Japan is one of the biggest e-commerce markets in the world, only behind China, the US and the UK for total sales value. Annual online sales in the country are ... Read More >
Selling on Trade Me, New Zealand’s biggest online marketplace, just got easier for overseas sellers with the launch of WorldFirst’s virtual NZD accounts.
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A recent survey found that over half of all US, UK, German and French shoppers use Amazon as a starting point for all purchases. 22% of customers said they don’... Read More >
With 2018 upon us, we look at the most important political and economic events taking place in 2018 that you should add to your economic calendar.
Janu... Read More >
Sweden is global
There are few countries that benefit more from an uptick in global growth than Sweden. The positive growth swing driven by the US, Eurozone an... Read More >
Fertile Borders
The Polish zloty has been one of the best performing currencies of 2017 as it has benefited from a strong recovery in the Eurozone and a genera... Read More >
Reform needed
We maintain a level of neutrality in the Philippine economy in 2018 despite being disappointed in 2017 by both the performance of the PHP and t... Read More >
Forget the politics and back China
NZD has been one of the most volatile major currencies over 2017. Large gains came through the beginning of the summer as ... Read More >
Slippery oil, slippery prices
Indonesia and its currency enter 2018 in a strange place. The Indonesian economy will need to spend a lot of the coming 12 mont... Read More >
Back to Black
As we have highlighted in our Global Overview piece ‘Local and Abroad’ the greatest risk that we see overhanging the global economy relates to Ch... Read More >