Tencent puts US$200m in Brazil’s Nubank – is it a wise...
In 2014, when Nubank was a small company, it received a $14 million investment from Sequoia Capital. As for why Sequoia Capital ever noticed...
Indonesia reduces ecommerce duty free allowance
From 10 Oct 2018 onwards, the duty free allowance for ecommerce imports has been reduced from US$100 to US$75 per consignee per day. The...
Are Meituan and co responsible for China’s demographic crisis?
How Wu spends his day
I have a friend who is 32 years old now. Let’s call him Wu. He is from Shanghai but works...
The Rise of LINE messenger in Indonesia
At one point in time, Indonesians were the most frequent users of BBM (previously BlackBerry Messenger) in the world:
Source： SimilarWeb 2016
And BBM was...
Government stimulus ultimate reason for China’s tech take-off?
You still remember the 4 Trillion RMB announced after 2008 crisis?
Alibaba’s Hema Supermarket – China’s new retail revolution
“New retail” has been a hot topic for a long time, but there were not many successful business cases in the market until Alibaba...
Amazon is on its way to disrupt payments and conquer the...
Since Amazon entered the European market, they have been seducing consumers with their fast delivery services.
In fact, Amazon Prime was one of the...
The rise of Indonesia’s modern concept of coffee shops
Last week we wrote about how young Indonesians love going to the Cinemas which makes it a great customer acquisition channel. This week we...
