In Part 1 of my visit to the JD-Qumei furniture store in Beijing, I laid out a bit of theory about furniture retail stores. They have some nice dynamics and some limitations. And that is mostly what is happening on the second floor of the store I visited. But first…consider joining my executive education course […]
In 2017-2018, “new retail” began in Chinese groceries. There was Freshippo / Hema, 7Fresh and other projects. It was a first glimpse of what new retail come become. Shortly after, convenience stores and mom-and-pop stores also began to get digital upgrades. And in a bit of a surprise, retail coffee also entered the story – […]
The population of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cluster (also called “Jing-Jin-Ji”) will be +100M people. That’s pretty fascinating. My thoughts on where we are and what’s coming next. And a little look around Beijing. The video is below in two formats. But first…consider joining my executive education course Jeff’s Asia Tech Class for deeper insights into China’s […]
Paul Gillis is the “go to” guru for accounting in China. He is professor of accounting at Peking University Guanghua School of Managment, past head of China/Asia for PricewaterhouseCoopers and has a PhD in accounting. He also publishes on www.chinaaccountingblog.com – which you should definitely check out. I sat down with Paul and asked him […]
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 […]
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。