Influencing On The Way Up!
1. Merchants are increasingly shifting their ad spend wallet to digital channels; influencer marketing is a fast-growing segment Traditional media is losing share to digital media on a global scale. Over the past year, internet advertising has grown at a robust rate of 26% beating offline ad spending, which only grew by 9%. Predictably, digital […]
Indonesia Manufacturing: Opportunities Galore For Digital-first Players
With a major chunk of the manufacturing activities happening in the low tech MSME space, the digital-first players are looking at a sizeable ~USD30 billion TAM
Agritech sowing Seeds of Success In Indonesia
Indonesia is the leading agriculture producer in SEA. Agriculture, including farming, fishery, aquaculture contributed around 14% of the country’s GDP.
Web 3.0 – A Decentralised Opportunity: Part 1
Web 3.0 applications are trending in Southeast Asia and a sizable portion of investors are willing to put their money in this space
ASEAN eCommerce and Logistics: Rising to Deliver – Part 5
Parcel volumes have witnessed growth in 2021, while the revenue per parcel has maintained a downtrend
Vietnam Consumer Internet – Firing On All Cylinders
The fund-raising activity in 2021 in Vietnam has broken all previous year deal making records. 2022 continues to show a similar trajectory
SEA Travel and Hospitality – Time For Takeoff
SEA travel market was ~USD80 Bn in size in FY20 and is expected to grow to 1.3 times by FY27
Philippines Consumer Internet – Imminent Surge Ahead
Strong fund flows in the consumer internet economy will propel the industry ahead and lay a groundwork for increased market opportunities, penetration and revenue growth in the future
Singapore WealthTech – Poised To Pay Off
Significant increase in investment AUM expected, led by growth in retail and institutional customers
Indonesia Online Beauty and Personal Care – Local Charms
Online search and social media have the highest influence in creating product awareness
ASEAN eCommerce and Logistics: Rising to Deliver – Part 3
ASEAN eLogistics has seen massive growth, accounting for a multi-billion dollar industry in 2019 – we forecast 30-35% CAGR for the next 3-5 year horizon
ASEAN eCommerce and Logistics: Rising to Deliver – Part 2
Social commerce has seen an uptick in the recent months owing to Covid-19. Lockdown measures have resulted in decreased store time and extremely low footfall in offline stores. Many sellers have moved to the online channel to try and reach buyers and maintain their businesses.
ASEAN eCommerce and Logistics: Rising to Deliver – Part 1
The Seller & SME based in ASEAN countries are highly active on social media platforms. They have been quick to adapt to avenues like FB and Instagram to market and sell their products. This results in a high share of social commerce in most of these markets.
Vietnam Healthcare: New Lifeline in eHealth
Vietnam has very favourable digital enablers and there is a marked shift by the government towards digitizing the entire healthcare ecosystem which seems conducive for the growth of eHealth services.
Indonesia eB2B – Reviving the “Warungs” in a Post COVID World | Part 2
eB2B however witnessed a moderate growth of 10% in order volumes and 4-5% rise in Average Order Value. Frequency of orders/retailer increased due to lockdown measures – as Warungs are unable to visit their offline wholesalers to procure products.
Indonesia eB2B – Reviving the “Warungs” in a Post COVID World | Part 1
“Warungs” are local mom and pop stores. ~70% of the sales of warungs come from FMCG category (without fresh). Within FMCG, cigarettes account for >50% of the sales. Generally, warung sales are driven by low ATV impulse purchases of “on the go” items like RTD beverages, instant snacks and cigarettes.
Vietnam Education: Starting a New Chapter?
COVID has created a demand upsurge for online learning and EdTech players have adapted quickly to cater to this demand.
Indonesia Healthcare: COVID injects fresh impetus to eHealth
The Healthcare expenditure has steadily increased in the recent years driven by rising GDP per capita, urbanization and an increase of lifestyle-related diseases such as cancer and diabetes.
Tiki Sendo Merger – Implications for VN eCommerce
Tiki has a high share of captive logistics concentrated in HCM and Hanoi while Sendo fulfils supply though 3PL and has a wider geographic reach – Integrating these logistics capabilities to cross leverage efficiencies could prove challenging.
Vietnam eCommerce: Leashing COVID-19, Unleashing 10X Growth | Part 2
Hanoi and HCM are the supply and demand centres of Vietnam, accounting together for 18% of population and 35% of economic output.
Vietnam eCommerce: Leashing COVID-19, Unleashing 10X Growth | Part 1
Vietnam has been a case study on effective government response to COVID pandemic with aggressive contact tracing, testing, mass quarantining, timeliness, and the efficient mobilization of state agencies.
Indonesian eCommerce- Metamorphosis in a post COVID-19 world | Part 2
2019 saw strong growth in both eWallets and COD transactions, driven by a simultaneous focus on a frictionless experience amongst mature users and a need to onboard first time shoppers as well.
