Christinas Province Town
In the last couple of years, the South East Asian region has witnessed a remarkable boom in social commerce. However, it has not been without its challenges. For instance, many platforms lacked a seamless integrated payment system, creating inconvenience for customers and sellers alike. Having native shopping features was Bytedance-owned TikTok Shop’s biggest advantage in … Read more
ENJOYING GREATER OPTIONS Indonesian homemaker Yuliana Rahman, 24, has been a loyal Lazada customer since 2019. Shopping on the platform gives her a respite from the demands of housekeeping and childcare. It is also an avenue for her to purchase the items she needs for her hobbies and self-care regime, such as singing, cooking and … Read more
Launching a startup without any business experience may be daunting. But that didn’t stop Chrisanti Indiana — who was just 24 years old when she co-founded Social Bella. “You have nothing to lose, that’s actually the benefit of starting young,” Indiana, now 31, told CNBC Make It. The Indonesian beauty and personal care retailer has … Read more
When the Covid pandemic was raging in 2020, much of the world was in lockdown and more turned to online shopping. But Chrisanti Indiana did the unexpected: she expanded her e-commerce business — offline. Her beauty and personal care e-commerce startup, Sociolla, had just two brick-and-mortar stores in Indonesia in 2019. By the end of … Read more
Some of Southeast Asia’s largest internet companies are trying to boost their revenues with an old-fashioned business: lending. Buy now, pay later services have picked up pace in Southeast Asia as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Grab Holdings Sea Ltd. and GoTo Group are all offering their customers short-term loans to help them pay … Read more
