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Tencent to Step Up Investment Overseas and in Smart Retail

20 January 2020 • By Reuters

20 January 2020 • By Reuters

The Chinese tech giant announced in a rare disclosure that it will also pay more attention to payment platforms.

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Tencent to Step Up Investment Overseas and in Smart Retail

The Chinese tech giant announced in a rare disclosure that it will also pay more attention to payment platforms.

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How Amazon Could Upend the Luxury Fashion Sector

17 January 2020 • By BoF Team

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How Amazon Could Upend the Luxury Fashion Sector

The e-commerce giant enters a crowded field of digital luxury players. But to brands, it offers two invaluable assets: an unparalleled logistics capability and 100 million Prime members.

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Fashion’s Biological Revolution

11 January 2020 • By Michael Chui, Matthias Evers, Alice Zheng, Anneke Maxi Pethö-Schramm, and Maliha Khan

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Fashion’s Biological Revolution

The fashion and beauty industries will benefit from a biological revolution that could transform value chains, change society and potentially mitigate pressure on the environment. As scientific breakthroughs unfold, we expect more partnerships between large brands and start-ups, deeper research, and increasing commercialisation of these ground-breaking innovations.

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Want to See the Future of Social Media? Look to Asia.

7 January 2020 • By Zoe Suen

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Want to See the Future of Social Media? Look to Asia.

Global fashion brands are still learning how to leverage powerful apps like WeChat and TikTok, but Asia’s digital ecosystem has already hatched the next generation of social platforms. With hundreds of millions of users ready to be converted into consumers, brands need to invest now.

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H&M's Different Kind of Click Bait

18 December 2019 • By The New York Times

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H&M's Different Kind of Click Bait

The Swedish retailer now lets customers know where nearly every garment it sells is made. Is that enough?

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Softbank May Sell Alibaba Stock to Fund Buyback

10 December 2019 • By Bloomberg

10 December 2019 • By Bloomberg

SoftBank’s February announcement of a $5.5 billion buyback sent its shares to a peak in April, but the stock has since lost most of the gains.

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Softbank May Sell Alibaba Stock to Fund Buyback

SoftBank’s February announcement of a $5.5 billion buyback sent its shares to a peak in April, but the stock has since lost most of the gains.

The 5G Hype: What's The Signal In The Noise?

9 December 2019 • By BoF Team

The 5G Hype: What's The Signal In The Noise?

Is 5G a wireless revolution or simply the natural step in technology's evolution? Mary Clark, William Webb and Brad Grossman took to the BOF VOICES stage to go behind buzz.

The BoF Podcast: Inside The State of Fashion 2020

29 November 2019 • By BoF Team

29 November 2019 • By BoF Team

Listen to BoF's Imran Amed and McKinsey’s Achim Berg discuss the key themes that will define the global fashion industry in the next year.

The BoF Podcast: Inside The State of Fashion 2020

Listen to BoF's Imran Amed and McKinsey’s Achim Berg discuss the key themes that will define the global fashion industry in the next year.

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Alibaba's Hong Kong Shares Close 6.6% Up After 2019's Largest Stock Sale

26 November 2019 • By Reuters

26 November 2019 • By Reuters

The Chinese e-commerce giant's debut was the third biggest on record for the Hong Kong market.

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Alibaba's Hong Kong Shares Close 6.6% Up After 2019's Largest Stock Sale

The Chinese e-commerce giant's debut was the third biggest on record for the Hong Kong market.

What We Learned at VOICES: It’s Time to Reboot Our Humanity

26 November 2019 • By Brad Grossman and Dan Mitchell

The world is on fire. The causes are globalisation, technology, the climate crisis and generational change, but the antidote is culture and reimagining human values, argue Brad Grossman and Dan Mitchell of Zeitguide, reflecting on their experience at BoF VOICES.

What We Learned at VOICES: It’s Time to Reboot Our Humanity

The world is on fire. The causes are globalisation, technology, the climate crisis and generational change, but the antidote is culture and reimagining human values, argue Brad Grossman and Dan Mitchell of Zeitguide, reflecting on their experience at BoF VOICES.