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

Consumer Economy

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

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

Retail

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Outdoor apparel risks following workwear’s path: from utility to fashion to commodification.

In China, the outdoor boom is starting to look more like a fashion cycle than a lifestyle shift

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

DJI sets industry standards in drone technology, offering aerial imaging, filming solutions, and advanced flight controls for professionals and hobbyists.

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

East Asia

Backed by supply chain muscle and bold investors, Chinese startups are pushing to grow from local champions into global players.

After DJI, China’s founders find faith and ambition to drive the next wave of global hardware giants

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

Embodied Intelligence

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

Each of the startup’s robots advances a distinct aspect of embodied intelligence, from speed and industrial use to emotional interaction.

After breaking Boston Dynamics’ record, China’s Mirror Me targets new frontiers in robotics

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

Food Delivery

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On-demand Services

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

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

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

Ele.me

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

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

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.

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

Ride-hailing

How can businesses drive positive change? Study policies, ESG strategies, and community initiatives fostering global social advancement.

Social Impact

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New regulations aim to improve gig workers’ pay and labor conditions. New regulations aim to improve gig workers’ pay and labor conditions.

Gig workers in China have better protections, but there's still a long way to go

Gig workers in China have better protections, but there&#8217;s still a long way to go

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Jiaxing Li

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

Grab

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

Southeast Asia

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

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

Payments

Indonesia

A detailed look at Grab's ecosystem in Indonesia. Grab has a series of tightknit partnerships with local conglomerates, fintech firms, and other companies.

A detailed look at Grab's ecosystem in Indonesia

A detailed look at Grab&#8217;s ecosystem in Indonesia

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Khamila Mulia

Kopi Kenangan, an Indonesian coffee chain, leverages digital ordering and local flavors to satisfy evolving consumer palates.

Kopi Kenangan

Opportunities are brewing in Indonesia's grab-and-go coffee scene. Kopi Kenangan, Kopi Janji Jiwa, Fore Coffee, and Kulo are some players in the sector.

Opportunities are brewing in Indonesia's grab-and-go coffee scene

Opportunities are brewing in Indonesia&#8217;s grab-and-go coffee scene

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

Grocery Delivery

Meituan reports its largest ever quarterly loss after the antitrust crackdown. It plans to shift to the retail sector as its food delivery business slows.

Meituan reports its largest ever quarterly loss after the antitrust crackdown

Singapore

Grab poised for US listing as SPAC deal set for vote next week. Singapore unicorn may start trading by early December pending shareholder approval.

Grab poised for US listing as SPAC deal set for vote next week

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

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

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

Earlier this month, Rebel Foods raised a USD 175 million Series F round led by Qatar Investment Authority at a valuation of USD 1.4 billion.

Indian cloud kitchen firm Rebel Foods to ramp up presence in Southeast Asia

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

After USD 533 million antitrust fine, Meituan faces public criticism for alleged account security flaw leading to Meituan and Dianping account takeovers.

After USD 533 million antitrust fine, Meituan faces public criticism for alleged account security flaw

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Mengyuan Ge

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

E-commerce

Malaysia

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5 key takeaways from Grab and Bain's report on Southeast Asia's platform economy. Around 115 million regional internet users use more than 3 O2O platforms.

Food Delivery

Gig workers in China have better protections, but there’s still a long way to go

A detailed look at Grab’s ecosystem in Indonesia

Opportunities are brewing in Indonesia’s grab-and-go coffee scene