Indonesia

Unpacking Indonesian ecommerce: winners & losers in the coming showdown

Fierce competition between Lazada, Shopee, Tokopedia and Bukalapak is driving up costs and accelerating consolidation. Chinese buyers are staking their turf.

Elsa Rosidah’s convenience store serves villagers and visitors to a nearby mosque in the sprawling and sparsely forested outskirts of Pekanbaru city on the tropical Indonesian island of Sumatra. She exclusively traded in cash until October when a sales team from an ecommerce start-up persuaded her to venture online.

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