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Pop Mart, a Chinese company, designs and sells toys, figurines, and collectibles, primarily in a blind box format.

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A sharp profit rise and booming Labubu sales weren’t enough to spark a rally in the company’s share price.

Pop Mart posts record forecast, but investors want proof it can last

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Blibli is the first e-commerce platform to offer a standalone video streaming app in Indonesia.

After Go-Jek, Indonesian e-commerce site Blibli launches its own video streaming platform

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Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

Will they be of good value for money as its smartphones?

After Alibaba and Pinduoduo, Xiaomi also plans to sell cars

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

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Meanwhile it finds itself in the crosshairs of billionaire VC and Trump-supporter Peter Thiel in the US.

Google seeks Chinese merchants for its ecommerce marketplace

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

The company is reportedly seeking USD 10 billion in its Hong Kong listing.

Alibaba's one-to-eight share split approved, clearing the way for Hong Kong secondary listing

Alibaba&#8217;s one-to-eight share split approved, clearing the way for Hong Kong secondary listing

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Zilingo appoints its first chief financial officer

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Alibaba halves its Hong Kong fundraising target amid gloomy market sentiment

Chun Li also serves as co-president of Lazada Group

Lazada Indonesia appoints new CEO

The company has been in a series of buying and selling assets.

Suning.com, which just bagged Carrefour China, predicts net profit drop by as much as 65% in the first half of the year

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

Consumers still love to spend money in shopping centers.