Selling to China from elsewhere no longer necessarily requires heavy set-up costs and local product registration. Yet it still requires a close understanding of Chinese consumers, how they select products and what makes them tick. So how is e-commerce helping brands to be successful?

Having started as a solution for a safer taxi experience in Malaysia, Grab is the dominant ride-sharing service in south-east Asia. Set on becoming an everyday super app – will it manage to cater to the digital economy set to triple to $240 billion in the next 7 years?

Southeast Asia is home to some of the most gridlocked cities in the world, making traffic an accepted part of daily life. Go-Jek offers a way to minimise this disruption through on-demand motorcycle taxis that not only help people get around, but which bring a range of services to their doorstep.

As a global migration occurs from rural areas to rapidly expanding urban hubs, Asia stands at the forefront of this shift; of the 31 megacities worldwide, more than half are on this continent. So, what’s prompting people to trade life in the countryside for the bright lights of the city?