How It Works

How Does E-Commerce Logistics Work Across Asia in 2026? A Comprehensive Operational Guide

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China delivered 199 billion parcels in 2025 — up 13.7% year-on-year — generating express delivery revenue of 1.5 trillion yuan ($215 billion), according to the State Post Bureau. That’s more … Read more

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Company Profiles

Coupang Logistics: How Korea’s Amazon Built Same-Day

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Coupang doesn’t outsource its logistics. It owns them. That single decision — made over a decade ago when the company was still burning through venture capital — is the reason … Read more

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Company Profiles

Tokopedia: ByteDance’s $1.5B Indonesia E-Commerce Bet

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Tokopedia isn’t the company it was two years ago. What started in 2009 as a homegrown Indonesian marketplace — founded by William Tanuwijaya and Leontinus Alpha Edison to connect small-town … Read more

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Company Profiles

Inside Sea Group: Ecommerce, Gaming, Payments and AI

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Why does Sea Group matter in 2026? Sea Limited closed 2025 with $22.9 billion in revenue, $1.6 billion in net income, and three businesses operating at scale that almost no … Read more

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Comparisons

Southeast Asia vs India E-Commerce: A 2026 Comparison of Two Asian Ecommerce Models

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Southeast Asia’s e-commerce platforms generated $157.6 billion in GMV in 2025, up 22.8% year-on-year (Momentum Works, April 2026). India’s e-retail market crossed $65 billion in the same period, growing 19–21% … Read more

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Comparisons

Naver vs Kakao: A 2026 Comparison of Korea’s Two Digital Platform Empires

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South Korea’s digital economy runs through two companies. Naver, the country’s dominant search engine, posted KRW 10.7 trillion in revenue in 2024 — the first time a domestic internet company … Read more

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Analysis

How Ads, Commerce and AI are Converging in Asia

How Ads, Commerce and AI are Converging in Asia

Asia’s $311 Billion Ad Market, $2.3 Trillion Commerce Engine, and $102 Billion AI Layer Are Fusing Into a Single Stack There’s a simple model for understanding Asia’s digital economy, and … Read more

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Analysis

What is the Future of Ecommerce in 2026? Agentic Commerce and AI-Controlled Demand

The Future of Ecommerce: Agentic Commerce and AI Demand

The Future of Ecommerce When AI Controls Demand: $5 Trillion in Spending Up for Grabs AI shopping agents are already redirecting how consumers find, evaluate, and buy products online — … Read more

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