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Chitchat Amazon has started operations in Spore

johnny333

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It's official, Amazon has started operating in Spore.

Has anyone in Spore ordered anything from Amazon since Thursday? What changes have you noticed:

Are there now more products Sporeans can now order that were previously only limited to the US e.g. New Balance shoes?
Any Spore GST charged on orders less than SIN$300?
Prime is being given. Does it apply to all things or just limited to products available in Spore?



Amazon pushes into SE Asia with Singapore launch

Amazon launched its express delivery service in Singapore on Thursday, the US online retail giant's first foray into Southeast Asia and a move that puts it in direct competition with China's Alibaba.

Prime Now allows online shoppers in the affluent city-state of five million people to order a wide range of goods from baby products to food, electronic items and beer.

It marks Amazon's entry into a region of more than 600 million people, where many countries have a growing middle class, and which is seen as the next e-commerce battleground.

"Amazon's entry augurs well for shoppers in the region who will benefit from more choice, price competition and better delivery services," said Prem Shamdasani, an associate professor for marketing at the National University of Singapore Business School.

Alibaba already has a headstart in the region with an 83-percent stake in Southeast Asia-focused online retailer Lazada.

The Chinese firm, founded by China's richest man Jack Ma, raised its stake in Lazada last month with a further $1 billion investment.

The Prime Now application was made available for download in Singapore on Google's Play store and Apple's iTunes.

By just entering their postal zip code after opening the app on their devices, online shoppers can start placing their orders.

The service promises delivery of items within two hours.

Business consultancy Frost & Sullivan projects online retail sales in Southeast Asia to more than quadruple to $71 billion by 2021 from $16 billion in 2016.

The e-commerce sector made up 4.1 percent of the total retail market for the region last year but this share is set to rise to 11.5 percent by 2021, the consultancy said.

But Shamdasani warned that it could be difficult market. Southeast Asia includes relatively wealthy countries such as Singapore, but also developing nations with poor infrastructure where it is harder to do business.

"While e-commerce is set to grow the market in Southeast Asia is relatively small and fragmented with narrow margins," he said.

He said Amazon will "face increasing competition from many established store retailers who are embracing e-commerce and providing their customers with seamless omni-channel shopping experiences".

Mei Lee Quah, an analyst for telecoms and payments strategy at business consultancy Frost & Sullivan, said that while Amazon and Alibaba are rivals, their product offers are also complementary.

"Their offerings will be slightly different because they (Amazon) bring products in the form of US inventory," Quah told AFP.

"Lazada plays in a slightly different field. They are also of quality but the range is different, it caters more for the overall Asian market," she added.
 

Reddog

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Still the same old anti-China move by zikapore.

Aliexpress (China) regional base in Malaysia Vs Amazon (USA) regional base in zikapore.

Buy from Aliexpress.
 

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Idiotic business model. I was wondering how they can fulfil all these $40 orders for free delivery within 2 hours. Now the app shows that they are not accepting orders for time being.
 

johnny333

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Still the same old anti-China move by zikapore.....

I agree that the PAP are going to try to make things difficult for Alibaba, but I don't think it has anything to do with being a China thing. It'll be more about Alibaba chosing Malaysia over Spore. The PAP will see it about losing $$$.

I remember what happened when Airasia tried to set up a shuttle for Spore customers from Spore to Senai airport in JB. The PAP put all kinds of obstacles to prevent it. Airasia gave up trying to use Senai & decided to use Changi.
 

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What's the point.not as though setting up headquarters here will change the geographical distance between US and sg.shipping will still be expensive as fuck.stick to buying cheap Chinese crap from china.free shipping guaranteed.
 

eatshitndie

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What's the point.not as though setting up headquarters here will change the geographical distance between US and sg.shipping will still be expensive as fuck.stick to buying cheap Chinese crap from china.free shipping guaranteed.

profits slumped over 69% for amazon and took down nasdaq in an otherwise record breaking day on wall street.
 

Scrooball (clone)

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Idiotic business model. The assumption is that they wanna accept all the signups and app downloads first, then start to screw the customers. It is not feasible to offer free 2 hours delivery for $40 orders.
 

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Still the same old anti-China move by zikapore.

Aliexpress (China) regional base in Malaysia Vs Amazon (USA) regional base in zikapore.

Buy from Aliexpress.


Not much to choose in Amazon store. Pricing is also not cheap.
 

Rogue Trader

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I thought they were finally going to use drones. The door to door delivery model is a big waste of resources (fuel and labour).
 

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There is an online supermarket company called Ocado in the UK that I have followed from concept stage in 2000, going operational in 2002 to its listing in 2010. It was started by 3 Goldman Sachs investment bankers who wanted to leverage technology, savvy apps, state of the art tracking etc to bring groceries to working couples and parents. hey even built state of the art fulfilment centres with well fitted trucks and vans. One could see their vans zipping all over London.

Over the years they have multiple changes of owners, continuous injection from venture capitalists, and they never a turned a profit for years. In the end 2 existing super markets chains had to enter deals with them in 2010 to turn a profit to go for listing. While all this was going you could also see Tesco supermarket delivery vans doing the same thing.

In the end, Ocado despite it investment bankers, venture capitalist and technology ended up being the delivery vans for John Lewis and Morrisons who are established retailers. Ocado would have gone under if these 2 did not jump in. When they floated, the usual mums and dads jumped in. Shortly after John Lewis sold it entire stake in Ocado despite Ocado being their delivery arm.

The 2 hours is not a mission, its a strategy like Uber to drive out competition. In the case of Amazon its already widely successful just that Jeff wants to test all opportunities while he is alive.

Anyway one good outcome is that it helped bring back the son of Singapore's first economist of a fledgling country all the way from Seattle.
 

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Still the same old anti-China move by zikapore.

Aliexpress (China) regional base in Malaysia Vs Amazon (USA) regional base in zikapore.

Buy from Aliexpress.

One of the most dynamic and brilliant interviews I’ve ever seen. Jack Ma – genius, brilliant visionary, philosopher-sage, passionate evangelist, salesman extraordinaire, and most importantly, a genuine heart for small business and the man in the street.

The interviewer was below-par – some below-the-belt political cheap shots, no probing questions – but Ma stole the show.


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