"Online Market"

E-commerce accounted for only 3 per cent of Thailand's total trade, but the country is one of the main markets of Chinese e-commerce giants as Thai consumers are more likely to shop online while Chinese products are popular in the country.

THE THAI RETAILERS Association expects online sales will make steady inroads to account for around 10 per cent of the country’s total retail market over the next five years.

Somsak Boonkam’s start-up Local Alike, which matches foreign tourists’ interests to specific experiences being offered locally, is one of 10 companies selected for an “accelerator programme” in sustainable tourism being organised by Booking.com.

MICRO-ENTERPRISES will find it increasingly difficult to survive and compete in the online marketplace, digital-marketing veteran Kampol Tanapanyaworakhun has warned.

KRUNGSRI AUTO, the automotive finance arm of Bank of Ayudhya, has launched an interactive electronic application form for its Car for Cash title-based loan service via www.car4cash.com, in an effort to drive loan growth from the digital channel by more th