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What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

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How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

Once a leader in textile innovation, Uniqlo is struggling to keep pace with shifting consumer demands.

Is Uniqlo still an innovator? The fast fashion giant faces a new tech reset | KrASIA

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Is Uniqlo still an innovator? The fast fashion giant faces a new tech reset

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36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Discover how Japan’s advanced manufacturing, robotics, and consumer electronics brands drive global technology trends.

Toyota, a Japanese automaker, produces a wide range of vehicles, focusing on reliability, efficiency, and innovation in mobility.

Toyota

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

Toyota is banking on a leadership shake-up and a streamlined product lineup to regain its footing in China.

Toyota shakes up its China strategy as sales slip | KrASIA

Toyota shakes up its China strategy as sales slip

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

DeepSeek's low-cost chatbot has shaken markets.

What is AI distillation and what does it mean for OpenAI? | KrASIA

What is AI distillation and what does it mean for OpenAI?

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

The US market serves as both the backbone and the driving force behind global technological advancements.

US | KrASIA Archives

Google dominates online search, digital ads, and cloud solutions, powering discovery, analytics, and smartphone operating systems.

Google

TikTok hosts short-form videos spanning entertainment, education, and branded content, capturing global audiences and driving cultural trends.

TikTok

YouTube’s video streaming platform features music, vlogs, educational channels, and brand content reaching global audiences.

YouTube

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

YouTube will first test its short-video app 'Shorts' in India, its largest and fastest-growing market.

YouTube to soon roll out a TikTok-like app in India | KrASIA

YouTube to soon roll out a TikTok-like app in India

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

Meta oversees social networks (like Facebook and Instagram), messaging apps, VR platforms, and digital ads, connecting billions across continents.

Facebook to launch legal action against Thai government after request to block group critical of monarchy | KrASIA

Facebook to launch legal action against Thai government after request to block group critical of monarchy

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Stephanie Li

Uber Bus services are being rolled out across Egypt. Courtesy of Uber via MENAbytes.

Uber is a mobility platform that connects users to ride-hailing, food delivery, and logistics services, operating in cities worldwide.

Uber

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

Now serving Cairo and Alexandria, Uber will bring the service to other governorates across Egypt in the coming months.

Uber launches intercity bus service in Egypt | KrASIA

Uber launches intercity bus service in Egypt

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MENAbytes

Starbucks offers coffee, espresso beverages, and pastries, emphasizing premium quality and creating a welcoming "third place" experience for customers.

Starbucks

What revolutionizes mealtimes? Investigate alternative proteins, supply chain tracking, and delivery services fueling the future of food.

Food Tech

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After Luckin's crash, the strongest challenger to Starbucks in China might be a tea company.

Video | Can Chinese tea chains challenge Starbucks in China? | KrASIA

Video | Can Chinese tea chains challenge Starbucks in China?

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The hub, which is home to 165 Singapore staff, will shift to another place in the region.

Uber to close APAC HQ in Singapore, will lay off about 3,000 staff globally | KrASIA

Uber to close APAC HQ in Singapore, will lay off about 3,000 staff globally

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How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

Uber reports nearly USD 3 billion quarterly loss | KrASIA

Uber reports nearly USD 3 billion quarterly loss

That's almost 14% of its staff around the world.

Uber to lay off 3,700 employees of its global workforce | KrASIA

Uber to lay off 3,700 employees of its global workforce

Saudi Arabia

Earlier this year, Uber Eats exited India by selling the food delivery business to local rival Zomato in an all-stock deal.

Uber Eats exits Saudi Arabia and Egypt, transfers business to Careem Now in UAE | KrASIA

Uber Eats exits Saudi Arabia and Egypt, transfers business to Careem Now in UAE

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

Ele.me, a Chinese online food delivery platform, partners with local restaurants to provide fast, convenient dining options to urban consumers.

Ele.me

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

Amid competition from Luckin, Starbucks hopes to digitalize its services in the country.

CHINA BRIEF| Starbucks teams up with Sequoia Capital China to co-invest in beverage startups | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF| Starbucks teams up with Sequoia Capital China to co-invest in beverage startups

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