Lazada Receives $250 Million Investment Funds From Its Global Partners

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Southeast Asia’s largest online shopping mall Lazada, recently announced its global partnership with Tesco PLC, Access Industries, Investment AB Kinnevik and Verlinvest which includes an investment funds of $250 million to its financial portfolio. The ties with several investors enable the company to further strengthen and bolster its market presence in global e-commerce.

According to Maximilian Bittner, CEO of Lazada Group, “We are delighted to welcome Tesco and Access to join our investor group through this funding round. Kinnevik and Verlinvest also join the investment, which know for business and operations. With this, it demonstrates that we are making great progress in building a large and sustainable company in Southeast Asia. We are excited to continue this journey together with our investors.”

This marks the first investment by multichannel retailer Tesco into a pure online player in the region and the starting point of close ties. Synergies of this partnership will span across customer analytics, private label development and supply chain management.

Cosplays for the Teens: Expressing Your Hidden Identity

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People around the world have different styles of expressing what’s inside of them. It could be something common or something unusual depending upon the era they grew. Sometimes, their expressions might not be easy to understand because, our sets of mind are unique to each other.

There are people that are said to be incomplete in terms of his or her identity. That identity is pent deep inside of his or her core, where it really wants to burst but it is still undiscovered by the owner. Normally, this occurs during adolescence where they are now said to be in the right time of thinking. Well, I heard about cosplay.

Bragging Versus Branding: How to Get Noticed Without Being Branded Negatively

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We all know that we need to get the people's attention to promote a brand whether its a product, service, establishment, advocacy or our personal point of view. It rarely helps if you are too simple, and sometimes it may go overboard if its just way too self-serving.

It is very difficult to remain "wholesome" when the whole world is more attracted to the scandals that goes viral in the news.

"According to Google, the most searched Filipino celebrities in 2013 are: (1) Neri Naig (2) EB Babe Yosh (3) Wally Bayola (4) Ariella Arida and (5) Chito Miranda. I didn't know Ariella Arida had a sex video." - Professional Heckler

Now we know what the people really read. The timid and peace-loving issues do not inherit the Earth, its the scandalous, libelous, criminally-inclined,sensationalized, sexually-related news that goes viral online.