



This week’s podcast is about online-merge-offline (OMO) platforms. A business model that is just emerging in China. I talk about Sun Art Retail and Beike / Lianjia as examples.
You can listen to this podcast here or at iTunes, Google Podcasts and Himalaya.
Here is the BCG article I mentioned.
- Lianjia and Beike’s Big Platform Play in Chinese Real Estate (Asia Tech Strategy – Daily Update)
- Alibaba Takes Over Sun Art Retail. Is It Going to Take Off? Or Is It Infrastructure? (pt 1 of 2) (Asia Tech Strategy – Daily Update)
From the Concept Library, concepts for this article are:
- Digital Physical Hybrids
- New Retail
- Online-Merge-Offline (OMO)
- SMILE Marathon: Ecosystem Orchestration and Participation
- OMO Platforms
From the Company Library, companies for this article are:
- Alibaba
- Sun Art Retail Group
- KE Holdings / Beike / Lianjia
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