Coverage dated December 10, 2023

TikTok announces $1.5 bn deal to restart Indonesia online shopping business

Headline from Digital Journal

Under the deal, TikTok Shop will be merged into GoTo's Tokopedia, and TikTok will have a controlling stake in that entity.

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Reports & sources

10 articles, oldest first.

  1. Fortune

    TikTok is spending $1.5 billion on a joint venture to solve the problem of Indonesia's surprise social media shopping ban (opens Fortune)

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    In September, Jakarta banned social media platforms like TikTok and Facebook from offering e-commerce services on their social media platforms.

  2. CNN

    TikTok is investing $1.5 billion to get back into online shopping in Indonesia (opens CNN)

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    China’s TikTok will invest $1.5 billion to become controlling shareholder of an e-commerce unit of Indonesia’s GoTo Gojek Tokopedia, as it seeks to restart its online shopping business suspended by regulators in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.

  3. Digital Journal

    TikTok announces $1.5 bn deal to restart Indonesia online shopping business (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Under the deal, TikTok Shop will be merged into GoTo's Tokopedia, and TikTok will have a controlling stake in that entity.

  4. Digital Journal

    TikTok announces $1.5 bn deal to restart Indonesia online shop (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    TikTok on Monday announced a $1.5 billion investment in GoTo in a deal that would allow the Chinese-owned short video app to restart its online shop in

  5. Forbes

    TikTok Gains Foothold In Indonesia With $1.5 Billion Investment To Take Over GoTo’s E-Commerce Platform (opens Forbes)

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    TikTok—the Chinese social media phenom controlled by ByteDance, the world’s most valuable startup—will invest $1.5 billion in a joint venture that will take over GoTo’s e-commerce platform, giving it a foothold in one of Southeast Asia’s fastest growing digital economies, the companies said in a sta…

  6. Wall Street Journal

    TikTok to Invest More Than $1.5 Billion in GoTo to Restart Indonesia E-Commerce Business (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    The Chinese video-sharing app will invest more than $1.5 billion in a deal with GoTo Group that will allow TikTok to resume retail operations in Indonesia, one of its most successful e-commerce markets.

  7. UPI

    TikTok to offer shopping in Indonesia again after $1.5B deal with e-commerce platform (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    TikTok announced plans Monday to restart its Indonesian e-commerce business, TikTok Shop, after signing a $1.5 billion deal to acquire a controlling stake in the country's largest internet-selling platform.

  8. ZDNet

    TikTok invests $1.5B in Indonesia e-commerce market (opens ZDNet)

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    ZDNet's feed description

    TIkTok is buying a majority stake in Indonesia's largest e-commerce platform Tokopedia, which will be integrated with the Chinese-owned video app's own commerce marketplace.

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