Southeast Asia has added 70 million online shoppers since the beginning of the pandemic, report finds


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Grab delivery cyclists ride past each other in Singapore on April 20, 2020. ROSLAN RAHMAN | AFP | Getty Images An estimated 70 million more people shopped online in six Southeast Asian countries since the pandemic began, according to a report from Facebook and Bain & Company. As governments encouraged people to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Southeast Asia saw a rapid adoption of digital services like e-commerce, food delivery, and online payment methods. And that trend is likely to continue. The report, which surveyed more than 16,000 people in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand...