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

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How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

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Despite early traction in hardware, the startup is focused on building a full-stack robotics system that unites the “brain” and “body” of machines.

More than a hardware play: Robot Era’s founder sets the record straight on the company’s true ambitions

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

Electric Vehicles

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

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

Challenges remain, but the NEV maker sees significant upside in expanding its commercial vehicle business beyond China.

As China’s commercial vehicle market slows, Gecko Motors shifts gears abroad for growth

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How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

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What happens after acquisitions close? Examine deal structures, operational improvements, and exit strategies molding corporate outcomes.

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Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Augmentus raises Series A+ funding, Coda to acquire Recharge, Origgin Capital debuts second fund, and more

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Sudo Lim

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

Consumer Economy

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Amazon leads e-commerce, streaming (Prime Video), and AWS cloud infrastructure, redefining retail, media, and data services.

Amazon

Flipkart, a prominent Indian e-commerce marketplace, hosts electronics, fashion, and home goods with fast shipping and easy returns.

Flipkart

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

E-commerce

Flipkart group garnered 68% of the total value of goods sold by Amazon and Flipkart.

Flipkart beats out Amazon in first leg of India's festive season sales

Flipkart beats out Amazon in first leg of India&#8217;s festive season sales

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Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

The financing could reach about USD 350 million, which is short of Tokopedia’s initial goal of USD 500 million to USD 1 billion.

Google and Temasek to invest in Indonesian unicorn Tokopedia, report says

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Ursula Florene

Reliance drives digital retail, telecommunication services, and entertainment offerings, shaping India’s consumer and connectivity environment.

Reliance

Amazon claims the proposed deal between Future Retail and Reliance violated the contract it had signed with the Future Group.

Amazon gets a nod to halt USD 3.3 billion Future-Reliance deal

Dark patterns in Southeast Asian e-commerce

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product design

Design elements in e-commerce marketplaces create the urge to buy more and buy faster. What are the techniques that these platforms deploy?

Under the spotlight: Dark patterns in Southeast Asia's e-commerce marketplaces

Under the spotlight: Dark patterns in Southeast Asia&#8217;s e-commerce marketplaces

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Lin Lingyi

FortyTwo gains pricing advantage working exclusively with factories and by leveraging on their volume and scale.

How FortyTwo became Singapore's largest online furniture retailer

How FortyTwo became Singapore&#8217;s largest online furniture retailer

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Apple designs iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers, coupling sleek hardware with robust software ecosystems and service offerings.

Apple

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

Hardware

Before the livestreaming event was announced, Baidu’s shopping channel, which launched quietly in the last month, only offered a limited range of products.

China Unicom, Baidu offer iPhone 12 on newly launched shopping channel

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Song Jingli

The opening days of the festive sales saw consumers rushing to make big value purchases such as smartphones and home appliances.

Amazon and Flipkart scoop up USD 3.5 billion in first four days of festive sales

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

ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

Kuaishou, best known for its short video platform, drives user-generated content, influencer marketing, and community engagement through shareable clips.

Pinduoduo revolutionizes e-commerce with social group buying, connecting budget-conscious shoppers to discounts on a broad range of products.

The standalone shopping channel is a strategic move by Baidu which is ramping up e-commerce capabilities in its mobile ecosystem.

Baidu launches in-app shopping channel in latest e-commerce move

Capitalizing on the platform's 683 million customers, the store sold over 100,000 items within two days of its launch.