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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In this four part series, I look at how “new retail” impacts the strategies of e-commerce market leaders Alibaba and JD. My take is basically five points: Point 1: China is ground zero for the digital transformation of retail. Explained in Part 1 here. Point 2: But “new retail” is not just supermarkets and convenience […]
I was part of the “global influencers” group that was behind the scenes at Alibaba Singles’ Day 2018. It was pretty great. And I got to learn a ton about some of their latest initiatives. I vlogged the day. Part 1 is here. Here is part 2 (of 2). Youtube link is here. ————- I […]
In Part 1, I laid out four of the questions I am struggling with about Alibaba. Here are the rest. Any answers you might have would be much appreciated. Question 5: How much are manufacturers and CPG companies going engage directly with consumers in China? One of the strangest things about Singles’ Day is that […]
I’ve been thinking a lot about Alibaba since Singles’ Day. Which was awesome by the way. My take-aways from that are here and here. I have a list of questions about Alibaba. I think they’re important but I don’t really have good answers for them (yet). So I thought I would throw them out to […]
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 […]
在之前的文章中，我阐述了阿里巴巴在中国的发展历程。虽然这是零售市场的案例，但其实在许多中国的数字巨头身上也可以看到类似的模式。 这种演变到了下一阶段就成了“新零售”，而它又为这种模式带来了巨大的改变。但首先，我想就数字化中国和企业正在培养的数字化超能力发表几点看法。
Some thoughts from the annual CES convention in Las Vegas. Video below and at Youtube here. Tencent Video pending. Music by Joakim Karud https://youtube.com/joakimkarud ——