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

Consumer Services

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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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?

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Nikkei Asia

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

Grocery Delivery

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On-demand Services

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

Blinkit (formerly Grofers) focuses on instant grocery delivery, bringing everyday essentials directly to Indian households.

Blinkit

SoftBank is a global tech investor fueling startups, telecommunications ventures, and AI-driven innovations across international markets.

SoftBank

Zomato, an Indian food delivery platform, lets customers discover eateries, order meals, and explore culinary experiences.

Zomato

SoftBank Vision Fund (SVF) might invest anywhere between USD 100-200 million in the merged entity.

Indian food delivery giant Zomato might acquire SoftBank-backed e-grocer Grofers | KrASIA

Indian food delivery giant Zomato might acquire SoftBank-backed e-grocer Grofers

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Avanish Tiwary

There is a sudden spurt in demand for grocery and medicine during the 21-day lockdown in India.

Indian mobility startup Yulu partners with e-commerce companies to deliver essentials as lockdown extended partially | KrASIA

Indian mobility startup Yulu partners with e-commerce companies to deliver essentials as lockdown extended partially

BigBasket delivers groceries online, supplying fresh produce, household essentials, and personal care items to Indian customers.

BigBasket

The demand for grocery products has sky-rocketed during the lockdown in India.

Bigbasket raises USD 60 million bridge round led by Alibaba | KrASIA

Bigbasket raises USD 60 million bridge round led by Alibaba

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

Amazon

Swiggy’s Indian delivery network offers food, groceries, and convenience items, catering to busy urban lifestyles.

Swiggy

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

Food Delivery

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

Food Tech

Over the last few weeks, Swiggy, Zomato, and Amazon have raised money to strengthen their e-grocery business in the country.

Indian unicorn companies scramble to raise funds to brace tough times | KrASIA

Indian unicorn companies scramble to raise funds to brace tough times

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

Flipkart

Ola, an Indian ride-hailing leader, offers car rentals, electric scooters, and food delivery, bridging mobility gaps across major cities.

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

E-commerce

Multiple e-commerce companies met government officials to discuss smooth delivery of essential items.

Amazon and Flipkart strengthen supply chain amid growing demand for essential products | KrASIA

Amazon and Flipkart strengthen supply chain amid growing demand for essential products

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

Grab

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

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

Ride-hailing

GrabMart and GrabAssistant services will be extended to more cities across the region to provide alternative sources of income for drivers.

Grab senior leaders to take up to 20% salary cut amid new COVID-19 measures | KrASIA

Grab senior leaders to take up to 20% salary cut amid new COVID-19 measures

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Thu Huong Le

Forrester projects the e-retailers to grow by 5% this year in the best-case scenario, as compared to about 26% growth they enjoyed last year.

E-commerce sector stares at a USD 1 billion loss amid lockdown in India | KrASIA

E-commerce sector stares at a USD 1 billion loss amid lockdown in India

The delivery fleet of food tech companies is largely sitting idle as restaurants remain closed during the 21-day national lockdown.

Naspers-backed Swiggy scrambles to grab the grocery opportunity | KrASIA

Naspers-backed Swiggy scrambles to grab the grocery opportunity

Only essential services like food, grocery, and medicines among a few others are allowed to operate.