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Shopee Expands Local Fulfillment Network Across Southeast Asia and Taiwan
Sea Group’s e-commerce platform relies on dynamic carrier routing and distributed inventory to manage parcel volumes ahead of regional shopping campaigns.
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Taiwan Plans Ban on Auto-Renewing Subscriptions with Fines up to NT$50 Million
Digital platforms face penalties of up to NT$50 million per violation under new rules requiring manual opt-in boxes and simplified cancellation paths.
Rajiv MenonE-Tailing
Grab Seals $600M Deal for Foodpanda Taiwan, Marks Historic Expansion Beyond Southeast Asia
The Singapore-founded super app, Grab, has declared its venture beyond Southeast Asia with a proposed acquisition of Foodpanda’s Taiwan operation, owned by Delivery Hero, for a cash sum of US$600 million. This acquisition is anticipated to conclude in the…
Sarah ChenE-Tailing
Coupang Surpasses $8 Billion Mark: Record Revenue And Profit Turnaround Amid Taiwan Expansion
South Korean retail behemoth Coupang has experienced substantial growth this year, boasting a record revenue of $8.52 billion in Q2, a rise of 19% year-over-year with an FX-neutral basis. This marks the first time the company has surpassed the $8 billion…
Maria SantosE-Tailing
E-commerce giant Carousell lays off 110 staff
Carousell, a Singaporean consumer-to-consumer (C2C) service platform operating across Southeast Asia, is letting go of about 110 employees, or 10% of its total headcount, to reduce costs amid a challenging market condition for the tech industry. The…
Sarah ChenE-Tailing
Shopee celebrates record-breaking 12.12 Birthday Sale
Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, wraps up the year-end shopping season with a record-breaking 12.12 Birthday Sale. On 12 December, 12 million items were sold in the first 24 minutes and at its peak, 1 million items were…
Wei ZhangE-Tailing
Alibaba’s Taobao to exit Taiwan over political tensions
Taiwan on Monday gave the domestic branch of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s e-commerce site Taobao six months to re-register as a Chinese investment rather than a foreign one, or leave, in the government’s latest shot against Chinese firms. Amid growing…
Wei ZhangE-Tailing
Zalora Philippines targets 50-per-cent annual sales growth
Fashion e-tailer Zalora Philippines is targeting 50 percent annual growth in sales over the next five-year period. The firm’s confidence in its target is based on the number of Filipinos embracing online shopping. “We will end the year with more than 50…
Minjun ParkE-Tailing
RateX expansion plan after latest investment
Singapore-based payments startup RateX has raised S$3 million (US$2.3 million) in a pre-series A funding round. RateX is a free browser extension that automatically provides shoppers with the lowest exchange rate without transaction fee for overseas purchases…
Aiko TanakaE-Tailing
No more airport queues for overseas tax refund thanks to WeChat, Alipay
WeChat Pay and Alipay, China’s two biggest mobile payment platforms, have recently forged partnerships with tax refund companies to enable Chinese tourists to obtain rebates on their purchases via their respective mobile apps. Within this year, WeChat also…
Rajiv MenonE-Tailing
Citiesocial to expand in Asia after the funding boost
Following series-A funding of US$2.75 million, Taiwan online retail platform Citiesocial seeks to expand into other parts of Asia. Its funding round was led by the Taiwan fund of Alibaba Group Holding. Citiesocial, which sells items such as water bottles and…
Wei ZhangE-Tailing
EZbuy to have more product offering
Singapore’s first global shopping platform EZbuy says it plans to almost double its product offering to 6 million items from brands and sellers in Korea, Taiwan and the US. It will bring on board a further 100,000 merchants by the end of the year. Its Korea…
Rajiv MenonE-Tailing
Line Friends to open Pop-Up stores in Seoul City
A Line Friends pop-up will open at luxury speciality store BoonTheShop in Seoul on Saturday. Running until January 14, the Korean character brand’s outlet will introduce its latest merchandise, BT21. The range includes dolls, cushions, fashion items,…
Minjun ParkE-Tailing
Alipay Launches “Double 12” Global Shopping Festival in Hong Kong
Alipay, the world’s largest online, mobile payment and lifestyle platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group, today launched this year’s “Double 12” Global Shopping Festival in 15 countries spanning across four continents. In addition, Ant Financial’s…
Maria SantosE-Tailing
Shopee giant leaps on its second year
Fast-growing e-commerce platform Shopee has released impressive statistics in marking just its second birthday. Combined annualised GMV from Taiwan and the six Southeast Asian markets where it operates has reached US$5 billion. It has more than 180 million…
Aiko TanakaE-Tailing
Online marketplace Pinkoi Thailand launches
Pinkoi Thailand, a cross-border curated online marketplace for original design products, has been officially launched. Founded in Taiwan in 2011, Pinkoi individually selects its items, which include original handmade or small-scale produced clothes, shoes,…
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