eCommerce

Maybank Investment Bank has reduced Singapore-based tech giant Sea's FY26-27 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) estimates by 8 percent to 10 percent on lower margin assumptions.

Singapore-based tech giant Sea saw its revenue jump 36.4 percent year on year to $22.9 billion in 2025, with gross profit growing 42.2 percent year-on-year to $10.2 billion.

CARSOME Group Inc. reported FY2025 EBITDA of $23 million, more than doubling year-on-year, reflecting continued margin expansion and cost discipline across its core markets.

Maybank Investment Bank has foreseen competitive easing to supports Sea's margin improvement outlook.

Maybank Investment Bank said Monday that Sea's recent weakness has offered an attractive entry point to investors.

Singapore’s e-commerce landscape stands out from emerging markets, with sellers shifting their focus from basic survival to continuous evolution and sustained performance, a new study by Milieu Insight revealed.

Vietnam, one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing digital markets, is seeing its e-commerce seller economy expand at breakneck speed, driven by a young, digitally fluent generation of entrepreneurs - but the ecosystem supporting them is struggling to keep pace, according to a new study by leading consumer research firm Milieu Insight.

Shopee, the e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and Brazil, announced Tuesday a S$50 million ($38.52 million) investment over the next year to accelerate the growth of Singapore’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as the platform marks its 10th anniversary.

Etaily, the Philippines’ digital-native retail platform, has secured new strategic investments led by Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), through its SMBC Asia Rising fund, bringing its total funding to over $24 million.

Authenticity-driven ECommerce is set to hit $150 billion by 2030, a recent Lazada survey showed.