Chain discount store Don Don Donki (better known by the name Don Quijote in Japan) has finally opened its doors in Lot 10, Bukit Bintang 9 months after its Malaysian launch was first announced. Its very first outlet here spans 3 floors, selling a variety of imported yet affordable Japanese …
Read More »How Shopee Overtook Lazada To Become The Top E-Commerce Marketplace In S’pore
Sea Limited, the parent company of Shopee, was founded in 2009. It started out as online gaming company Garena, and it didn’t jump into e-commerce only until 2015. Shopee was launched in 2015, and Lazada was already a leading e-commerce platform in the region when Shopee first entered the market. However, Shopee …
Read More »Plant Trees And Donate Coins: How Shopee Makes It Fun For You To Give Back This X’mas
The season of giving is upon us and in that same spirit, e-commerce giant Shopee will be running the Shopee Giving Tree campaign in line with its upcoming Christmas sale. Despite 2020 being a tough year, Shopee wants to foster a stronger community spirit by celebrating small acts of kindness that can make …
Read More »Grab-Singtel Consortium and SEA (Shopee) Awarded Full Singapore Digital Banking License
According to an article on Business Times, the Grab-Singtel consortium as well as ecommerce conglomerate SEA has just won the digital full banking license awarded by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Singapore is taking a big step forward in fintech with the opening of digital bank license applications by …
Read More »Shopee, Lazada, Qoo10, Amazon Are Hiring In S’pore: Which Is The Best Tech Firm To Work For?
Last week, Shopee’s parent company, Sea Limited announced that it will be hiring 500 Singaporeans in a partnership with IMDA. In the same week, sources revealed that Amazon might be taking over a portion of Citigroup’s office space here as the latter looks to cut back on its office space …
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