Indonesian eCommerce- Metamorphosis in a post COVID-19 world | Part 1
In a pre-COVID world, we forecasted Indonesian eCommerce to cross triple digits GMV by 2025
The Covid-19 Shock For SEA Internet And What’s Next
RedSeer primary data shows that many Internet sectors in Indonesia and Vietnam ended 2019 on a strong note, with high growth rates despite being multi-billion dollars in GMV
Vietnam etailing: Decoding growth and structure
Vietnam formal online retail is ready for 10x growth in 6 years Published on: Nov 2019 Growth will slowly taper down as we move into the later years as 1) the digitally mature customer base will be already be shopping online and 2) companies would need to drive growth through tier2+ regions/long tail categories + […]
Vietnam eLogistics: Dissecting Demand Drivers
1. Vietnam SMEs are still early into their online retail journey; social commerce is their typical starting point Published on: Oct 2019 A significant share of SMEs started selling online very recently, with HCMC SMEs are slightly more mature in their online journey Most SMEs make their online foray via social commerce, however formal marketplaces […]
Festive sales 2019 off to a strong start and other key internet trends
E-tailers have achieved $ 1.8 Bn sales in first 3 days of the sale, on track to have a highly successful sale event Published on: Oct 2019 First three days of festive sales see a strong start, with mobiles and other electronics driving growth A significant share of transactions from smaller city consumers lead to […]
Decoding eLogistics landscape in Indonesia
eLogistics in Indonesia expected to be ~800mn shipments (formal e-tailing sector) in 2019 Published on: Oct 2019 Driven by the growth of formal e-tail (55% y-o-y in 2019), logistics likely to expand rapidly as well In-house logistics will grow but a massive opportunity for 3PLs still present Scaling up in-house logistics including affiliate players (e.g. […]
Indonesia B2B Trucking: At crossroads?
Indonesia B2B trucking is ~$32 Bn in size currently and drives the majority of B2B transport market in the country Published On: Sep 2019 Supply of trucks is significantly fragmented with low utilization rates Fragmented B2B trucking market provides a clear opportunity for tech-driven aggregators Low utilization rates- with up to 80% empty backhauls- solvable […]
Assessing Shopee Indonesia readiness for 9.9 and how smaller e-tailers are taking on the giants
As Shopee gets ready for 9.9, how has it performed YTD on its key initiatives in Indonesia? Published on: Aug 2019 Shopee Indonesia has performed strongly in scaling up B2C retail and Cash on delivery initiatives in 2019, both of which will play a crucial role in driving growth in 9.9 and other events Shopee […]
Indonesia Fintech: Looking back into The Future
1. Fast-growing Indonesian eWallets and digital payments space seeing massive supply-side activity Published on: Aug 2019 Summary takeaways Continued rapid growth (70-80% CAGR) in Indonesia e-wallets space is attracting the attention of major global players even as local players expand into new segments Given the expected intense competition, the market may be heading for consolidation […]
What Moats Are Being Built By Tokopedia, Blibli and Bukalapak?
Tokopedia- Leadership in digital goods supported by a wide pool of fin-tech products Published on: Aug 2019 Blibli- Digitizing Indonesia’s USD 150+ bn grocery retail space via BlibliMart Bukalapak’s Mitra program- First mover advantage in a USD 14 Bn 2025 opportunity
Massive Opportunity In Digitizing B2B Procurement In Indonesia
Indo B2B eCom- USD 1.5 Bn space with multiple consumer segments and business models Published on: Aug 2019 B2B E-commerce market is dominated by reseller target group – this is the easiest segment to operate in owing to the nature of goods. Resellers at multiple levels of the value chain buy products – for e.g. […]
What Makes Indonesia’s Online Travel And Payments Space So Exciting
Traveloka – Flying high in USD 21 bn Indonesian online travel opportunity Published on: Jul 2019 Online travel in Indonesia to grow at 25% CAGR over the next few years, with both incumbents (traveloka) and insurgents (tiket.com) spending heavily to grow the market All major e-tailers including Tokopedia, Bukalapak and others have also entered the […]
Of MAUs And Subscribers In India And The Story Of Indonesia
Hotstar has been leading the Indian content sector followed by Dailyhunt Published on: Jul 2019 Our latest research brings out focuses on the pecking order in the Indian content space, as shown below. An additional observation is that MAUs for the largest players are an order of magnitude larger than the smaller ones. Subscribers of […]
Decoding The Indonesian Online Seller
Sellers prefer an online retail platform majorly for their consumer reach followed by their UX/UI experience and word of mouth Published on: Jul 2019 Our research shows that Top 4 platforms are especially preferred for their reach, while sellers sell on social media primarily due to its zero commissions and easy to use UX/UI (and […]
What’s Showing At (Amazon) Prime Time?
The story of Amazon Prime in India- as told through three charts Published on: Jul 2019 On the occasion of the Prime Day sale event, we conducted research around the scale of Amazon Prime in India, key messages from which are shown below. What do users of long-form video platforms consume? Our research on consumers […]
Decoding The Indonesian Online Shopper
Reasons for shopping online vary significantly in Greater Jakarta vs Rest of Indonesia- indicating differing consumer maturities Published on: Jul 2019 RedSeer consumer research on 1500 online shoppers in Indonesia indicates that while Greater Jakarta shoppers cite ‘convenience’ as major most important reason for shopping online. While the top reason is ‘low price’ for Rest […]