New Retail and F&B

In Southeast Asia, 137 million people, 46% of the region’s workforce, are employed in the frontline sectors of F&B, retail, tourism & hospitality, healthcare,...

A year after its 10,000th store was open

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...

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...

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...

Last week, Alibaba announced that Hou Yi, the founder of the Hema (or 'Freshippo') retail chain, will retire as CEO, to be replaced by...

Last week, Alibaba announced that Hou Yi, the founder of Hema (or “Freshippo”) retail chain, will retire as CEO, replaced by CFO Yan Xiaolei.  The...

Is Shanghai mirroring Singapore's nutritional labelling approach?  Recently, Bawang Tea Ji's (Chagee) Shanghai store has introduced a "Nutritional Choice" logo on all its beverages -...

Over the last two years, Mixue Group, China’s biggest freshly-made drinks company, has emerged as the 4th largest in the world - with 36,000...

Very unlikely, but not entirely impossible