Chinese immigrants run e-commerce hubs out of their homes ...
16 hours ago · Despite strained U.S.-China relations, the American consumer market remains a top growth driver for Chinese e-commerce companies. Temu’s gross merchandise value totaled about $12 billion in the second quarter of 2024, according to a report from Chinese tech outlet 36Kr. The U.S. accounted for about 45% of sales, the report said.
Grab challenges Google Maps in Southeast Asia with hyperlocal ...
2 days ago · Southeast Asia’s digital map market could grow to be worth more than $43 billion by 2030, according to industry estimates. Grab’s hyperlocal focus sets it apart from the more car-centric Google Maps and Here, Mohit Sharma, research analyst at …
India’s rapid delivery companies like Zepto, Blinkit threaten ...
3 days ago · Screenshot of Zepto app promoting its quick delivery time. Zepto. Quick-commerce companies “are providing the convenience of impulsive buying just by the click of a button and within 10 minutes,” and threatening the survival of more than a quarter of India’s 15 million kirana stores, Karan Taurani, a research analyst at Elara Capital, told Rest of World.
Caroline Haskins - Rest of World
3 days ago · Caroline Haskins is a freelance reporter based in New York covering tech with a focus on politics, labor, and culture. She has previously worked as a staff reporter at Business Insider, BuzzFeed News, and Vice's Motherboard, and as a research editor at Business Insider. Silicon Valley in Rest of World 12 November 2024. A network of 171 bot ...
Phony X accounts are meddling in Ghana’s election
3 days ago · An AI-authored bot profile promotes Ghana’s president, Mahamudu Bawumia. X/@joyce_j5. According to new research conducted by NewsGuard, a website that offers tools to assess the accuracy and reliability of news outlets, the bot accounts have uniformly been promoting NPP candidate Mahamudu Bawumia and his right-wing talking points, often using …
Shein’s rise in Mexico is thanks to door-to-door saleswomen ...
1 day ago · Catalog saleswomen in Mexico have become shopping intermediaries for Shein and Temu. The women piggyback on the close relationships between sellers and buyers from a decades-old direct-sales industry. Some catalog sales companies say Chinese platforms are partly to blame for the industry’s slow demise. Since 2022, Mariana Garfias Torres, a 30 ...