Club Factory recently raised US$100 million, who are they?
A saying goes that many investors jumped into investing in Club Factory because they missed both Wish and JollyChic.
Why Chinese cities escalate their fight for talent in 2018
The governments all started to believe that the huge economic benefits of population density overpowers the accompanying environmental and societal problems.
Vietnam’s unique supply chain advantage in ecommerce
During my last few trips back to Vietnam, the optimism of people there has been phenomenal. Finally Vietnam is not only a box to...
Amazon has this key advantage over Alibaba (for now)
Amazon, as a company, is much more international in terms of working language, talent and culture.
KKR invests into aCommerce, what is the strategy
When a US$153 billion juggernaut makes a move, they probably saw an opportunity that others missed.
Chinese media are overly harsh towards the MoBike founder
"An arm can’t win a wrestle against a leg, in China startups can never walk around the giants.”
Alibaba is joining the (reignited) ride-hailing war in China
It is an assault on Didi, but it is also defensive in the scenario that one day Didi might venture into other areas that threaten Alibaba’s empire, or reinforce Tencent’s.
Rise of cross-border C2C shopping
Availability of platforms such as Jetspree and Airfrov, has helped turn every passenger into a potential personal shopper.
Alibaba is an advertising company, more than an ecommerce one
60% of Alibaba's revenues are now derived from its advertising platform - Alimama.
Thailand’s Central Group is going big OFFLINE
It is setting aside US$1.5 billion to grow its physical stores across Thailand and Vietnam
