Vietnam Console Gaming 2026: The Manufacturing Paradox
Vietnam now assembles ~75% of US-bound game consoles — including the PS5 — yet console gaming is under 5% of its own players. The make-vs-play paradox.
Southeast Asia
Vietnam Mobile Gaming 2026: The Export Factory
Vietnam is the world’s #1 mobile game exporter — 6.7 billion downloads in 2024 — yet earns just $0.06 per player. Inside the hyper-casual factory.
Food Tech in Asia 2026: Meituan, Grab & Lab Meat
China’s $14B delivery price war, Grab’s first full-year profit, and Singapore’s world-first lab-grown meat. The state of Asian food tech in 2026.
How Do Mobile-First Economies in Asia Leapfrog Desktop in 2026? A Comprehensive Analysis
India now has 660 million smartphone users, and the vast majority of them have never owned a laptop, never had a broadband connection, and never used a desktop browser to … Read more
How Does E-Commerce Logistics Work Across Asia in 2026? A Comprehensive Operational Guide
China delivered 199 billion parcels in 2025 — up 13.7% year-on-year — generating express delivery revenue of 1.5 trillion yuan ($215 billion), according to the State Post Bureau. That’s more … Read more
How Do Digital Payments Work in Southeast Asia in 2026? QR, Wallets, and Cross-Border Rails
Southeast Asia’s digital payments market has crossed the $1 trillion threshold in total transaction value — and the infrastructure that makes it work looks nothing like what you’d find in … Read more
How Do Super Apps Work in Asia in 2026? Inside Grab, WeChat, and GoJek
A super app is a single mobile application that bundles multiple services — rides, deliveries, payments, lending, shopping, entertainment — into one platform. The concept barely exists in the West, … Read more
Inside Sea Group: Ecommerce, Gaming, Payments and AI
Why does Sea Group matter in 2026? Sea Limited closed 2025 with $22.9 billion in revenue, $1.6 billion in net income, and three businesses operating at scale that almost no … Read more
Lazada: How Alibaba’s $7.7B SEA Bet Is Paying Off
Lazada isn’t the biggest e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia — it hasn’t been for a while. But it might be the most interesting one right now. Backed by approximately $7.7 … Read more
Southeast Asia vs India E-Commerce: A 2026 Comparison of Two Asian Ecommerce Models
Southeast Asia’s e-commerce platforms generated $157.6 billion in GMV in 2025, up 22.8% year-on-year (Momentum Works, April 2026). India’s e-retail market crossed $65 billion in the same period, growing 19–21% … Read more