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Retail & Commerce

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

Consumer Economy

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

E-commerce

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

The strategy helps merchants boost efficiency and minimize tariffs, sidelining Western services.

Chinese door-to-door logistics networks grow in US to counter trade war

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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Nikkei Asia

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Hong Kong

By connecting businesses across ASEAN and the GBA, Hong Kong can show how hubs create more value together.

Hong Kong's hub ambitions are not a zero-sum game

Hong Kong&#8217;s hub ambitions are not a zero-sum game

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Edric Mak

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

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

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

It has raised its revenue targets, betting that stronger models will lift its cloud business.

Volcano Engine bets better models, not lower prices, will decide the MaaS race

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

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

JD.com

JD Logistics on Friday raised USD 3.1 billion in the second-biggest IPO in Hong Kong this year behind short video app Kuaishou, which took in USD 5.3 billion in February.

KEY STAT | JD Logistics shares surge in second-biggest Hong Kong IPO in 2021

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Julianna Wu

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

Pinduoduo

Chinese e-commerce company Pinduoduo said "conditions are ripe to reimagine logistics" on Wednesday after disclosing solid first quarter financial results. Pinduoduo currently generates 33% of packages shipped in China.

Pinduoduo signals interest in developing new logistics system after generating 33% of all parcels in China

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Song Jingli

As the dark horse in China's hyper competitive courier market, J&T is galloping ahead while bleeding along the way.

One master's two apprentices: How Indonesia's J&T Express rose in China on the back of Pinduoduo

One master&#8217;s two apprentices: How Indonesia&#8217;s J&#038;T Express rose in China on the back of Pinduoduo

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Qianyu Han

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

Gojek

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

Southeast Asia

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

Tokopedia

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

Fintech

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

Food Delivery

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

Mobility

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

Indonesia

A ticker code for GoTo would be a score for IDX.

GoTo will invigorate Indonesia’s stock market, but may need organizational restructuring, experts say

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Khamila Mulia

This is the second JD.com spinoff to list after JD Health raised USD 3.5 billion in December. JD Logistics, a spinoff of China's second biggest e-commerce site, reported revenues of USD 11.3 billion in 2020, up 47.2% from the year before, in its latest prospectus filed earlier this week. Its losses widened to USD 620 million for the year, compared to USD 340 million in 2019.

KEY STAT | JD Logistics widens losses, moves ahead with Hong Kong listing

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

India

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

Paytm

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

Zomato

Beginning April, the number of COVID-19 cases has increased exponentially resulting in an acute shortage of oxygen cylinders, beds, and medicines.

Startups, corporates step up to fight the second wave of COVID-19 in India

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Shipper is the latest logistics startup to receive tens of millions in investment this year.

Indonesian logistics company Shipper bags USD 63 million in Series B funding

Opinion

The stock of Chinese logistics giant SF Holding (SHZ: 002352) fell 10% to RMB 72.72 (USD 11.10) in the A-share market on Friday. Its trading was halted following a profit warning for the first quarter on Thursday night. The company now expects a net loss of RMB 900 million to 1.1 billion (USD 137–168 million), after generating RMB 907.3 million in net profits in the first quarter of 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in China.

Shares of logistics giant SF drop 10% after unexpected Q1 loss

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

Grocery Delivery

Gojek started as a ride-hailing provider. It is now far more than that.

Many forks in the road: Gojek's ride to the stock market

Many forks in the road: Gojek&#8217;s ride to the stock market

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