"IPPIN" - CROSS BORDER E-COMMERCE MALL BRINGING JAPAN QUALITY TO THE WORLD LAUNCHED BY C-CONNECT CORPORATION

Available in 18 regions and countries. Deploying websites in 8 countries based in China and South-east Asian regions.

TOKYO, July 5 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- July 5th 2016, C-Connect, the retail e-commerce company selling printer inks and sanitary napkins, has launched "Ippin" - the Online Shopping Mall specialized in direct sales and distribution from Japan to foreign countries.

"Ippin" not only sells "Made in Japan" products but also high-quality "Produced by Japan" and "Popular in Japan" items, enabling customers to purchase directly from 18 regions and countries. We mainly target China and South-east Asian countries rapidly growing in e-commerce market as a start, selling popular "Japan-quality" items in categories such as foods, fashion items, cosmetics, kids & baby items, electric appliances.
Ippin: https://ippin.com/

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UNILEVER JAPAN K.K. LAUNCHED NEW CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT WHO WEAR HEADGEAR FOR WORK

TOKYO, July 5 (Bernama-AsiaNet) -- Unilever Japan K.K. has launched a campaign titled "CLEAR Headgear-Cover Plan. A Salute to Headgear Warriors." to promote CLEAR, a scalp care shampoo which is the world's best-selling male shampoo brand (*1). The campaign is also the world's first project (*2) to promote companies and sports teams to provide shampoo to their employees and players who wear headgear for work, thus exposing their scalps to risk.

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DIGITAL COMMERCE IN ASIA PACIFIC RECORDED 113% GROWTH IN 2015 TO REACH US$200 BILLION

SINGAPORE, July 5 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Euromonitor International and Retail Asia are proud to announce the launch of the 13th ‘Retail Asia Top 500 Retailers Ranking’. In 2015, the region’s top 500 retailers recorded total sales of US$964 billion, declining by 5 percent in current value terms due to the strong dollar. However, Chinese companies continued dominating the list, accounting for 33 percent of the ranking.

According to Euromonitor’s data, Asia Pacific continues to top the digital commerce in 2014 - 2015, with mobile retailing sales reaching US$200 billion, an increase of 113 percent.

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​PWC'S NETWORK CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM

LONDON, July 4 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bob Moritz, the new Chairman of PwC International, has announced the members of his new leadership team who took office on 1 July 2016.

Joining the team for the first time are:

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OVER 2000 OVERSEAS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ACCEPT UNIONPAY CARDS FOR TUITION PAYMENT--UNIONPAY INTERNATIONAL IMPROVES ITS PAYMENT SERVICE FOR STUDENTS WHO STUDY ABROAD

SHANGHAI, China, July 4 (Bernama-AsiaNet) -- UnionPay's payment service for students who study abroad is extending from tuition payment to all aspects of daily life. On July 1st, UnionPay International announced that now over 2,000 educational institutions overseas accept UnionPay cards for tuition payment, covering well-known schools in popular destinations, including US, Canada, Australia, UK, New Zealand and Singapore.

According to public data, the number of Chinese students who study abroad has exceeded 500,000 in 2015, with a year-on-year growth of about 14%. China is now the largest source country of international students for the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia. In this context, UnionPay International keeps improving its payment service for these students.

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A.M. BEST TO CO-ORGANIZE SEMINAR WITH THAILAND GENERAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION

HONG KONG, July 4 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- A.M. Best will co-organize a complimentary seminar with the Thailand General Insurance Association (TGIA), to take place Thursday, August 4, at the TGIA offices in Bangkok, Thailand. The seminar is, titled, "Liberalization of the Thailand Market: What's Next?," and will feature a keynote address by the President of TGIA, Khun Anon Vangvasu, as well as a panel discussion of the impact of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) market liberalization on Thailand’s insurance industry.

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"GATSBY STUDENT CM AWARDS," COMMERCIAL VIDEO CONTEST FOR STUDENTS, TO DEVELOP INTO "GATSBY CREATIVE AWARDS," MORE CREATIVE VENUE, CLOSER TO CONSUMERS!

OSAKA, Japan, July 1 (Bernama-AsiaNet) --

- Works Solicited from 10 Countries/Regions until October 31, 2016 -

Osaka-based Mandom Corp. will hold "GATSBY CREATIVE AWARDS," a TV commercial video contest featuring the GATSBY brand of men's grooming products. The contest has been held as "GATSBY Student CM Awards" 10 times, and will be upgraded as "GATSBY CREATIVE AWARDS" in 2016.

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