As “new retail” changes from jargon to oft-used phrase, Tencent has thrown their hat into the ring. However, they don’t plan on opening their own stores (the WeChat pop-up seems to have been exactly that). Rather they want to be the foundation to help the retail industry achieve two goals: the digital upgrade of stores and […]
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INSIDER | Autonomous retail is booming in post-crisis China
It seemed like a flop a year ago—but autonomous retail is back in the post-Covid world.
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Node Worthy 03: Food delivery and biometric payments
This week we talk about the food delivery industry and how its another proxy battle between Alibaba and Tencent as well as paying with your face. Download this episode Links Timmy Shen: The strategies, tactics, and challenges for China’s food delivery industry BingoBox unveils new AI tech for its unmanned stores Masha Borak: Forget QR […]
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What you missed at TechCrunch Shanghai 2017
This week saw TechCrunch land in Shanghai for yet another great event. While Shenzhen might be the hardware capital, Shanghai has a potent mix of hungry entrepreneurs from all over the world. We were delighted to welcome back for the 7th time more than 8000 people including 600 for the hackathons, 300 investors, 200 startups […]
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The Big Sell | Luckin is not dead
A year after getting kicked off Nasdaq, former unicorn Luckin Coffee is still delivering cheap coffee in China.
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Alibaba spends $2.88bln to partner with Auchan in new retail collaboration
After breaking another record with RMB 168.2 billion (more than $25.3 billion) in GMV achieved in 24 hours on Singles’ day, Alibaba is touting its foray into its new retail strategy as it announced today a strategic alliance with Auchan Retail S.A. and Ruentex Group that brings together their online and offline expertise to explore […]
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China’s going to take a bigger chunk of world’s $110b app economy in 2018: report
In the past decade, the whole world has witnessed how mobile phones and smart devices have revolutionized the way people live and think. As the iPhone, the forerunner of this evolution turned 10 in 2017, Apple’s App Store and competing platform Android Market are celebrating their tenth anniversaries in 2018. The decade-long development has brought […]
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Forget QR codes, China’s next favorite payment method is your face
The launch of Apple’s new iPhone X equipped with tech that turns your face into a poop emoji seems to have left China’s consumers less than impressed. This shouldn’t surprise us—authentication through facial recognition and other biometric features has been gaining traction in China for quite some time. From fighting toilet paper thieves with dispensers […]
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Luckin raises $865 million in post-IPO offering
Luckin looks to fund its aggressive growth tactics including a vending machine initiative, and expansion into other consumables and overseas markets.
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China online retail sees rapid growth in the first half of 2017
In June 2017, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China reached RMB 3.9 trillion ($440 billion), up by 11.0% year-on-year, China Internet Watch is reporting. That is approximately the same amount Greece was loaned over a five year period for its bailout ($440 billion), meaning the amount of money Chinese consumer spent on consumer goods for one […]
