Chinese e-commerce platforms have become a mainstream part of online shopping in Europe, but their popularity varies significantly between markets. According to the European Central Bank’s April 2026 Consumer Expectations Survey, 52% of euro area consumers have purchased from Chinese…
Walmart’s latest results have raised questions about the strength of the U.S. consumer. However, behind the slowdown is another important retail story: shoppers may be spending more carefully, but their shift toward e-commerce continues. Walmart reported that U.S. comparable sales…
Robots played music, boxed, mixed drinks, directed traffic, and demonstrated increasingly human-like movements at this year’s World Robot Conference in Beijing. Behind the spectacle, however, China’s robotics industry is trying to answer a much more important question: can these machines…
