tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536830489045842052024-03-08T08:19:46.347-08:00Malaysian Deal FreakAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01950579435970205753noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-653683048904584205.post-63870380329671613892012-07-22T09:30:00.000-07:002012-07-22T09:30:08.374-07:00The Rise of Collective Buying<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Do you seriously think that the collective buying industry in
Malaysia will fade off? Read the following article and you would want to rethink
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Article taken from: thestar.com.my</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 8.5pt;">Friday May 18, 2012</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 23pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">More Malaysians shopping online<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">CONSUMERS in
Malaysia are shopping online more and have become more confident about online
security, according to the latest MasterCard Worldwide Online Shopping Survey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The number of
people in Malaysia shopping online has grown by 12% compared to the year before
(55% in 2010). This increase is partly attributed to the Malaysian consumer’s
increased confidence level in online shopping — 36% in 2011 were concerned
about security versus 39% in 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">With the cumulative
growth in confidence to make purchases online, the survey also showed an
increase in spending across various categories.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Airline websites
saw further growth (86% in 2011 compared to 71% in 2010) in online spending
compared to offline. There was also an increase in online purchase for
books/CDs/DVDs (49% in 2011 versus 40% in 2010), music downloads (82% in 2011
compared to 53% in 2010) and products/services in online gaming (77% in 2011
compared to 60% in 2010). The top five purchases online include, in their
respective order — airlines, music downloads, coupon/deal sites,
products/services in online gaming/virtual world and apps.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">MasterCard
Worldwide Malaysia and Brunei vice-president and senior country manager Jim
Cheah said, “Consumers in Malaysia are increasingly getting more sophisticated
and savvy in making online purchases, and the Internet has also become a vital
part of the lives of the consumers — together this holds very strong growth
potential for the online shopping segment. Along with the growth of this space,
we have rolled out value added benefits for online shoppers through tie-ups
with top-tier online retailers to build and sustain MasterCard led online
purchases.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In terms of online
shopping and purchase intent, the results show that the gap is closing for
online shopping in Asia Pacific markets between the “mature” and “emerging”
markets.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thailand leads the
pack both in terms of online shopping (80%) and likelihood to make an online purchase
in the next six months (93%), alongside China. South Korea (84%) and Malaysia
(79%) also show high intent to purchase over the next six months, with Vietnam
also showing similarly high intent to purchase (87%) despite a low percentage
of people using the Internet for online shopping (61%). This survey and its
accompanying reports do not represent MasterCard’s financial performance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Although a majority
(71%) of respondents said they would use their laptop for shopping, the mobile
phone is rising rapidly as the device of choice for Asian shoppers in emerging
markets, with respondents in Thailand (59%), China (37%), Vietnam (32%) and
India (32%) all leading more established markets.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mobile shopping is
also slowly gaining traction in Malaysia with 25% of Malaysian respondents
carrying out transactions through their mobile phone in the past three months.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Among the reasons
given for using the mobile for shopping, most said it was more convenient (57%)
and also cited the growing availability of apps that make it easier to do
(46%). Music (24%) and apps (31%) topped the list among those who have made
purchases through their mobile phones, followed by coupon deal sites (17%),
retailers for clothing and accessories (17%), and cinema (16%).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Reference:<a href="http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2012/5/18/metrobiz/11306418&sec=metrobiz">http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2012/5/18/metrobiz/11306418&sec=metrobiz</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As stated in the article, coupon deal sites / group buying
industry are among the top 3 reasons for consumers to do mobile shopping. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">With that said, having technology to continuously evolve
would provide group buying sites more opportunities to expand their business
and make it a profitable one soon. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01950579435970205753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-653683048904584205.post-34366648638477866092012-07-22T09:24:00.000-07:002012-07-22T09:24:11.498-07:00What the freak says<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Welcome to the blog of deal freaks. As the title says it
all, topics revolving cheap deals in town offered by local group buying sites
will be discussed here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Are these deals cheap or cheat? Have you come across any con
deals? Or your experience with these group buying sites and deals are extremely
well that you are a strong supporter of online vouchers? <br />
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While we save money, we also want quality right? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Let us explore the different
group buying sites and share our views with our dear readers here. After all,
sharing is caring! </span></div>
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