Brands losing their grip in ecommerce era – or are they?
E-commerce has grown to be a powerful distribution channel for goods, and I believe it will continue to grow in weight and influence in...
BYD owns the future of electric cars in China?
I was visiting a large taxi fleet operator in Southern China as part of a consulting project Momentum Works did for the municipal transportation...
The economics of bike sharing
Many people still want to discuss China’s “sharing economy” with us: shared bikes, power banks, basketballs, or umbrellas.
It seems everyone has an opinion on...
Why a derelict rural shop accepts WeChat & Alipay
I stopped my car to walk into this small grocery shop near the roadside to buy some bottled water. This was in the countryside...
Twitter’s problem is not 140 vs. 280, but failure to expand...
Big news that Twitter is experimenting expanding size limit of each tweet from 140 characters to 280 characters.
This is entirely missing the point
Twitter’s problem...
Why Chinese bike sharing companies are suddenly everywhere overseas
Just a few months ago, you would hear Chinese bike sharing companies making announcements here and there, but not see actual bikes being deployed....
I brought only ¥25 cash for a two week trip in...
Yes as the title suggested, I had only ¥25 cash in my pocket when I landed in the Western Chinese city of Chongqing to...
Shared bicycle manufacturers are dying, and this is not a bad...
Barely a few months ago, the bosses of China’s bicycle supply chain were beaming with joy.
Their factories were all running full capacity while new...
Clash of the titans in Thailand’s ecommerce scene
Last year, Thailand witnessed the entry and subsequent overhype of 11street – a company owned and invested by South Korean telecommunications giant SK Telecom....
The Razer question: what can you do with 10 million dollars?
Razer recently published an e-payment proposal summary, which includes committing S$10M to deploy a common cashless payment solution in Singapore, maybe Razer Pay, in...
