We tried Qu Xiaomian, the new noodle chain from the founder of Luckin. It looks to us like it’s just another noodle shop in a crowded market.
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Luckin fraud admission leaves more questions than answers
‘If there’s anything to be learned about Luckin Coffee, it’s that there’s always more than meets the eye.’ Luckin skeptic Michael Norris has more questions.
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Investors beware: there’s a new ‘China Hustle’
Luckin Coffee’s multi-billion-dollar collapse should alert investors to a “New China Hustle”—risks of falsified growth and management acting in bad faith.
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INSIGHTS | What’s at stake in fight over delisting Chinese firms
Washington is threatening delisting for Chinese companies if they don’t comply with tighter audit rules. But there’s still room for a deal.
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What ever happened to Luckin’s Yang Fei?
The celebrity CMO is absent from corporate filings and press conferences of the newly public company whose growth he’s credited with jump-starting.
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Why it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee on Luckin
A web of CAR Inc and UCAR personnel, resources and investors are behind Luckin’s expansion.
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From jail to java: How Luckin’s CMO is hacking China’s coffee market
Growth guru Yang Fei says Luckin can make profits from free coffees
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Luckin may not last, but its model will
More and more fast-growing startups are headed to IPO while hemorrhaging money.
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INSIGHTS: Is Luckin’s rushed IPO a path to sustainability or a pig in a poke?
Coffee unicorn’s US listing is a good time to check your FOMO and dig into the numbers
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China’s thirst for coffee underlies the rapid rise of Luckin Coffee
If China’s coffee market continues to expand, there may be room for two, possibly even more, big coffee purveyors.
