SK Planet, Samsung Asia Team Up To Grow E-Commerce In Southeast Asia

KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 (Bernama) -- SK Planet and Samsung Electronics Southeast Asia and Oceania plan to provide better services to their customers and enhance e-commerce leadership in the Southeast Asian region. In a statement Wednesday, online marketplace 11street said both digital domain players had signed a Memorandum of Understanding on an e-commerce partnership in Southeast Asia through 11street Malaysia, 11street Thailand and Elevenia in Indonesia. It said Samsung and SK Planet had collaborated in the South Korean domestic market. 11street Malaysia Chief Executive Officer Hoseok Kim said 11street has a vast and extensive network of sellers across the country with over 9.6 million stock-keeping units from 28,000 sellers to date. "Through this collaboration, we are forging a stronger alliance with Samsung to increase our offering of handheld devices and consumer electronics products to our consumers. "We look forward to support Samsung in strengthening their product stronghold in Southeast Asia and will leverage our platform to offer their range of quality products to our consumers," he added. 11street said to commemorate the partnership, a series of promotions would be rolled out for consumers starting March 2017. These include extended warranty, free installation and free delivery for selected home appliances and electronics offered directly by Samsung’s official and authorised sellers, it said. --BERNAMA