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Walled-garden super apps are not the future, warns Lazada CEO
Lazada CEO Chun Li says digital companies in SEA should steer away from creating walled-garden super apps, as this discourages competition. Read more…
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Alibaba to grow Lazada amid intensifying SEA competition and scrutiny
Alibaba is set on growing its Southeast Asian e-commerce arm Lazada to rival Indonesia’s GoTo, Shopee, and MercadoLibre. Read more…
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Thailand files complaint against Lazada for over-priced masks
Thailand has filed a complaint against the Alibaba backed e-commerce platform Lazada over surgical masks being sold at excessively high prices. Read more…
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Chinese tech firms hustle to save Indonesia’s e-commerce sector
JAKARTA (Reuters) – In a warehouse on the outskirts of Indonesia‘s capital, supervisors at e-commerce company Lazada use bikes or electric scooters to zip around a floor the size of four soccer fields, where up to Read more…
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Alibaba throws another $2 billion at Lazada to boost SEA push
BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Alibaba Group said it will invest an extra $2 billion in Southeast Asian e-commerce firm Lazada Group and tapped a top executive to run the business, as it takes on rivals such Read more…
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Lazada extends Taobao’s reach to Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Online retailer Lazada Group said it will sell select items from Alibaba Group’s Taobao marketplace in three more countries in Southeast Asia, expanding the partnership between the two e-commerce firms. Taobao Collection Read more…