$Sea Ltd(SE)$SINGAPORE - Retailers both online and offline are gearing up for the upcoming 12.12 retail push after sales on Nov 11, better known as 11.11, and Black Friday recorded better figures than the same period last year.

E-commerce platform Lazada had 40 per cent more sellers taking part in its 11.11 sale, while retailers on Shopee sold more than two billion items during the same event.

This is a sharp rise from last year, when more than 200 million items were sold on Shopee during its 11.11 event.[Miser] [Miser] [Miser]