E76 – The Impulso Podcast – Starbucks vs Luckin in China,...
Both Starbucks and Luckin Coffee recently unveiled their Q1 2024 earnings, eliciting varied market responses.
In China, Starbucks faced a challenging quarter with comparable store...
Sam’s Club is the real winner in China’s new retail war?
In recent months, it became clear that China’s tech giants were retreating from new (physical) retail, once hailed as the future of omnichannel consumer...
E75 – The Impulso Podcast – Is MCN a good business...
From leveraging top Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) like Luo Yonghao at BeFriends, to signing up celebrities at YoWant, MCNs are employing various strategies to...
Why you should join MW Live Commerce immersion to Hangzhou
In preparation for Momentum Works Immersion: Live Commerce (Hangzhou) from 28 to 30 May 2024, our team is currently in Hangzhou connecting with key...
Sharing: how did Befriends MCN achieve US$4.8b sales
Befriends (交个朋友), one of the largest live commerce MCNs in China, has seen its cumulative sales through its live channel surpasse CNY 35 billion...
How did a Sequoia-backed founder become a Buddhist monk
It has recently emerged that Chen Tao (陈涛), founder of Chinese ecommerce SaaS ERP company Centaur, (圣特尔)has a new identity - Buddhist monk Bodhi....
Can you tell JD.com’s founder from his digital clone?
In contemporary China, there is a saying that “at the end of the universe, it is live selling”. It basically says that every famous...
E73 – The Impulso Podcast – The 2nd phase of live...
“In China’s online business, one or two years is not a very long time… it changes so fast.” - - Connor Li shares insights...
How did KFC sell 190m cups of coffee in China?
In the 2023 annual report of Yum China, the country’s largest restaurant operator which runs KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell franchises, one line...
E71 – The Impulso Podcast – Joe Tsai interview redefines who...
In a recent interview, Joe Tsai, Chairman of Alibaba, redefined Alibaba’s customers as users shopping on their apps, a shift from their previous focus...
