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Guess? Inc. se gana a los turistas chinos en EE.UU. con pagos móviles

Guess? Inc. ha apostado fuertemente por China como mercado estratégico y por los consumidores chinos como su primera prioridad a la hora de ganarse a los turistas adinerados en otros mercados internacionales. El grupo de moda se ha asociado con el gigante de pagos Alipay – propiedad del grupo chino Alibaba Group y operado por su subsidiaria de...

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Guess? enhances its mobile payments in the U.S. to win over wealthy Chinese tourists

Guess? Inc. has bet strongly on China, both as a strategic market and as the home for one of the wealthiest shoppers groups it targets worldwide. The fashion group has partnered with Alipay to offer mobile payments its Chinese customers are used to at its most popular stores across the U.S. Guess? Inc. has recently announced a partnership with...

Business

Guess & Alipay partner up to simplify payments for Chinese tourists in the US

Guess Inc. has announced a collaboration with China’s leading digital payment platform, Alipay, which is owned by Ant Financial Services Group. Through the partnership, Chinese tourists visiting the United States will be able to pay for their purchases at more than 50 Guess shops using the Alipay app -- just like they would at home. “Guess is a...

Business

Lacoste adds Alipay to help customers have better shopping experience

Lacoste has finally joined the ranks of various other retailers through partnering with Alipay. The brand is now officially teaming with Alipay and Verifone for its retail locations in the U.S. to help improve an overall customer experience. With this new partnership with Alipay, a popular mobile platform established in China, Lacoste can now...

Report

China's Alibaba under fire over use of customer data

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has come under fire over its handling of user data in an episode that underscores growing concerns for privacy in the hyper-digitised country. Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial was forced to apologise on Wednesday after users said they felt misled into allowing its Alipay service to share data on their spending...

Retail

Is facial recognition the stuff of sci-fi? Not in China

From toilet-paper dispensers to fast-food restaurants, travel, beauty and crime-fighting, China is taking the lead in rolling out facial-recognition technology. But while advocates warn it makes life easier, quicker and safer, opponents counter that it is another example of how the Chinese government keeps a sinister and increasingly close eye...

Fashion

Rebecca Minkoff partners with Alipay Mobile Wallet

Alipay just announced its partnership with Rebecca Minkoff to take place in Soho on September 9. The partnership will allow for Chinese customers to use their mobile Alipay app in order to make purchases for the lifestyle brand. The in-store payments enable for customers to have an easier, faster service by purchasing through their Alipay...

Report

Alibaba unit invests 200 million dollars in S.Korea's Kakao Pay

Alibaba's payment affiliate Ant Financial will invest 200 million dollars in a unit of South Korean messaging giant Kakao, the companies said Tuesday, the Chinese firm's latest step to expand its global reach. The investment in Kakao Pay comes less than a month after Ant bought US-based payments operator MoneyGram for around 880 million ...

Fashion

Alipay becomes available in U.S. for Chinese consumers

Alipay just expanded its reach for the U.S. market. The Chinese-based platform has officially decided to capitalize on the North American market. Its third-party payment platform is now available for consumers visiting the U.S. and Canada. The company announced this information during NRF Big Show 2017, according to Retail Touch Points. As...

Apparel

Alibaba launches Alipay ePass for Chinese consumers on US sites

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba launched the Alipay ePass yesterday, a suite of products that will allow Chinese customers to purchase directly from US websites. For this reason, Alipay, the US' third largest third-party payment service provider, teamed up with San Francisco-based online payment start-up Stripe. For Chinese consumers, that...