Highlights from Food Industry Asia's Food for the Future Summit 2018
Asia Pacific is set to undergo a revolution in the food industry, driven by factors such as a rising middle class, changing consumer patterns towards healthier options as well as the increasing scarcity of arable land due to climate change. To combat the challenges posed by these different factors, Food Industry Asia (“FIA”) was founded […]
3 Trends Reshaping FMCG in Asia
Asia-Pacific’s fast growth is set to impact and transform patterns of consumption in the region. It is largely driven by the consumption growth of Asia’s middle class. Today, about half of the world’s middle-class population live in Asia. This figure is expected to increase to two-thirds by 2030. Middle-class consumption has also followed the same […]
5 ways for Chief Innovation Officers to foster a culture of innovation and identify opportunities
Startups are here to stay. With access to endless data and more funding, start-ups will survive and therefore disrupt. Hence, the emergence of an innovation race amongst corporates. Everyone – from banks, industrials and even consumer goods companies – are obsessed with innovating. Innovation Labs, accelerators, transformation teams are mushrooming, but are often disconnected with the […]
New Retail Experiments in China
The term “New Retail”, first coined by Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma, refers to a new format where technology and data merge online and offline shopping, offering consumers a better shopping experience. With the official opening of fully automated convenience store BingoBox in Shanghai in June, the spotlight on Alibaba’s fresh food connected supermarket Hema, the […]
Must-go tech conferences for business transformation leaders in 2018
CES, SXSW and GMIC, do you recognise any of these terms? If you do not recognise them, do not worry, we’re here to help! These terms are short for some of the best tech conferences worldwide that enable leaders to engage in business transformation. As we shared previously in our guide to fostering innovation within […]
Tinder and Marketing: What Companies Can Learn from the Dating App's UI
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FoodTech's 2 Key Impacts in Asia-Pacific
FoodTech and AgriTech startups were the key focus of the Future Food Asia Award 2017, offering an opportunity to look into the developing challenges towards the sustainable production of food in Asia as well as globally. Launched by ID Capital, and supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board and American food processing and commodities corporation […]
Future Food Asia 2017 : Join us to see game-changing AgriTech & FoodTech startups!
Food security is a key issue in today’s world, especially in Asia, where there’s an expected boom in the middle class, changing consumer patterns as well as increasing scarcity of arable land due to climate change. Future Food Asia is one of the emerging players in innovation for technological developments in agriculture as well as […]
Hyperlocal Commerce is Disrupting E-Commerce 1.0 in India and China [Infographic]
Hyperlocal commerce is taking over the e-commerce industry in India and China. Asian consumers are used to their local neighbourhood stores, also called mom-and-pop shops. In India, for example, 96% of the commerce still happens there, mainly for trust related issues. This is why startups as well as large tech companies have invested a lot […]
Empowering FMCG Companies and Kirana Stores : Indian startup Snapbizz Gives Real Time Insights on Customers Behaviour
As a Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company in emerging economies such as India, one faces two key problems. The first problem is product visibility. In India, small retail stores (often referred to as kirana stores) are concerned about how their products are shown to and thus perceived by customers. This is important for an FMCG […]
