Chinese tech conglomerate, Alibaba is known locally and globally for its e-commerce online trading platforms which have enabled a more globalised economy in the 2010s and 2020s. Recently, Alibaba-owned Southeast Asian online shopping platform, Lazada, has gone through a management reshuffle and has appointed a new CEO for the Lazada company.

As of Jun 3rd, the new chief executive officer for Lazada in the Southeast Asian region is Mr James Dong, replacing former CEO, Chun Li. 

Dong was a former associate partner at McKinsey & Co and a proud MBA graduate from Cambridge University. He had served as the head of globalization strategy and corporate development at Alibaba Group and as a business assistant to group CEO Zhang before joining Lazada as its CEO for Thailand in 2018.

In 2019, Dong was then appointed for CEO for Lazada Vietnam as well while still holding the position of CEO for Lazada Thailand. During his term as CEO, he oversaw a push to bolster logistics and improve operations to cope with rising orders at the height of the pandemic. Between June and August of 2021, at the peak of the fourth wave of Covid-19 in Vietnam, Lazada’s orders in the country quadrupled from a year earlier, Bloomberg reported, quoting Dong.

“Since James joined Lazada in 2018, he has quickly delivered success in his various roles,” the company said in its statement.

Dong has since passed on the Vietnam top role to Kaya Qin and had continued on as CEO for Thailand, where he led the launch of a new social commerce platform.

Chun Li, the former CEO of Lazada for the entire Southeast Asian market since 2020, has now been delegated a new role as advisor to Lazada Group Chairman Jiang Fan and stay on the company’s board, according to a company statement.

The Lazada brand has recently been facing fierce competition in the Southeast Asian market with rapidly growing e-commerce sites in the region such as Shopee and JD. Despite these growing concerns, the Lazada brand is reportedly looking for expansion into the European market as well to continue growing its business operations.

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Xiaomi Malaysia has today disclosed that the brand emerged as the best-selling smartphone brand both in the country and also in entire southeast Asia during the Double 12 sales campaign. The feat was achieved on the two top e-commerce platforms Lazada and Shopee.

The data released shows that the recently launched POCO M3 was Xiaomi’s top-selling smartphone model on Lazada. The company raked in a cool 25,000 units in sales during the campaign.

On Lazada, Xiaomi ranked number one followed by Samsung and then Infinix, a Transsion Holding brand. The fourth spot is occupied by Realme, with OPPO completing the top 5 spots.

Xiaomi still topped the chart on Shopee with Samsung following closely. Realme was ranked as number three while OPPO and Vivo completed the top 5.

The Double 12 record for Southeast Asia is a continuation of where the Chinese brand left off during the 11.11 sales festival. From November 1st to 11th, Xiaomi was able to set a number of new records. Xiaomi’s mobile phones, smart TV, and other categories emerged as the top-sellers on multiple platforms such as JD.com, Tmall, and Suning. Among them, Xiaomi smart TV brand ranked as number one on the TV category in both JD.com and Suning Tesco both ranked first in sales.

For this year’s Double 11, Xiaomi distributed 1 billion yuan in subsidies across all platforms which includes Xiaomi Mall, Xiaomi Home, Xiaomi Youpin, Tmall, JD.com, Suning, and others. The subsidies and discounts cover all major Xiaomi product brands including smart TV, notebooks, and AIoT products, covering all major brands under Xiaomi Category.

It is worthy of note that Xiaomi has been the top brand on Tmall’s singles’ day sales for seven consecutive years, that is since 2013.

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Xiaomi sure knows how to take on the competition. The Chinese tech giant is set to battle for the leadership of the television market in Indonesia with the likes of Samsung, LG, Panasonic and others. The affordable Mi TV 4A 32-inch model is the company’s first smart TV to go official in Indonesia. The price of the cheap Mi TV 4A gets even cheaper in Indonesia where it is priced way cheaper than the 32-inch models by other competing brands. To complement the TV segment, Xiaomi also launched the Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A budget smartphones.

