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In The Checkout this week, we look at Indonesia’s ecommerce landscape and discuss the crumbling of China tech’s walled gardens.

The Chinese ecommerce platform will offer over 80 million discounted products across the event.

In The Checkout this week, we look at how quick commerce is shaping up in Indonesia, and dive into Shopee’s hasty India exit.

The Djarum Group-backed ecommerce marketplace is poised to benefit from the country’s rising affluent class.

The tie-up with Grocery Logistics of Singapore will allow Cainiao to beef up its parcel-handling capacity and deliver orders quicker in the city-state.

The tie-up also involves Alibaba and Richemont each investing US$250 million in Farfetch China in exchange for a combined 25% stake in a new joint venture.

If Southeast Asia follows China’s trajectory, livestreaming ecommerce could be huge. But which player will capture the most market share?

Social ecommerce is on the rise in China and India. This Rocket Internet-backed startup is bringing that wave to Southeast Asia’s shores.

It was fun while it lasted.

Alibaba will also pour US$700 million into NetEase’s music streaming business, NetEase Cloud Music.