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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

Global brand president Jesper Rasmussen says localization, not mass appeal, is key to The Ordinary’s growth in China.

The Ordinary bets on China’s growing appetite for functional skincare | KrASIA

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The Ordinary bets on China’s growing appetite for functional skincare

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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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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How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

Where do style and commerce meet? Examine supply chains, sustainable sourcing, and digital trends influencing global fashion markets.

Fashion

The French luxury house posted steady growth, but could face headwinds as foot traffic dips and supply chain claims go viral.

Growth stalls for Hermes in China while supply chain rumors spread | KrASIA

Growth stalls for Hermes in China while supply chain rumors spread

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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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

One-stop services help merchants sidestep duties, including by undervaluing goods.

China's formidable logistics sector challenges Trump tariff enforcers | KrASIA

China&#8217;s formidable logistics sector challenges Trump tariff enforcers

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

Traveloka, a Southeast Asian travel platform, helps users book flights, hotels, and local experiences seamlessly.

Traveloka

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

Fintech

What drives global exploration? Discover evolving tourism trends, hospitality services, and the shift toward personalized travel experiences.

Travel

Indonesia

Traveloka doubles down on fintech ahead of IPO. Fintech is one of the three important business pillars, Traveloka president Caesar Indra said.

Indonesia's Traveloka doubles down on fintech ahead of IPO | KrASIA

Indonesia&#8217;s Traveloka doubles down on fintech ahead of IPO

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.

E-commerce

Tech offers a complete makeover of the fashion and beauty industries. South Korean startups are disrupting the market with innovative technologies.

Tech enables a complete makeover of the fashion and beauty industries | KrASIA

Tech enables a complete makeover of the fashion and beauty industries

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Michelle Ng, Quest Ventures

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

Grab

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

Food Delivery

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

Grocery Delivery

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

Singapore

What Singapore's Grab brings to global investors with US listing. Grab emerges as alternative investment vehicle amid China's tech crackdown.

What Singapore's Grab brings to global investors with US listing | KrASIA

What Singapore&#8217;s Grab brings to global investors with US listing

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

India

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

Lifestyle retailer Nykaa will use the IPO proceeds to open more stores in India and venture into the Middle East and European markets.

Nykaa raises USD 715 million in India's first D2C startup IPO | KrASIA

Nykaa raises USD 715 million in India&#8217;s first D2C startup IPO

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

How do policies adjust to a data-rich world? Explore usage-based coverage, automated claims, and analytics guiding risk assessment.

Insurance

Bolttech provides a digital insurance marketplace for insurers, distributors, and customers. It counts over 150 insurance firms, 700 distribution partners.

Bolttech provides a digital insurance marketplace for insurers, distributors, and customers  | KrASIA

Bolttech provides a digital insurance marketplace for insurers, distributors, and customers 

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Stephanie Li

The recently released eFisheryKu mobile application offers fish farmers end-to-end solutions, including a “buy now, pay later” feature.

Buy fish feed now, pay after the harvest: eFishery continues to revamp the conventional fish industry | KrASIA

Buy fish feed now, pay after the harvest: eFishery continues to revamp the conventional fish industry

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Startup Wire

Embedded finance: Banking enablers and banking-as-a-service. There is a wide range of banking enablers, each providing a different scope of BaaS.

Banking enablers and banking-as-a-service | KrASIA

Banking enablers and banking-as-a-service

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Headline Asia

Social commerce sees boom in Indonesia thanks to rural users. Super and Evermos are growing quickly in Indonesia's tier-2 and tier-3 cities.

Social commerce sees boom in Indonesia thanks to rural users | KrASIA

Social commerce sees boom in Indonesia thanks to rural users

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Khamila Mulia

Colabs team. Courtesy of Colabs via MENAbytes.

The Middle East’s growing tech ecosystem harnesses the enterprising spirit of innovators from its diverse cultural markets.

Where does real estate meet innovation? Study IoT building management, digital realty investments, and tech-enabled tenant services.

Prop Tech

Pakistan’s Colabs wants to build a community of 100,000 entrepreneurs and freelancers. The firm currently operates two co-working spaces in Lahore.

Pakistan’s Colabs wants to build a community of 100,000 entrepreneurs and freelancers | KrASIA

Pakistan’s Colabs wants to build a community of 100,000 entrepreneurs and freelancers

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Insights

Indonesia’s Traveloka doubles down on fintech ahead of IPO

Tech enables a complete makeover of the fashion and beauty industries

What Singapore’s Grab brings to global investors with US listing

Nykaa raises USD 715 million in India’s first D2C startup IPO

Bolttech provides a digital insurance marketplace for insurers, distributors, and customers