The Xiaomi Mi TV 4A (32 inches) uses a plastic housing with its entire body coming in black colour. As a result of the plastic body in use, the new Mi TV 4A comes with a highly reduced weight which is just 3.9Kg, making it suitable to be easily carried around. When the base is attached to the TV frame, the weight goes up to 3.94Kg.

On the specifications, the Mi TV 4A features a 32-inch display with a rather disappointing resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels and refresh rate of 60Hz. The TV has a viewing angle of 178 degrees. It is powered by a Quad-core 1.5GHz processor having four Cortex-A53 cores. The graphic is powered by a Mali-450 MP3 GPU while the processor is supported by 1GB of RAM and there is 4GB of storage space available inside. The Mi TV 4A (32) also comes with two 5W stereo speakers while available interface includes two HDMI, an AV port, an S/PDIF output, DTMB, USB port and a connector. The Mi TV 4A 32-inch version also runs Xiaomi TV PatchWall system meaning it has some smart features such as content recommendation according to user’s habit, seamless streaming of content and others.

As for the price, the Mi TV 4A 32-inch comes in at Rp. 1,999,000 which is about $134. You’ll agree this is an amazing price tag. It is even cheaper than the 1,099 yuan ($163) price tag with which it was unveiled in China last year. The smart TV will go on pre-order on Lazada on September 6 while open sales will commence on September 20 via Mi.com while offline sales on Mi authorized stores across Indonesia will commence on September 29.

Xiaomi Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A

Xiaomi Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A comes with their specs unchanged from the China version. The Redmi 6 and 6A phones feature 5.45-inch IPS LCD display that produces 18:9 aspect ratio and HD+ resolution of 720 x 1440 pixels. The Redmi 6 is powered by an Helio P22 chipset whereas the Redmi 6A packs a less powerful Helio A22. The Redmi 6A smartphone has 2 GB of RAM and an internal storage of 16 GB. On the other side, the Redmi 6 comes in two models such as 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of inbuilt storage and 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of native storage.

The Redmi 6 has a dual camera setup at the consisting of a 12-megapixel main sensor and a 5-megapixel secondary sensor while there is a 5-megapixel selfie camera. On the other hand, the Redmi 6A packs a 13-megapixel rear camera and a front snapper of 5-megapixel. For colour availability, both models are available in black, gold and blue.

As for the prices, the Redmi 6A with 2 GB RAM and 16 GB storage is priced at IDR 1,249 million (~$83) and will go on sale on September 10 via blibli.com and Mi Store. As for the Redmi 6, it is priced at Rp 1.9 million ($127) for the 3 GB RAM + 32 GB storage version. The 4GB + 64Gb version is priced at Rp 2.4 million ($160). The Redmi 6 will go on sale on September 6 at e-commerce Lazada and Mi Store.

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Nokia 6 has continued to achieve incredible feats since it was first unveiled by Nokia in China recently. First the smartphone did record colossal registration figures for its first flash sale. The flash sale itself was a thriller as all units up for grab were said to have been sold out in just 60 seconds. The second round of flash sale is set to commence today but that isn’t the only news coming in today. The Nokia 6 has been revealed to have got a white variant which would start selling in the Philippines today as well.

Reports emerging from the Asian country indicate that popular e-commerce website Lazada has listed the Nokia 6 on its website and among the features is that the device will be available in a white-only variant. The device is also listed with a slightly higher Php 18,590 price tag (around $374), different from the 1699 yuan ($245) it got rolling with in China. This really shouldn’t be a surprise as shipping costs and tax would factor in the pricing.

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We really can’t say for sure if this news is true but picture don’t lie, even though Photoshop exists. The white-colored Nokia 6 does look real and even comes with an offer of free shipping. Lazada has got credibility in the Philippines so they really wouldn’t flaunt a phony offer.

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