eCommerce
Google unveils video commerce tools for Southeast Asia as YouTube shopping videos hit 6M
Google has unveiled new advertising and video commerce solutions for Southeast Asia at Google Marketing Live Southeast Asia in Singapore.
Singapore’s recommerce platform Carousell reaches EBITDA profitability as revenue hits $141M
Singapore-based Carousell Group, a multi-category classifieds and recommerce platform focusing on Southeast Asia, has achieved positive EBITDA in its fiscal year 2025, with revenue growing 18 percent year-on-year to $141 million, nearly tripling since FY21.
Agentic commerce can reach 1.3B users by 2031: Juniper Research
The number of agentic commerce users can reach 1.3 billion by 2031, up from less than 300 million this year, according to the newly-released "Agentic Commerce Market: 2026-2031" study conducted by Juniper Research.
Sea Limited, OpenAI to jointly expand AI access for e-commerce Shopee users, sellers
Singapore-headquartered e-commerce and gaming giant Sea Ltd and OpenAI willl collaborate to drive AI adoption across Southeast Asia and Brazil, focusing on AI-powered e-commerce.
Trozo’s Pavan Govindan on why fragmented customer data remains a challenge for omnichannel brands [interview]
Consumer brands are operating across storefronts, social platforms, messaging apps, marketplaces, and physical locations. Trozo founder and CEO Pavan Govindan discusses how AI may help teams manage those connected but often fragmented customer journeys.
Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos to speak at VivaTech 2026
An emblematic figure of the global technological revolution and the new space age, Jeff Bezos will share his vision of innovation, entrepreneurship, and the future of humanity on the main stage of the VivaTech Theater.
SHOPLINE, Trozo partner to offer AI marketing tools to consumer brands
SHOPLINE, a global commerce platform, and Bengaluru-based Trozo have announced a strategic partnership to provide AI marketing and customer engagement tools to SHOPLINE merchants.
TikTok invests $5B in Vietnam, plans to establish local entity to boost data management
TikTok has invested nearly $5 billion in Vietnam over seven years of operation and plans to establish a domestic legal entity in the country.
Malaysia’s Carsome car e-commerce platform posts 85% EBITDA surge in Q1/2026 to $7.3M
Carsome Group Inc, Southeast Asia’s largest integrated car e-commerce platform, recorded its EBITDA jumping 85 percent year-on-year to MYR29 million ($7.3 million) as Southeast Asia's largest used car e-commerce platform accelerated its push toward sustained profitability.
Singapore-based Sea Ltd seeks to expand to banking, financial services in Vietnam
Singapore-headquartered e-commerce and gaming giant Sea Ltd, known for e-commerce platform Shopee, plans to expand its operations in Vietnam into banking, financial services, and modern logistics,
