How can you stand out amongst the crowd to get a slice of the e-commerce pie? Initially started in China, 11.11, or Singles’ Day, has become the biggest shopping day globally. This year, Alibaba extended the event to an 11 day sales, reaching a GMV of US$74.1 billion, almost 2x that of 2019’s. Closer to home, Southeast Asian e-commerce firm Lazada saw a “record” number of sales, with shoppers taking 35 minutes to chalk up buys surpassing last year’s numbers in the first 2 hours, while Shopee sold 200 million items, a significant increase from last year's 70 million.
While the pandemic has changed shopping habits and moved more sellers and consumers online, the record-breaking sales could also be attributed to consumers repurposing travel budgets, the rise of livestreaming and the increasing number of promotions and cashbacks available.
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