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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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Is Uniqlo still an innovator? The fast fashion giant faces a new tech reset

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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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?

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

How is healthcare going digital? Investigate telemedicine, wearable sensors, and data-driven platforms improving patient experiences.

Health Tech

Health Tech | KrASIA Archives

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

The US market serves as both the backbone and the driving force behind global technological advancements.

Awareness about the importance of mental health is rising in China, buoyed by younger generations and apps looking to make a difference.

Calm-backed mental wellness startup puts stressed out Chinese at 'Ease' | KrASIA

Calm-backed mental wellness startup puts stressed out Chinese at &#8216;Ease&#8217;

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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.

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

JD.com

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

Tencent

Tech giants from JD.com to Alibaba ramp up expansion in fast-growing field. JD Health, a subsidiary of e-retailer JD.com, is one of four key players in Chinese telemedicine, a list that includes companies under Alibaba Group Holding, Tencent Holdings, and Ping An Insurance Group.

China's telemedicine boom sparks mad rush for doctors | KrASIA

China&#8217;s telemedicine boom sparks mad rush for doctors

AliHealth FY 2021 net profit: USD 53 million

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

E-commerce

The robust performance was mainly driven by the rapid increase in online sales of medicines and healthcare products.

KEY STAT | AliHealth reports USD 53.3 million net profit as online pharmacy sales keep growing | KrASIA

KEY STAT | AliHealth reports USD 53.3 million net profit as online pharmacy sales keep growing

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Julianna Wu

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

India

BigOHealth has connected over 8,000 COVID-19 patients with doctors online, free of charge.

BigOHealth streamlines medical care in remote India | Tales from India's Towns | KrASIA

BigOHealth streamlines medical care in remote India | Tales from India&#8217;s Towns

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Avanish Tiwary

Byju’s, a former edtech unicorn, merges video lessons, quizzes, and personalized learning paths to help students excel academically.

Byju's

Paytm, an Indian digital payments app, enables mobile transactions, bill payments, and financial products for millions of users.

Paytm

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

Swiggy

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

Zomato

Startups such as Urban Company, Paytm, and Byju's have set up relief funds to help employees impacted by COVID-19.

Startups roll out measures to assist employees amid the second wave of COVID-19 in India | KrASIA

Startups roll out measures to assist employees amid the second wave of COVID-19 in India

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

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

Fintech

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

Lending

What medical tools shape care delivery? Assess medical devices, diagnostics, and digital services refining patient treatment.

Medtech

India added 12 unicorns from January to April. Four of these firms operate in the B2B sector, and more will follow.

Billions pour into Indian B2B companies, creating more and more unicorns | KrASIA Spotlight | KrASIA

Billions pour into Indian B2B companies, creating more and more unicorns | KrASIA Spotlight

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

Indonesia

Halodoc has been at the forefront of Indonesia's battle against COVID-19, forming part of the government-led taskforce.

Indonesian health tech startup Halodoc nets USD 80 million from Astra, Temasek | KrASIA

Indonesian health tech startup Halodoc nets USD 80 million from Astra, Temasek

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Ursula Florene

By the financial year 2025, e-pharmacy firms in India are likely to reach a gross merchandise value of USD 13.3 billion.

Indian e-pharmacy startup PharmEasy raises USD 350 million, becomes unicorn | KrASIA

Indian e-pharmacy startup PharmEasy raises USD 350 million, becomes unicorn

WeDoctor Hong Kong IPO to raise USD 3 billion

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

Internet hospital and health maintenance platform WeDoctor filed a prospectus for a Hong Kong IPO on Thursday night. The company expects to raise up to USD 3 billion, according to 36Kr.The company generated revenue to the tune of RMB 1.8 billion (USD 280 million) in 2020, more than three times higher than that of the year before. Losses in 2020 were RMB 1.9 billion (USD 290 million), a gentle 1.1% decline year-on-year.

Health Tech

Calm-backed mental wellness startup puts stressed out Chinese at ‘Ease’

China’s telemedicine boom sparks mad rush for doctors