Jeffrey Towson – Get Ready for Super Platforms in Digital China (Video)

From one of my standard talks in 2018 (since retired). This is about bike-sharing, mobility and super-apps. Video below and Youtube link is here. Part 1: What is the Engine of Chinese Bike-Sharing? Part 2: Give Consumers Exactly What They Want Part 3: In Digital China, Re-Imagine Operations ASAP Part 4: In Digital China, Get […]

Jeffrey Towson – In Digital China, Re-Imagine Operations ASAP (Video)

From one of my standard talks in 2018. This is about bike-sharing and re-imaging operations. Video is below and Youtube link is here. Part 1: What is the Engine of Chinese Bike-Sharing? Part 2: Give Consumers Exactly What They Want Part 3: In Digital China, Re-Imagine Operations ASAP Part 4: In Digital China, Get Ready […]

Jeffrey Towson – Give Chinese Consumers Exactly What They Want (Video)

Bike-sharing in China is a great example about how digital tools can have a big impact on fairly simple businesses. Mostly by increasing convenience and giving consumers what they really want. From a talk I gave in Singapore in 2018. Video is below and Youtube link is here. Part 1: What is the Engine of […]

Jeffrey Towson – What is the Engine of Chinese Bike-Sharing? (Video)

From one of my standard talks on digital China. Given in Singapore in 2018. Video is below and Youtube link is here. Part 1: What is the Engine of Chinese Bike-Sharing? Part 2: Give Consumers Exactly What They Want Part 3: In Digital China, Re-Imagine Operations ASAP Part 4: In Digital China, Get Ready for […]

The 4 Superpowers Of China’s Digital Giants (Pt 2 of 3)

In Part 1 (here), I laid out how Alibaba has evolved in China. It was for a retail marketplace, but you can see a similar pattern in many of China’s digital giants. The next phase in this evolution is “new retail”, and it is changing this pattern in a big way (coming in Part 3). […]

There Is No New Chinese Sharing Economy (Video)

My latest video on China’s sharing economy. Shot in Thailand. Link here.   Music is: Sunburst by Tobu & Itro https://soundcloud.com/7obu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/… ———-

美团、携程或阿里巴巴能否在中国网约车市场战胜滴滴(第1部分/共2部分)

过去几个月以来,中国的几家数字巨头企业先后闯入了网约车市场。这让人颇感意外,因为随着优步的退出,中国网约车市场必定将呈现出滴滴出行一家独大的局面。并且,我认为滴滴也抱有同样想法,因为它们目前正集中精力开拓国际市场。通常来说,只有在赢得中国市场后企业才会这么做。

Can Meituan, Ctrip, or Alibaba Win Against Didi in China Ride Sharing? (Part 1 of 2)

In the last couple of months, several of China’s digital giants have jumped into ride-sharing. And this was a surprise, because with the exit of Uber it was believed that Didi Chuxing had that market pretty much locked up. And I think Didi thought this too – as they began focusing on international expansion. Generally […]