Who will win the artificial intelligence battle? US or China?
The Economist, The New York Times, USA Today and many others have chosen among their must reads of the year AI Superpowers an interesting essay by Kai-fu Lee, former founding […]
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ASEAN: the great digital rush (waiting for the free e-trade zone)
In 2017, the Malaysian government launched, together with Alibaba, a digital free-trade area with a logistics center in Kuala Lumpur and a specific focus on cross-border e-commerce development for micro, […]
Trade war, Brexit, China landing: a major slowdown in 2019 economy?
Euromonitor has just released the 2019 economic forecast in an interesting webinar yesterday (available here), with a good summary of global trends that are going to influence the international economy […]
E-commerce: you can spot the top online retailers, don’t you?
Amazon, Apple.com and Walmart together make about 100 billion dollars of e-commerce turnover (2017 figures), which however covers less than 10% of the market share, showing that the market is […]
B2B e-commerce: are companies spotting the biggest slice of e-pie?
When we think about e-commerce, the association with B2C is automatic: a company directly sells to final customers. The purchases we experience every day along with the new retail marketing […]
Fashion in China: who’s gonna win the e-commerce challenge?
Few days ago JD.com, one of the two big players in the Chinese e-commerce market, launched Toplife a new online platform focused on luxury product and providing a top level […]
Trump’s trade policies threatening made in Italy exports?
Just a couple of days after the executive orders on foreign trade signed by Mr. Trump last week and suddenly “trade war” fears spread across top press media all over […]
ASEAN countries: still an export priority?
No slowdown expected in the quick rush to ASEAN market e-commerce share, after the smart moves by Alibaba and Amazon and the strategic acquisitions of retailers and e-marketplaces to establish […]
European digital single market: still a long way to go?
Two weeks ago the last edition of the DESI (Digital Economy and Society Index) has been released. It’s a key EU report that summarises the most relevant indicator on European […]
The Brexit showdown
Few days only and UK will trigger the article 50 of the Lisbon treaty, activating the formal Brexit procedure and officially starting the negotiation with the EU counterparts. We’ve been […]
