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Alibaba-backed Lazada in talks to acquire grocery delivery startup Redmart

The Chinese ecommerce giant acquired Lazada earlier this year for US$1bn and now intends to turn the business into an ’emerging markets Amazon’. Redmart is based in Singapore and sells groceries and fresh products in its home market.

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