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

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

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

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Laifen is sinking serious money into shavers, wagering that innovation will help it trump incumbents like Philips and Braun.

After hair dryers, Laifen targets the other side of bathroom counters with a shaver built from scratch

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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Businesses offering bargains came out ahead of their high-end peers, based on Q1 earnings.

Discount coffee, hotels thrive in China's penny-pinching economy

Discount coffee, hotels thrive in China&#8217;s penny-pinching economy

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

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Watchdogs cooperate with US over fabricated-sales scandal.

Chinese regulators raid Luckin offices and seize documents

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

Ele.me, a Chinese online food delivery platform, partners with local restaurants to provide fast, convenient dining options to urban consumers.

Ele.me

Starbucks offers coffee, espresso beverages, and pastries, emphasizing premium quality and creating a welcoming "third place" experience for customers.

Starbucks

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

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

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

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Amid competition from Luckin, Starbucks hopes to digitalize its services in the country.

CHINA BRIEF| Starbucks teams up with Sequoia Capital China to co-invest in beverage startups

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Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

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

Grocery Delivery

The food delivery boom has been a lifesaver for many restaurants in China as they flock to online channels amid social distancing.

How China’s delivery services platforms are evolving, from smart lockers to ‘semi-finished’ meals

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How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

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The firm plans to launch passenger test rides with its autonomous driving vehicles in 2021.

CHINA BRIEF | Geely-backed Caocao Chuxing to test driverless ride-hailing service in mid-2020

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

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Paxel claims to have 900,000 users that have sent and received more than 2 million packages in .

Gojek teams up with Paxel for intercity delivery service as demand soars in partially locked down areas

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Ursula Florene

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

Gojek reported the merger to ’s Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) on April 9.

Gojek officially closes acquisition of Moka, launching first collaborative project

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Chinese coffee companies have ramped up efforts to challenge Starbuck's dominance in their backyard.

The top six Chinese coffee companies in 2020 bringing caffeine to China's new javaphiles

The top six Chinese coffee companies in 2020 bringing caffeine to China&#8217;s new javaphiles

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

Grab

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

Transportation

Grab and Gojek have shifted gears to match the needs of consumers and partners, but all must make adjustments with shrinking incomes.

In cities under partial lockdown, super apps are the new survival kits

Customers can have the latest Huawei P40 smartphone delivered to their homes within an hour.