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

Retail

China

Market constraints still limit its ability to match the scale of global luxury leaders.

After a breakout year, can Laopu Gold become China’s answer to Hermes?

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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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

Image shows Lightelligence’s Pace 2 accelerator card.

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

Hong Kong

Investors are tracking photonics-based systems as demand grows for faster, denser, and more efficient AI infrastructure.

Lightelligence debuts in Hong Kong as optoelectronic computing gains traction

IPO Zaozhidao is a Chinese media outlet that provides timely coverage of IPO developments and related market signals.

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IPO Zaozhidao

Events

The conference and exhibition will take place on May 6 and 7, with free admission for visitors.

Tech Week Shanghai set to convene global and Chinese tech players

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T. K. Lin

KrASIA tracks China’s tech and business stories, alongside key developments across the broader Asia Pacific region.

Insights | KrASIA

What drives digital education adoption? Analyze e-learning apps, AI-driven assessments, and tools enhancing student engagement.

Edtech

The firm works with major tech companies to tailor the training it offers.

Hacktiv8 is closing the tech talent gap in Indonesia: Startup Stories

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Khamila Mulia

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

Amazon

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

Flipkart

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

Paytm

Reliance drives digital retail, telecommunication services, and entertainment offerings, shaping India’s consumer and connectivity environment.

Reliance

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

E-commerce

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

Fintech

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

Grocery Delivery

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

Lending

An array of technology companies from different sectors have begun to partner with kirana stores.

In India, mom-and-pop stores are proving to be the holy grail for tech startups

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Avanish Tiwary

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

Tencent finds itself fending off major tech rivals including ByteDance, Alibaba, Sina, and NetEase.

How Tencent plans to escape its social media midlife crisis

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Village Link has built an app to provide free, personalized agriculture advice for crop-growers.

This tech startup is improving yields for farmers in rural Myanmar: Startup Stories

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Thu Huong Le

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

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

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

The virus outbreak has caused a spate of high-profile movies being released online.

Movie theaters face threat as short-video platforms enter coronavirus-disrupted market

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

A B2B payment gateway company, Cashfree provides services like money collection, wage disbursement, and instant refunds.

Cashfree is making life easier for online companies in India: Startup Stories

A crisis holds risk—but also opportunity.

Which tech companies are benefiting from the coronavirus?

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WalktheChat

How does information move at light speed? Review 5G rollouts, fiber networks, and connectivity standards advancing global communication.

Telecommunications

The coronavirus outbreak compounds difficulties for local smartphone makers, who were hoping for a post-New Year rebound.

Chinese smartphone vendors brace for 30 to 50% decline as a result of coronavirus

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Luna Lin

E-commerce platforms are monitoring surging mask prices while the country's IT ministry is dealing with fake news.