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/… ———-

How Luckin Coffee Can Beat Starbucks in China (Pt 2 of 3)

In Part 1, I detailed my visits to several Luckin Coffee outlets. This is an aggressive start-up that is opening striving to beat Starbucks in retail coffee in China. So my question for Part 2 is: can they do it? Let me rephrase that: Could Luckin Coffee take 20% of Starbucks’s current China business? And […]

3 Reasons New Retail in China Is Bigger and Cooler Than You Think (Video)

Some thoughts on why new retail in China is bigger and cooler than people think. Plus fun stuff around Italy. But first…consider joining my executive education course Jeff’s Asia Tech Class for deeper insights into China’s tech leaders from on the ground in Asia. There is a 30-day free trial. For those in China, you […]

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 […]

阿里巴巴的“新零售” 令你不知所措时,请以资产为切入点(第2部分,共2部分)

以阿里巴巴“新零售”模式之部分战略内容为主题的文章共分两个部分,本文为第2部分。在第1部分,我对全域营销进行了讨论,并阐述了新零售对商家和品牌所造成的影响为何明显区别于它对消费者的影响。以下为第1部分摘要:

阿里巴巴“新零售”的神秘引擎—“全域营销”(第1部分,共2部分)

“新零售”是阿里巴巴集团眼下的关键热词。尽管“新零售”一词可能是阿里巴巴有史以来最不具颠覆性的商业词汇,但阿里的意图在于,将线上和实体零售进行无缝整合,营造由数据驱动的消费体验,这种理念令人兴奋。目前,在“新零售”模式的引导下,部分新的商业模式开始涌现,其中包括新型超市、无人便利店、包裹自动分拣中心等,甚至还可能包括无人机配送。