Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Day is Back: the Biggest Annual Shopping Event in Southeast Asia and Taiwan

(L-R): Abdul Sani Abdul Murad, Chief Marketing Officer, RHB Bank; Sier Kar Teck (薛嘉德), Director of Retail Payments Division, PayNet; Ian Ho (何子翔), Regional Managing Director, Shopee; Andrew Tan, Co-founder of KLFW; How Lih Ren (候立人), Head of iTelco, Digi; and Catherine Mak (麦凯怡), Online Marketing Manager, XES after the panel discussion on building a thriving e-commerce ecosystem through strategic partnerships

Busy lifestyle didn't stop me from doing things I love, yeah having some time off I would be browsing online and online shopping is one of my interests as I can shop online without going out for shopping. Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, kicks off its biggest annual regional shopping event, Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Day. After last year’s successful 9.9 event which saw a three-fold uplift in orders and a five-time increase in site traffic, Shopee is upping the ante this year with a 14-day mega shopping event from 27 August to 9 September.

With over 10,000 sellers, 120 brands, and 40 corporate partners on board, users can enjoy a diverse range of unbeatable deals across all product categories on Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Day. Leading up to 9 September, Shopee will be featuring a lineup of special themed days, each with exciting promotions including flash sales and up to 99% off various products in line with the focus of the day.

“Shopee has grown tremendously in the past year, and we are quickly becoming the online shopping destination of choice for both shoppers and sellers not just in Malaysia, but across the region. This is the third year that we are running the annual 9.9 shopping event in Malaysia, and it’s set to be our biggest ever. Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Day was launched to thank all our users; in line with this, we have continued to strengthen our ties with leading brands to provide more exclusive offers, and launched new initiatives to elevate the overall shopping experience,” said Ian Ho, Shopee’s Regional Managing Director during the launch ceremony.

(Top row, 2nd and 3rd from left): Malaysian personality, Ruhainies joins Ian Ho (何子翔), Regional Managing Director, Shopee on stage at the Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Day launch ahead of the campaign which starts from 27th August through 9th September 2018

Revel in super themed days, including the Super Shocking Sale
Starting 27 August, users can immerse themselves in a non-stop 14-day shopping marathon featuring back-to-back themed days every 24 hours. On each day, users can shop countless promotions in line with daily themes, starting with Super Brands Festival on 27 August. During Super Brands Festival, Malaysians can score amazing deals of up to 99% off on the hottest products from a wide variety of all-time favourite brands including Nestle, L’Oreal, Russell Taylors, honor, Mead Johnson, Elianware, Her Jewellery, Thunder Match, Watsons and PETPET. Additionally, Shopee has teamed up with corporate partners such as Citibank, VISA, Hong Leong Bank and BHP to provide further value to customers after they have gone offline.


Users can also check out awesome deals on the hottest celebrity products at Shopee Celebrity Squad. Since its launch in May, Shopee Celebrity Squad has been well-received by ardent fans of iconic local stars including Dato’ Sri Siti Nurhaliza, Nora Danish, Emma Maembong.


Be sure to mark the 9 September as Shopee will be featuring 9 thrilling rounds of Shocking Sale promising up to 99% off the most popular products. In addition, users can also earn exclusive vouchers offering huge discounts on various product categories including Fast-moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Fashion, Electronics, and Lifestyle.
  

Shopee Shake with 99 million Shopee coins pool
Since its debut last year, Shopee Shake Shake has seen over 70 million plays by tens of thousands of users. To fuel the Shopee Shake craze on Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Day, Shopee is supersizing the coins pool to a huge 99 million coins throughout the campaign. That’s not all, Shopee will go ‘kaw kaw’ by opening 9 time slots on 9 September, with 2 plays per user per slot; so players can shake and win up to 18 times in 24 hours.


Not only are deals bigger and better, Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Day will also see the convergence of some of the largest retailers and industry players in the country. As part of the 9.9 Super Shopping Day launch, Shopee hosted a panel discussion titled Building a Thriving E-commerce Ecosystem through Strategic Partnerships, where leaders from renowned brands such as PayNet, RHB, KLFW, Digi and XES shared their ideas on nurturing the e-commerce ecosystem in Malaysia.


“E-commerce in Malaysia is constantly evolving, and because of robust partnerships within the industry, consumers are enjoying improved payments and logistics, greater product variety, increased convenience and better deals on their favourite products. We have packed Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Day with a comprehensive suite of deals and promotions tailored to our users and we are confident shoppers will enjoy an unmatched online shopping experience at our largest annual regional shopping event,” Ho concluded.


