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E-commerce – Look East.

Reply to this post           In mobile, China is more developed than USA. Comparing China’s Singles Day against Brown Thursday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday in...

Alibaba – Offline grab.

Reply to this post           Alibaba is very different to Amazon. I think Alibaba’s investment in Sun Art has nothing to do with Amazon’s strategy with...

Tencent Q3 17 – Time purchase

Reply to this post           Mighty core business buys time. Tencent reported strong results driven mostly by its content offerings which gives the company time to...

Tencent – Digital circumnavigation.

Reply to this post           Tencent begins to build on Supercell. Following the most difficult set of results after its IPO, Snap has conveniently announced that...

Alphabet, Baidu & Amazon – West vs. East.

Reply to this post           US fares far better than China. Alphabet and Amazon reported very strong results while Baidu struggled to deal with the shift...

OnePlus – Learning curve

Reply to this post           OnePlus’ slip serves as a warning. BBK Electronics is fortunate that OnePlus is one of its marginal brands as a gaffe...

Tencent – Tale of two pies.

Reply to this post           Tencent dominates but still has much more to do.  Tencent already dominates Digital Life in China and now it is increasingly...

Xiaomi and Google – Race to the bottom.

Reply to this post           Android One will only ever benefit Google.  Xiaomi and Google are resurrecting the Android One program but given what Xiaomi has...

Amazon & Baidu Q2 17A – Back to basics

Reply to this post           Amazon and Baidu get back to what they do best. Amazon – Not making money Amazon reported disappointing results and guided...

Baidu – Talking machines.

Reply to this post           The way in China is wide open for Baidu. Baidu’s strategy around its AI platform and its Duer OS has become...