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https://scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article/2170181/supermarkets-super-apps-southeast-asian-tech-start-ups-are-lookingInnovation
From supermarkets to super apps, Southeast Asian tech start-ups are looking to China not Silicon Valley
- Southeast Asian companies are increasingly looking towards China for internet and technology innovations to drive their business models into the future
- Both regions have high mobile penetration rates, with large swathes of people going directly online via the mobile internet
Southeast Asian companies are increasingly looking towards China for internet and technology innovations to drive their business models into the future
Both regions have high mobile penetration rates, with large swathes of people going directly online via the mobile internet
It’s 11am on Sunday morning in the industrial area of Singapore’s Pasir Panjang district, and the sun is streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows at Habitat, a technology-enabled supermarket concept by online grocery start-up Honestbee.
Customers mill about the sprawling, 60,000 square feet store browsing multiple shelves of imported items and checking out the fresh produce on offer.