SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ant Group today officially launched its Alipay+ D store™ at the Singapore FinTech Festival 2022. Alipay+ D-store™ is a digitization solution for businesses designed to support the service industry, especially brick-and-mortar businesses, to digitize their operations to increase efficiency and productivity.
An integrated one-stop solution that businesses can use to build digital stores across multiple digital platforms in a fast, scalable and cost-effective way, Alipay+ D-store™ offers a suite of toolsets to digitize merchants’ payments, operations, services and marketing, unlocking new revenue opportunities and delivering better services to consumers.
Companies could have digital stores on digital platforms in the form of mini-programs. Digital stores can also be developed as H5 pages and easily integrated into social media and online to reach consumers. Digital platforms currently cooperate with Alipay+ D-store™ include Chope, Alipay, Touch ‘n Go eWallet, AlipayHK, etc.
“We welcome multiple digital platforms to cooperate to accelerate the digitization of the global service industry together,” Dr. Cherry Huang, Global Head of Alipay+ D-store™ so.
“Using digital solutions is essential for service industries to increase operational efficiency and adapt to rapidly changing market conditions. Alipay+ D Store™ the solution has been developed with the goal of making it easier for brick-and-mortar businesses to go digital at scale, so businesses can better serve and engage digitally savvy consumers by offering a seamless omni-channel experience,” she added.
Having identified the F&B industry as a priority sector, Alipay+ D-store™ the solution has been adopted by brands including fast food chain Burger King, Koufu, one of Singapore’s most established and largest operators and managers of food courts and coffee shops, and more than 2,000 local restaurants, cafes and eateries in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong SAR, China and other markets.
At the festival, Alipay+ D shop™ also unveiled its newest customer, Huggs Coffee, one of Singapore’s largest homegrown coffee chain brands specializing in coffee with over 20 outlets. Huggs will work with Alipay+ D-store™ to digitize the points of sale and operational efficiency, so that customers can access seamless services through their digital store on Chope and other platforms in the future.
Regarding the partnership, Lee Haoming, CEO of Huggs Coffee, said: “Huggs is not just a food and beverage business, for us a good cup of coffee is a tool to create social connections. Therefore, it is important for Huggs to create a unique and elevated experience beyond the coffee itself, and we believe digitization plays an important role in improving the experience.”
“We are very happy to partner with Alipay+ D-store™ to transform the Huggs experience! It creates a more efficient operational flow to brew more smiles while reducing time queuing and paying, and henceforth allows our valued customers to spend more quality time building connections with each other when they visit Huggs.”
To learn more about Alipay+ D-store™ at Singapore FinTech Festival 2022, visit the Ant Group booth #2E01, or attend the product exhibition “It’s a PLUS: How Alipay+ and partners are building digital resilience for businesses” scheduled at 11:20 a.m., November 3 in hall 3.
About Ant Group
Ant Group aims to build the infrastructure and platforms to support the digital transformation of the service industry. Through continuous innovation, it strives to give all consumers and small and micro businesses equal access to digital, financial and other daily services that are practical, sustainable and inclusive.
