https://www.scmp.com/rss/523507/feed The latest news and top stories on Shopee. A leading e-commerce platform, Singapore-headquartered Shopee specialises in connecting buyers and sellers across Southeast Asia, Taiwan and parts of Latin America. Founded in 2015, it offers a wide range of products, supported by robust payment and logistical services, including its Shopee Guarantee escrow. Shopee is known for its user-friendly mobile-first approach, engaging features like live-streaming, and strong market position as the largest... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Igor Patrick Igor Patrick Brazil’s central bank president, Gabriel Galipolo, said on Monday that China is exporting “disinflation or even deflation” to Brazil through a surge in low-cost imports, easing inflation. Speaking at an economics forum in Sao Paulo, Galipolo said Brazilian imports from China have grown while their prices have fallen, easing inflation in the short term but reflecting deeper imbalances in global trade. “It is, in a sense, offsetting an impact that would otherwise be even greater, both for the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334820/brazils-central-bank-chief-says-inflation-decreasing-due-low-cost-imports-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334820/brazils-central-bank-chief-says-inflation-decreasing-due-low-cost-imports-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:46:49 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Super Typhoon Ragasa disrupted production of Apple’s iPhones in Shenzhen and crucial pre-holiday shipments by cross-border e-commerce merchants, as the year’s strongest storm barrelled towards southern China with heavy rain and hurricane-force winds. The world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer, Foxconn Technology Group, on Tuesday suspended assembly work at its Shenzhen unit – the innovative Product Enclosure Business Group, responsible for high-speed connectors, memory and other... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3326663/super-typhoon-ragasa-disrupts-iphone-production-cross-border-e-commerce-southern-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3326663/super-typhoon-ragasa-disrupts-iphone-production-cross-border-e-commerce-southern-china?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:00:19 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Alibaba Group Holding is looking to ramp up its cross-border e-commerce strategy by getting merchants on its premium Tmall shopping site to sell to consumers in Southeast Asia through subsidiary Lazada. “This is the first time that Tmall has established a direct connection to Lazada’s platform to facilitate the seamless onboarding of sellers,” a representative from Singapore-based Lazada said on Tuesday, adding that this initiative started last month. Alibaba owns the Post. The cross-border... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3325761/alibabas-tmall-merchants-enter-southeast-asia-through-subsidiary-lazadas-platform?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3325761/alibabas-tmall-merchants-enter-southeast-asia-through-subsidiary-lazadas-platform?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:30:10 +0000 Julie Zhang Julie Zhang One of China’s biggest sportswear makers, 361 Degrees International, said it will adopt stablecoin payment and settlement for its overseas operations, becoming one of the first mainland retailers to make such a move as it seeks overseas expansion. The Xiamen-based company said in a Hong Kong stock exchange filing on Thursday that it planned to use stablecoins in transactions outside mainland China, covering offline stores, e-commerce sales, supply chain services and digital ecosystem... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3325363/361-degrees-becomes-first-chinese-brand-pioneer-stablecoin-payments-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3325363/361-degrees-becomes-first-chinese-brand-pioneer-stablecoin-payments-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:40:24 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg In the battle royale of global e-commerce, the names are familiar and formidable: Amazon, TikTok Shop, Shein, Temu. But in Southeast Asia, home to 675 million people and a US$160 billion online shopping market, the reigning monarch is an app the colour of a traffic cone. It’s called Shopee. And it is thriving. Owned by Singapore-based Sea Ltd., Shopee has pulled off one of the more improbable corporate comebacks in recent memory, sending its stock soaring more than 300 per cent since the start... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3321401/singapores-shopee-taps-local-delivery-heroes-drive-300-stock-surge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3321401/singapores-shopee-taps-local-delivery-heroes-drive-300-stock-surge?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Aug 2025 02:56:25 +0000 Aidan Jones,Hadi Azmi Aidan Jones,Hadi Azmi Persistence is the lifeblood of the counterfeit trade – an attribute Rahul* has in spades. On the bustling, neon-lit streets of Bangkok, the thirty-something from India hawks imitation Rolex watches with a practised ease. “This is nearly as good as the real one,” he says, grinning, before melting into the crowd, a bag of replica Swiss timepieces slung over his shoulder. His trade is illegal, yet it flourishes out in the open – a mere ripple in Southeast Asia’s ocean of counterfeit goods. Now,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3317012/inside-southeast-asias-booming-trade-fakes-us-hates?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3317012/inside-southeast-asias-booming-trade-fakes-us-hates?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:13 +0000