eCommerce

Maybank Investment Bank Research has foreseen both opportunities and risks from ChatGPT Agentic Commerce.

Lazada, Southeast Asia’s leading online shopping platform, has teamed up with South Korea’s Gmarket, to bring 20 million authentic Korean products for Southeast Asian shoppers on its platform.

E-commerce platform TikTok Shop announced Wednesday that it is further injecting MYR 20 million ($4.74 million) into the local digital economy in Malaysia through its new #JomLokal Booster Stimulus Package, to provide enhanced support for local micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and homegrown products.

Anwar said JD.com also intends to buy more Malaysian products to market in China. Earlier, the prime minister, who is on a four-day working visit to China, held a business meeting with the company's top management led by JD Logistics CEO and executive strategy member Hu Wei.

Maybank Investment Bank has raised Sea's full year revenue and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) estimates by 3 percent to 6 percent.

Singapore-based technology conglomerate Sea Limited has reported higher revenue and earnings in the second quarter, underpinned by growth in all business segments.

Live commerce, otherwise known as livestream shopping, is growing into a major sales channel in Singapore, with the market set to generate up to $1.3 billion in sales this year, according to new research by DBS.

Maybank Investment Bank has foreseen slight concerns for Singapore-based technology conglomerate Sea Ltd's e-commerce arm Shopee in Brazil amid MercadoLibre (MELI)'s several competitive moves.

The unicorn is aiming for a valuation of more than $3 billion, Reuters reported.

TikTok Shop doubled its global gross merchandise value (GMV) in the first half of 2025, with U.S. market hitting $5.8 billion, Momentum Works & Tabcut report showed last Friday.