Consumer Economy

Early signs of strain are emerging as the company approaches 60,000 locations.

After two years of stabilization, the sportswear company is again weighing expansion.

The Haoxianglai parent has not sacrificed margins to pursue scale.

The company has made progress in Brazil and Mexico, though its international business remains in the red.

New robots promise cleaning, care, and companionship, but most remain prototypes in practice.

Airbot moves freely to follow users, adapting cooling to different environments.

A restructuring will see more than half of its employees depart as focus shifts toward Flyme, AI software, and automotive systems.

Its first product, Lightwear, embeds a proprietary OS in earbuds to expand the offline scenarios where AI can assist.