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Platforms including Tokopedia, Shopee, Lazada and Blibli must collect income taxes from online merchants a month earlier than scheduled following a leadership change at the finance ministry.
Indonesia recorded a 62 per cent rise in user session length while Singapore app installs climbed 67 per cent in the first half of 2026.
Regular marketplace sellers pay commissions between 1 and 2 per cent while Shopee Mall brand rates reach 6 per cent.
Rapid expansion across Southeast Asia and Western markets puts ByteDance’s e-commerce arm in direct competition with Shopee, Lazada, and Temu.
Gmarket, an e-commerce platform owned by Shinsegae, has entered into a strategic alliance with Lazada, a leading online marketplace in Southeast Asia, to facilitate its expansion on the international front. Expanding Horizons The partnership allows sellers…
Southeast Asia’s blind box obsession is now mainstream, and POP MART is at the heart of it, fuelling demand with exclusive IPs, sought-after collectibles and even real-life fan events. The global designer toy brand, best known for turning characters like…
Vietnamese eCommerce site Lingo.vn closed suddenly yesterday, without a word of goodbye to its legion of Vietnamese fans. The closing of Lingo.vn was clearly a sudden decision, especially as it had been running a promotion on its Facebook page, which was…
Lazada is ramping up its efforts in the affiliate marketing sphere, announcing a bold $100 million annual investment into its Lazada Affiliate Programme. This move aims to further establish affiliate marketing as a pivotal growth engine across Southeast…
Chinese technology giant Alibaba Group Holding has invested another US$634 million in its e-commerce subsidiary Lazada amid intensifying competition. The injection – the group’s third this year – takes its investment in Lazada to more than $1.8 billion. Since…
Lazada Group and the Seoul Business Agency (SBA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to allow South Korean SMEs to expand into the Southeast Asia market. The SBA will take the lead in promoting Lazada as a prominent Southeast Asian e-commerce…
As a Senior Vice President for the Affiliate business for Lazada Southeast Asia, I look after the channels user growth and revenues. I was fascinated by the potential of e-commerce in Asia as I was fortunate to be part of the International expansion team for…
Alibaba’s Southeast Asian e-commerce arm, Lazada, has named James Dong as its new group CEO as the region’s Shopee-dominated competition steps up. In his new role, Dong wil oversee Lazada’s expansion plan into Euroupe. The 42-year-old CEO will succeed Chun…
Thailand on Saturday warned against the creation of online content that risked insulting the country’s monarchy, after a video by a social media influencer promoting e-commerce platform Lazada incensed royalists, who said it was mocking the palace. Thai law…
Chinese tech giant Alibaba is taking Lazada to Europe as part of its strategy to drive growth in overseas countries. It was reported that the plan to expand Lazada to Europe was due to Alibaba’s slowing opportunities in China. The company’s latest interim…
E-commerce platform Lazada has grouped 5000 products with sustainability credentials in a new section of its LazMall to encourage shoppers to buy items that are friendly to the planet. The goods, from some 70 brands, mainly span the fashion and FMCG…
Sports brand Reebok has appointed CRC Sports, a subsidiary of Central Retail, as its sole distributor in Thailand. According to CRC Sports, it will take responsibility for e-commerce operations and the wholesale distribution of Reebok, pushing growth…
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