Online Shopping in Singapore

In the country where land is scarce and little places to visit, one of our favorite pastime has to be online shopping.

Singapore has one of the fastest and most established fibre optics network in the world. We are also the most densely populated country in the world. A country where everyone is fighting for space where rental prices goes over the roof top, the only place where the retail price can remain competitive is going the route of online retailing.

According to a survey done by Mastercard in 2011, 64% of the Singapore population shops online. The list of items purchased goes from movie tickets, apparels, accessories, computers and groceries. On a different survey by Mastercard, Singapore is in the fifth place for highest propensity for online shopping. It is certainly an trend that cannot be missed.

Although the figure is encouraging, in another press release by Livejournal, it stated that over 90% of the blogshops in Singapore earns lesser than 1500 usd per month. It is definitely a saturated market that is not easy to stand out.

Le Summer a blogshop in Singapore strives to keep the prices of dresses in Singapore competitive and will offer a new collection twice bimonthly to ensure that the apparels offered can keep up to date with the trend.