On-demand Services

The face-off between Go-Jek and Grab is escalating as both firms are quickly snagging up war chests in scrambles for overseas expansion and market grab.

The deal is said to be “purely financial” but the two companies might explore synergies.

They look a little bit like construction workers.

Singapore-based marketplace Date Out features couple-oriented gifts and experiences, from a private salsa dance class for two to sensual massage oils and lingerie.

Two homegrown coffee startups are running as fast as they can in this expensive fight, grabbing as big a share of the pie as quickly as possible.

Is Alibaba’s affiliate company Ant Financial ramping up its investment efforts in Bangladesh?

The Chinese on-demand services app is trying to raise its profile with global investors ahead of an IPO hearing in Hong Kong in August.

Across the board, most consumers in an online Nielsen survey responded that marketplaces are beneficial to the economy.