Lazada says 11.11 sales broke records

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<p>MANILA - Lazada on Friday said it broke its own records in terms of the number of buyers and sellers during its 11.11 sale last Wednesday.</p><p>The online shopping platform said it has yet to tally the numbers, but early estimates point to at least double the amount of sales and orders from the previous year. </p><p>“Safe to say, we have never seen this amount of sales and amount of buyers and amount of sellers ever in a single day in the whole Philippines,” said Petrus Carbonell, head of business development at Lazada Philippines. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4GOiZ5B0ik4?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Carbonell said Lazada has been riding a boom in online shopping as the COVID-19 pandemic caused a shift in the shopping preferences of Filipinos. </p><p>“The pandemic accelerated the existing trends already,” he said. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/10/20/1111-sale-eleven-gadgets-priced-less-than-p5000-worth-checking-out">11.11 sale: Eleven gadgets priced less than P5,000 worth checking out</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/spotlight/11/11/20/the-25-items-you-never-thought-they-actually-sell-in-lazada">The 25 items you never thought they actually sell in Lazada</a></li></ul><p>Sales have increased 2.5 times since the start of the pandemic, with purchases of essential goods such as groceries rising 15 times their pre-COVID levels, he said. </p><p>Filipino attitudes towards online shopping are also changing, Carbonell said, with many bow seeing Lazada as “a lifestyle destination” and are discovering products through the platform. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/advertorial/life/10/29/20/evolution-of-southeast-asias-online-shopping-festival">Evolution of Southeast Asia&#x27;s online shopping festival</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dxE_XUQRnog?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The online shopping platform said it has yet to tally the numbers, but early estimates point to at least double the amount of sales and orders from the previous year. </p>

The online shopping platform said it has yet to tally the numbers, but early estimates point to at least double the amount of sales and orders from the previous year.

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Lazada says 11.11 sales broke records

Lazada says 11.11 sales broke records

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Published Nov 13, 2020 10:58 AM PHT

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