ONLINE SHOPPING ENTITIES

GROUP 5
Matthew Legaspi
John Lloyd Lingat
Amazon
Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational
technology company based in Seattle, Washington, that
focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital
streaming, and artificial intelligence. It is considered
one of the Big Four technology companies along with
Google, Apple, and Facebook.
Amazon is known for its disruption of well-established
industries through technological innovation and mass
scale. It is the world's largest e-commerce marketplace,
AI assistant provider, and cloud computing platform as
measured by revenue and market capitalization.
Amazon
Amazon is the largest Internet company by revenue in the world. It is the second
largest private employer in the United States and one of the world's most valuable
companies. Amazon is the second largest technology company by revenue.
Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994, in Bellevue, Washington. The
company initially started as an online marketplace for books but later expanded
to sell electronics, software, video games, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and
jewelry. In 2015, Amazon surpassed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the
United States by market capitalization. In 2017, Amazon acquired Whole Foods
Market for $13.4 billion, which vastly increased Amazon's presence as a brick-and-
mortar retailer. In 2018, Bezos announced that its two-day delivery service,
Amazon Prime, had surpassed 100 million subscribers worldwide.
Alibaba
Alibaba is China's — and by some measures, the
world's — biggest online commerce company. Its
three main sites — Taobao, Tmall and
Alibaba.com
Have hundreds of millions of users, and host
millions of merchants and businesses.
Alibaba handles more business than any other e-
commerce company.
Lazada
Launched in 2012, Lazada is the number-one
online shopping and selling destination in
Southeast Asia – present in Indonesia, Malaysia,
the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
As the pioneer of the eCommerce ecosystem in
the Southeast Asia, Lazada has 155,000 sellers and
3,000 brands serving 560 million consumers in the
region through its marketplace platform,
supported by a wide range of tailored marketing,
data and service solutions. With 300 million SKUs
Lazada
Lazada offers the widest range of products in categories from
consumer electronics to household goods, toys, fashion, sports
equipment and groceries.
Focused on delivering an excellent customer experience, it offers
multiple payment methods including cash-on-delivery, comprehensive
customer care and hassle-free returns through its own first and last
mile delivery arm supported by approximately 100 logistics partners.
Lazada Group is majority owned by Alibaba Group Holding Limited
(NYSE: BABA).
Shopee
• Shopee is a Singaporean e-commerce platform
headquartered under the Sea Group (previously
known as Garena), which was founded in 2009 by
Forrest Li. Shopee first launched in Singapore in
2015, and since expanded its reach to Malaysia,
Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam and the
Philippines.
• It was described as one of the “5 disruptive
ecommerce startups we saw in 2015” by Tech In Asia
• Integrated with logistical and payment support, the
Shopee
History:
In 2015, Shopee launched in Singapore as a social-first, mobile-centric
marketplace where users can browse, shop and sell on the go.
"shopee guarantee"
• where it withholds payment to sellers until buyers have received their
orders
On 3 September 2019, Shopee officially opened its new six-storey
regional headquarters at Singapore Science Park.