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Lazada

1 signal in the current window, with MitchelLake's leadership read on each.

Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 113.7 (Hot) (up 13.7 month-on-month), Asia is at rising (+3.8pts) on signal share.

Lazada: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow.

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