
Ant and Alibaba are untangling operations amid China crackdown
Ant and Alibaba untangle their operations from each other and independently seek new business as they navigate China’s regulatory crackdown. Read more…
Ant and Alibaba untangle their operations from each other and independently seek new business as they navigate China’s regulatory crackdown. Read more…
Tech players say dropping the WTO exemption will undermine a global recovery. Developing countries say the exemption is unfair to them. Read more…
Amid the ongoing scrutiny of Chinese companies, Tencent has acquired a stake worth $264 million in Indian e-commerce major Flipkart. Read more…
Indonesian e-commerce company Blibli is reportedly raising $500m in an IPO, and could merge with sister firm Tiket as part of the offering. Read more…
India’s ONDC scheme to break Amazon and Walmart’s dominance of its e-commerce sector has begun lining up key players needed to move it forward Read more…
Google is in talks with the Indian government to integrate its shopping services with the country’s open e-commerce network ONDC Read more…
Retailers want to integrate customer data across physical and online channels, which could produce radical (and useful) new data models. Read more…
End-user spend on digital goods via direct carrier billing will reach $54b this year, and over $74b by 2026, says Juniper Research. Read more…
Flipkart has set up a new innovation arm, Flipkart Labs, to focus and test new Web3 and metaverse use-cases with real-world applications. Read more…
Sea Ltd is withdrawing Shopee from India’s retail market just months after starting operations there, the second pullback this month. Read more…
Here’s why Amazon and Future may soon resolve their long dispute over whether Future can sell assets to Reliance, and how we got here. Read more…
Indonesian e-commerce unicorn Bukalapak is setting up its first international Technology Hub in Melbourne, amid news of its recent IPO flop. Read more…
With COVID-19 sparking a surge in e-commerce in Vietnam, authorities are discovering a related and growing challenge: tax evasion. Read more…
IFC is considering a $10 million investment in GrowSari, a Philippines-based B2B platform that enables sari-sari stores to order supplies. Read more…
India’s Future Retail has asked a New Delhi court to declare arbitration proceedings in Singapore with Amazon as illegal. Read more…
China’s ‘common prosperity’ crackdown turns a harsh spotlight on the country’s massive – but vulnerable – livestream e-commerce business. Read more…
Masan Group announced its intention to ramp up tech acquisitions and partnerships in an effort to meet Vietnam’s evolving e-commerce demands. Read more…
Alibaba is set on growing its Southeast Asian e-commerce arm Lazada to rival Indonesia’s GoTo, Shopee, and MercadoLibre. Read more…
Alibaba reorganizes its international and domestic e-commerce businesses and replace its CFO as its grapples with competition and crackdowns. Read more…
It’s evident that Southeast Asia’s e-commerce landscape has been on a steady growth, but who dominates in the key Southeast Asia markets. Read more…
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