall features novel store-in-store concept and customer service counter.

Digital Style Suntec City is located at Tower 3 of Suntec City Mall, #01-618/619/620/621/622 at 8 Temasek Boulevard. It is open daily from 10.30am - 9.30pm.

Digital Style Suntec City is located at Tower 3 of Suntec City Mall, #01-618/619/620/621/622 at 8 Temasek Boulevard. It is open daily from 10.30am – 9.30pm.

Digital Style Suntec City is the Digital Style store by Newstead Technologies.

First impressions:

I was at the opening of the store and noticed that the store offers quite a comprehensive range of audiovisual equipment from headphones to mini home theatre systems.

Some of the brands, including gaming product makers, are not carried in other multi-brand electronics stores.

The largest Digital Style to date at over 9,044 square feet, Digital Style Suntec City is a multi-brand electronics store that is decked out with the latest trending gadgets and devices.

It is designed for customers to get hands-on with gadgets by allowing them to plug-and-play, mix-and-match products.

Digital Style Suntec City offers Newstead Technologies’ new Store-in-Store concept, in which six consumer electronics brands feature their hottest and latest gadgets in dedicated spaces of approximately 353 square feet each.

The six brands are ASUS, Samsung, Lenovo, Acer, Dell and HP.

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