Alibaba restructures for a full-out assault on Meituan
While all the attention is on the regulatory crackdown on big tech companies in China, Alibaba has quietly announced the restructuring of its operations....
Our thoughts on Carsome’s acquisition of iCar Asia
This article originally appeared in Chinese on Momentum Works’s WeChat account. Translated into English by the Momentum Works team.
Carsome recently announced its US$200 million...
Who are the leading ecommerce logistics players in Indonesia?
Riding on the growth of ecommerce in Indonesia, where GMV has ballooned to US$40.1 billion after registering 91% growth in 2020, logistics players such...
Will traditional car manufacturers ever be able to catch up with...
Since Tesla’s stock price went through a meteoric rise in 2020, the debate of whether it is over valued, or whether it has a...
Shopee enters Korea (did it really though?)
Which country is in Shopee’s sights? While this unicorn is already the leading ecommerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, it has continued to...
Why hasn’t an app like Shopback appeared in China?
Most of us can agree that the tech scene is more developed in China than in Southeast Asia. Any startup that appeared in Southeast...
Is ByteDance really selling its secret sauce algorithm?
At a glance, this move seems like a revelation of its key secrets. ByteDance, the owner of the viral app TikTok, has released a...
My experience building a rural ecommerce startup in Indonesia
This is a contributed article by Sonat Yalcinkaya (Kaya) and Vyani, co-founders of Shox Rumahan, one of the leading rural commerce startups in Indonesia....
Why do ecommerce platforms build their own payment?
Case in point: Payment can trigger flywheel of scale and customer retention
Naver Pay and Kakao Pay lead eWallets in South Korea, but...
This article is written by Filippo Giachi and was originally published on LinkedIn. Reposted with the author’s permission here.
Mobile payments are booming in South...
