Water buffalo statue makes appearance on Shopee
KUCHING: Remember the water buffalo statue with a peculiar facial expression situated in Serian? The statue looked like it was in shock. https://www.newsarawaktribune.com.my/old-but-amusingly-newly-repainted-buffalo-statue/) It has gone viral on social media, gained so much popularity and to an extent netizens are producing and sharing memes related to it recently. Now, the water buffalo is even making […]
Teacher scammed of RM25k in bogus job offer
SIBU: All it took was to promote and add the item to the carts in Shopee, and a 40-year-old school teacher earned RM200 commission from her first online task. Little did the victim from Sibu realise, the commission was bait that landed her into a part-time job scam mess, which saw her losing RM25,465 of […]
Celebrity and influencer-owned brands stand out on e-commerce
KUALA LUMPUR: A study conducted by Shopee has found that celebrity and influencer-owned brands had a 59 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) growth in revenue from October 2021 to September 2022 compared to the year before. In its latest “Shopee Super Awards 2022 Milestones” study, Shopee said that Malaysian celebrity and influencer-owned brands are gaining greater visibility in […]
Shopee keen to work with Sarawak on e-commerce
KUCHING: Shopee, widely regarded as Southeast Asia’s largest e-commerce platform, is eager to work with Sarawak to boost e-commerce among local technopreneurs. Mistika Idris, Shopee’s Marketing Specialist (Public Policy and Government Affairs), said this when her delegation paid a courtesy call on the Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) at its office, yesterday. “There are a lot […]
Many prefer ready-to-wear baju raya
BY JASMINE BADUN KUCHING: Although Hari Raya Puasa (Aidilfitri) is a few weeks away, the celebrators are already preparing what to wear during the special occasion. From looking and asking around, it seems obvious that many prefer ready-to-wear ‘baju raya’ or ‘baju kurung’. The main question is where to purchase them and for how much. […]
Shopee data finds Malaysians more confident to travel now
KUCHING: More Malaysians are confident about travelling now as Shopee noted a two-thirds increase in bookings for buses and flights on its platform in the first two weeks of Jan 2022 compared to the same period in Dec 2021. In particular, an uptick of 10 times was observed for Chinese New Year travel dates from […]
Sarawakian products right at your fingertips
KUCHING: The public can now easily purchase Sarawak-made products as Centre of Technical Excellence (Centexs) Commercial will be marketing the products at the Sarawak Digital Mall Campaign on the e-commerce platform Shopee. Its general manager, Shahren Yusri said that as many as 280 products ranging from food, arts and crafts as well as apparel by […]
Malaysians can buy Sarawak products on Shopee
KUCHING: The Sarawak Digital Mall campaign on e-commerce platform Shopee aims to satisfy the Malaysian public’s craving for products from Sarawak. This initiative between the Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC), Economic Planning Unit (EPU) and Shopee has been ongoing since June 1. Among the products are kek lapis, mitai gula tarik, tebaloi, belacan, mi kolok, […]
Shopee offers 60,000 MSMEs benefits up to RM3,000 each via onboarding programme
KUALA LUMPUR: Shopee Malaysia is offering 60,000 local micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) benefits of up to RM3,000 each via its Go-eCommerce Onboarding programme. In a statement today, the e-commerce platform said the initiative aims to encourage the adoption of e-commerce as a trade channel among local MSMEs and Malaysian citizens who wish to […]
Shopee helps micro businesses pay it forward to farmers and fishermen
KUALA LUMPUR: With the aim of helping villagers affected by the movement control order (MCO), a soon-to-retire science teacher from Sabak Bernam had quickly got into the business of selling “sambal pecal” through Shopee while staying at home. Besides helping to ease the growing family expenses, Mohd Ghazali Anuar, 56, said he wanted to sell […]
