Rising Sea sends rivals scrambling


Internet champion: Sea invests heavily in it's Shopee e-commrce brand, successfully taking on Alibaba's Lazada and other rivals. - Reuters Internet champion: Sea invests heavily in its Shopee e-commerce brand, successfully taking on Alibaba’s Lazada and other rivals. — Reuters

SINGAPORE: In front of an open-air Jakarta restaurant, delivery drivers clad in the orange colours of South-East Asia tech group Sea Ltd wait for orders next to the green-jacketed riders of market leaders Gojek and Grab, in what has become the latest battleground for tech supremacy in South-East Asia.

The humble noodles eatery signed up for Sea’s nascent ShopeeFood service a month ago, but “immediately, there were orders everyday, ” said manager M.A Rasyid.

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