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

Consumer Economy

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

Logistics

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

On-demand Services

China

Bookings sink as US importers halt orders, raising fears of empty store shelves.

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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.

Alibaba Cloud powers scalable cloud computing, data analytics, and cybersecurity solutions, supporting businesses’ digital transformation worldwide.

Alibaba Cloud

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

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

East Asia

Singapore

Southeast Asia

From learning tools to ad engines, teams prototyped AI applications aimed at solving practical challenges across industries.

AI in action: Inside the innovations from Alibaba Cloud’s Singapore hackathon

CHENG Zi is based in China, covering technology and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Indonesia

With a localized strategy and China-tested tech, Yup is expanding credit access across emerging markets in the region.

Can Yup become Southeast Asia’s answer to Nubank?

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. 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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How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

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Lazada, an e-commerce marketplace in Southeast Asia, links shoppers to a wide range of products, deals, and cross-border brands.

Lazada

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

Alibaba's Lazada criticizes 'walled gardens' in Vietnam e-commerce. Can the e-retailer retake crown from Shopee as tech interoperability grows?

Alibaba's Lazada criticizes 'walled gardens' in Vietnam e-commerce

Alibaba&#8217;s Lazada criticizes &#8216;walled gardens&#8217; in Vietnam e-commerce

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

Food Delivery

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

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

Retail

Q&amp;A

‘A good business idea is personal’: Q&A with Brian Cu, CEO and co-founder of SariSuki. The serial founder shares thoughts on navigating business worlds.

‘A good business idea is personal’: Q&A with Brian Cu, CEO and co-founder of SariSuki

‘A good business idea is personal’: Q&#038;A with Brian Cu, CEO and co-founder of SariSuki

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Brandon Lee

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

GoTo, formed by Gojek and Tokopedia, merges ride-hailing, logistics, and retail into a single super-app ecosystem.

GoTo

Tokopedia, an Indonesian online marketplace, empowers entrepreneurs, brands, and SMEs to reach digital-savvy consumers.

Tokopedia

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

Mobility

Indonesia holds key to GoTo's 'aggressive' IPO valuation. Super apps burn through cash in fight for Southeast Asia's biggest digital market.

Indonesia holds key to GoTo's 'aggressive' IPO valuation

Indonesia holds key to GoTo&#8217;s &#8216;aggressive&#8217; IPO valuation

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

Vietnamese startup Woay is creating "games" for a more engaging retail experience. The SaaS platform designs mini-games for experiential shopping.

Vietnamese startup Woay is creating ‘games’ for a more engaging retail experience

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

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

Transportation

GoTo to list on Indonesian Stock Exchange in April. The company will trade under the ticker symbol GOTO.

GoTo to list on Indonesian Stock Exchange in April

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Khamila Mulia

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

JD.com

JD.com posts first annual loss since 2018 as new businesses bleed cash. Shares drop as much as 18% after latest results from Alibaba rival.

JD.com posts first annual loss since 2018 as new businesses bleed cash

Though challenges abound, Southeast Asia’s online grocery sector is seeing an influx of cash. It might not be as lucrative as previously thought.

Though challenges abound, Southeast Asia’s online grocery sector is seeing an influx of cash

Vietnamese startup XinhTuoi.Online handles every gift-giving need. The company is making preparations to take its services to Indonesia.

Vietnamese startup XinhTuoi.Online handles every gift-giving need

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Sarah Koh

Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

Shopee, a Southeast Asian online marketplace, features interactive shopping, flash deals, and localized payment options.

Shopee

Traveloka, a Southeast Asian travel platform, helps users book flights, hotels, and local experiences seamlessly.

Traveloka

Southeast Asian platforms seek ‘super app’ label to emulate Grab and Gojek. Shopee, Traveloka, and AirAsia have ventured into an array of services.

E-commerce

Alibaba’s Lazada criticizes ‘walled gardens’ in Vietnam e-commerce

‘A good business idea is personal’: Q&A with Brian Cu, CEO and co-founder of SariSuki

Indonesia holds key to GoTo’s ‘aggressive’ IPO valuation