News / Time runs out for SE Asian 3PLs to adapt to e-commerce as specialists move in

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As the battle for online retail dominance in South-east Asia heats up, time is running out for 3PLs to transform into major e-commerce logistics players.

According to Vaibhav Dabhade, founder and chief executive of Anchanto, 3PLs must break with the past and make their businesses ready for a new age of omni-channel retail.

“Logistics is a very conventional industry with people who have been doing the same thing for decades, but it doesn’t work for e-commerce – it’s a completely different approach,” he told ...