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

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

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The sector is expanding much faster than broader economies in the region.

Southeast Asian beauty brands seek overseas gloss to bolster growth

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Nikkei Asia

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

China

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Keeta, an independent brand of Meituan, specializes in food and consumer product delivery services.

Keeta

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

Xiaoxiang Supermarket leverages digital channels to deliver groceries and essentials directly to local consumers’ doorsteps.

Xiaoxiang Supermarket

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.

Food Delivery

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

Grocery Delivery

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

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Keeta is gaining traction in international markets as the company ramps up investments in AI and retail initiatives.

Meituan’s overseas push steadies investors despite second consecutive loss

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T. K. Lin

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

Its operating system is designed to let devices generate and execute code using natural language.

After OpenClaw, this company aims to build “vibe hardware” powered by AI agents

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

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

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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.

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

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

Mobility

Ion Mobility plans to launch its first electric motorbike in Indonesia in 2021.

Electric motorbike startup Ion Mobility bags seed funding from Monk's Hill Ventures, others

Electric motorbike startup Ion Mobility bags seed funding from Monk&#8217;s Hill Ventures, others

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Ursula Florene

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

Gojek

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

Grab

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

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

Ride-hailing

The two Southeast Asian super apps are reportedly engaged in regular calls to discuss a possible combination of their businesses.

SoftBank's Son wants Grab and Gojek to merge, but that raises questions over competition

SoftBank&#8217;s Son wants Grab and Gojek to merge, but that raises questions over competition

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Khamila Mulia

E-sports startup EVOS bags USD 12 million

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

Southeast Asia's e-sports industry generated game revenues of USD 4.4 billion in 2019, with year-on-year growth of 16%.

E-sports startup EVOS bags USD 12 million in a Series B round

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Stephanie Li

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

Flipkart isn’t alone in ramping up its services in preparation for the upcoming festive sales season as e-commerce companies expect to see strong consumption rebound from pent-up demand.

Flipkart ties up with banks ahead of Indian festive season to bolster sales

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Apple designs iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers, coupling sleek hardware with robust software ecosystems and service offerings.

Apple

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

Hardware

New features and price points expected to spur sales, while "stingy" boxes cause some controversy.

Chinese consumers react to iPhone 12 lineup launch: Where are the headphones?

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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Wency Chen

871 new Suning stores in China in Q3 2020

Retailer Suning is expanding quickly in China's lower-tier cities.

KEY STAT | Carrefour China owner Suning opens 871 new stores in Q3

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Julianna Wu

For Social Bella, its first overseas destination Vietnam is similar to the Indonesian market.

Social Bella expands to Vietnam, its first international market

How do virtual worlds expand reality? Discover AR/VR tools, content creation, and platforms layering digital information onto everyday life.

Augmented and Virtual Reality

Avataar is a B2B2C company that works with enterprises to help them create 3D and life-size versions of two-dimensional images.

Sequoia India writes USD 7 million check for augmented reality startup Avataar.me

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Avanish Tiwary

Logistics startup Tramés receives seed funding

Tramés previously raised a seed round of about USD 750,000 from several angel investors.