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Japan's Line To Launch Online Grocery Shopping In Thailand, Plans To Expand

By Ron Burgundy,
February 2, 2015 in Tech News

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Posted February 2, 2015

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Posted February 2, 2015

By Khettiya Jittapong and Manunphattr Dhanananphorn BANGKOK (Reuters) - Japan-based messaging app company Line Corp is launching an online grocery delivery service, its first ever, in Thailand and plans to expand it to other Southeast Asian nations to tap booming growth in the region's mobile phone transactions. The unit of top South Korean Internet portal operator Naver Corp said on Monday its "Cheap Sure Sure" online grocery service will begin on Feb. 4 in Thailand, Line's second-biggest market after Japan, with more than 33 million active users of the app. "Thailand is one of our top priority markets. Line did not give any financial details of the project nor a time frame about the planned launch of the grocery service in other Southeast Asian countries.