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

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The two snack retailers are racing toward IPOs with Mixue-like expansion, but lack its supply chain discipline and margin control.

For Wancheng and Busy Ming, Mixue’s success is both a blueprint and a cautionary tale

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How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

Autonomous Vehicles

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

Logistics

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

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

Neolix said it has deployed 10,000 self-driving vehicles, marking an industry milestone.

China races ahead in robovans even as autonomous delivery challenges remain

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Nikkei Asia

What shapes modern healthcare and agriculture? Examine biotech startups, gene editing, and drug discovery unlocking biological potential.

Biotechnology

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

Deep Tech

Japan

Despite its record scale, the deal’s co-co model highlights both rising ambition and lingering skepticism in a cooling market.

Innovent’s tie-up with Takeda tests investor faith in China’s biotech dream

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

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

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.

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

E-commerce

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

Food Delivery

Ele.me's fight for market share in Dali is the epitome of what is currently going on throughout China.

Buy RMB 30 get RMB 28 off: Ele.me, Meituan slug it out in China to win over consumers

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Sun Henan

The research was conducted by Facebook and Boston Consulting Group.

Shoppers in Southeast Asia prefer to buy using chat or voice applications, according to joint study

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Zhixin Tan

Alibaba "graduates" look back at the company cultures and values, and reflect on how they paved the way for their own business' success.

These three CEOs feel thankful for their Alibaba years, and here’s why

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What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

Mirae Asset, Korea Investment Partners (KIP), KB Financial Group, and KTB Network are a few active Korean funds in India.

Indian startup ecosystem emerges as the sweet spot for Korean investors (update)

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

Nodeflux is the only Indonesian startup that is recognized by the US National Institute of Standard and Technology.

Indonesian startup Nodeflux develops world-class vision AI tech: Startup Stories

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Khamila Mulia

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

Gojek

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

Payments

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

Ride-hailing

The firm plans to strengthen its presence in overseas markets and increase its international user base.

Gojek co-CEOs talk company strategy after Makarim’s departure (update)

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Khamila Mulia and Cindy Silviana

Sneaker resellers use several platforms in the country to prey on “shoe dogs” who are after a quick buck.

Chinese sneaker speculators turn a once hipster hobby into a bubbling business

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Luna Lin

The likes of Meesho, GlowRoad, and Shop101 are trying to replicate their Chinese counterpart Pinduoduo's runaway success.

Investors hunting for the next Pinduoduo in India's budding social commerce scene

Investors hunting for the next Pinduoduo in India&#8217;s budding social commerce scene

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Avanish Tiwary

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

Telecommunications

5G developers need to consider a few issues—infrastructure complexity, how to harness 5G's advantages, and simply wooing consumers to make the switch.

Challenges abound in Vietnam's quest for early 5G rollout

Challenges abound in Vietnam&#8217;s quest for early 5G rollout

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