Change is a constant in the world of business. In the past year, we’ve seen millions of businesses show resilience and contribute to over $27 trillion in retail sales worldwide, despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, 64% … Continue reading Trends 2023: Shopify – Commerce Trends Report 2023
Ecommerce sales in Southeast Asia will total $90 billion in 2022, an increase of $15 billion over last year. By next year, the region will cross the $100 billion mark, a long way from the $37 billion seen in 2019. … Continue reading Southeast Asia sees fastest Ecommerce sales growth in the World
COVID19 has had a huge impact on the digital consumption habits of people in Myanmar. Consumers have broadened their adoption of new technology to support their requirements from increasing digital entertainment including mobile games and online video, to online shopping … Continue reading The New Digital-First Myanmar Consumer
A quick note to readers of this site, I’ve started a biweekly email newsletter called Growjek. Link to the latest issue here. Sign up if you’re interested in a digest of ASEAN (with an Indonesia focus) tech, digital, startups, VC, … Continue reading Launching Growjek – ASEAN Tech, Digital, Startup & VC Newsletter
This latest online retail overview from iPrice compares Southeast Asia’s major e-commerce players based on their average quarterly traffic, mobile application ranking and also looks at general market trends. Continue reading Southeast Asian Map of E-commerce Consumer Insights
The Map of E-Commerce from iPrice ranks Vietnam‘s top 50 e-commerce players based on their average quarterly traffic, mobile application ranking, social media followers and number of staff. Vietnam top 10 Ecommerce iPrice have just released their Q4 2019 Ecommerce … Continue reading Vietnam Ecommerce Rankings
Digitalization of Asia’s commerce brings choice to consumers and opportunity to businesses. It also provides the region’s societies with a path to greater economic growth and prosperity. Better government and business support of the digital economy is needed though, to … Continue reading Unlocking the Untapped Potential in Asia’s Digital Economy
by Damian Duffy Lazada is stepping up efforts to strengthen its position as the leading online shopping destination in Southeast Asia. In conjunction with its 7th birthday celebrations the company announced a series of products and services aimed at helping … Continue reading Lazada Launches New Online Retail Solutions in SEA
Rely, a Singapore fintech company that provides shoppers with an interest-free ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ service for online retail, recently announced a seven-figure Pre-Series A funding round led by Goldbell Financial Services. Additional funding comes from Octava, a family office … Continue reading Data-driven Singapore Fintech Startup Delivers AI Credit Scoring
The friendly folks at Meltwater have just released a new report titled ‘E-commerce in SEA: Supercharging Holiday Sales Through Social Media’ analysing consumer sentiment across South East Asia during the year-end shopping period last year to help e-commerce companies better … Continue reading E-commerce in SEA: Holiday Sales Online Consumer Trends