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About Shopee
Shopee is the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. It is a platform tailored for the region, providing customers with an easy, secure and fast online shopping experience through strong payment and logistical support. Shopee aims to continually enhance its platform and become the region’s e-commerce destination of choice.


Shopee has a wide selection of product categories ranging from consumer electronics to home & living, health & beauty, baby & toys, fashion and fitness equipment.


Shopee, a Sea company, was first launched in Singapore in 2015, and has since expanded its reach to Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Sea is a leader in digital entertainment, e-commerce and digital financial services across Greater Southeast Asia. Sea's mission is to better the lives of consumers and small businesses with technology, and is listed on the NYSE under the symbol SE.


 

AEON ADVANCES TOWARDS OMNI-CHANNEL STRATEGY

AEON CO. (M) BHD. and honestbee have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a business alliance. This alliance will enable both parties to develop and formulate new services that better match the rapidly changing customer demand, by establishing a framework of cooperation to merge their unique strengths. The collaboration stems from the growing trend of online purchase pattern and a desire to innovate its offering to enhance value for Malaysians.

Mr Shinobu Washizawa, Managing Director of AEON CO. (M) BHD commenting on AEON’s future plans for its e-commerce segment which will include similar innovations in the pipeline.

Shinobu Washizawa, Managing Director of AEON CO. (M) BHD. said: “Owing to decades of support from our customers, we have established a nationwide presence. We believe our strength lies not only in the wide-range of products and services, but also in the customers’ trust in our reputable brand. In order to enhance the value for our customers by moving towards an omni-channel retailer, we want to combine our strengths with honestbee’s expertise to digitalise our customer’s shopping experience.

Mr Shinobu Washizawa, Managing Director of AEON CO. (M) BHD (third from left) and Ms Marianne Chuo, Country General Manager of honestbee Malaysia (second from right) exchanging handshakes after the official signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) witnessed by Mr Hiroyuki Kotera, Executive Director of AEON CO. (M) BHD. (first from left), Mr Poh Ying Loo, Executive Director of AEON CO. (M) BHD (second from left) and Mr Kunimasa Nakamura, Deputy General Manager, honestbee Japan (first from right).

Adding Value to An Established Grocer
Honestbee is an online concierge and delivery service with presence in eight countries. According to Marianne Chuo, Country General Manager of honestbee Malaysia, the way Malaysians consume shopping today differ greatly from how it was a decade ago. “One of the key drivers for the success of the online retail sector is convenience. As a trusted online concierge, we are always evolving with time to offer our customers a whole new level of committed reliability. We curate our logistics in a way in the most efficient and effective way when delivering products, ranging from fresh produce to dry goods. We look forward to a successful collaboration with AEON CO. (M) BHD.”


As the pilot project of this alliance, AEON Mid Valley store will initiate honestbee’s personal shopper service. Customer who live within 17 km radius from the store will enjoy a minimum 1-hour delivery service for the purchase of listed grocery products (subject to availability of the timeslot).


Washizawa added: “We are proud to launch this new service at our flagship store, AEON Mid Valley. We will closely monitor the feedback and demands from our customers, and consider to expand this service both in terms of regional and in merchandise offering. I am delighted to share that AEON CO. (M) BHD. will have more of such innovations in the pipeline.”

(L – R) Honestbee mascot, Mr Hiroyuki Kotera, Executive Director of AEON CO. (M) BHD., Mr Shinobu Washizawa, Managing Director of AEON CO. (M) BHD., Ms Marianne Chuo, Country General Manager of honestbee Malaysia, Mr Poh Ying Loo, Executive Director of AEON CO. (M) BHD. and Mr Kunimasa Nakamura, Deputy General Manager, honestbee Japan posing with some of the products which can be purchased from AEON MidValley through honestbee’s online platform.

“At honestbee, our expertise lies in ensuring that our customers receive their purchases almost as soon as they have put in their order. As such, we are extremely proud to be appointed as AEON CO. (M) BHD.’s partner in their endeavour to venture into on-demand delivery service,” Chuo added.

As an introductory offer, every new customer will get to enjoy a RM50 discount with a minimum spend of RM120. To enjoy this benefit, new customers need to key in the promotional code of “AEON50HB” to redeem any time before 1 March 2018. This is good news for busy mom like me, as I am always on the go to fetch children. I shall let my friends to know about this too.

Just want to share about shopping, first we choose the dry food, then only we only choose the frozen food. Just like our usual shopping for groceries, before heading to cashier, we'll pick up the frozen products last to go cashier for payment. Is this the way, you always shopping for groceries?