Tim Culpan, Columnist

Juggling Is the Key Skill in Sea’s E-Commerce Future

Trimming marketing costs while stoking revenue growth won’t come easy.

August 22, 2018 at 4:37 AM UTC

Tim Culpan is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering technology in Asia. Previously, he was a technology reporter for Bloomberg News.

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Source: Sea Ltd.

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Sea Ltd. wants to create a viable e-commerce business, and it might actually be in with a shot.

The Southeast Asian internet company formerly known as Garena started to report revenue from its online shopping business in the first quarter of 2017. Since then, gross merchandise value, or GMV, has more than tripled and revenue has climbed exponentially.