Even with consumers staying home, O2O companies Meituan and Eleme face challenges selling and delivering meals to them.
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Meituan faces challenge from Alipay on its home turf
Meituan faces a renewed challenge from Alibaba in local lifestyle market as Alipay drives users to in-ecosystem services.
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Chinese users can now order Starbucks coffee on Taobao
The new service expands on previous partnerships between Starbucks and Alibaba, including voice ordering on virtual assistant Tmall Genie
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Tencent-backed Missfresh raises $495 million
Missfresh is one of several grocery delivery companies to unexpectedly benefit from the Covid-19 outbreak in China.
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Netease Cloud Music joins Alibaba customer-loyalty program
Alibaba is building out its digital ecosystem by adding Netease, the popular music-streaming platform, to its customer loyalty program.
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Enterprise tech is shaping the future of Meituan
Chinese super app Meituan is expanding beyond its core strengths and trying to build a foothold with business customers in a bid to find new sources of growth.
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Meituan is testing a group buying feature for food deliveries
Meituan is taking a leaf out of Pinduoduo’s book by integrating social elements to its food delivery business hoping boost user engagement.
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INSIGHTS | The apps you need in China, in 2017 and today
We’ve updated our list of top apps for living in China in 2020 to reflect how phone home screens have changed—and to think about what it says about the market.
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The low tech, no tech world of Covid-19
Under quarantine in Hubei’s smaller cities, it’s low tech life as Covid-19 brings the digital economy to a halt.
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Chinese online grocer JD Daojia files for US IPO
The JD Daojia IPO filling to a US stock market bucks the current trend among US-listed Chinese firms, which are showing increased interest in Hong Kong.
