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Fresh groceries have remained the holy grail of e-commerce. A task so daunting that even Amazon hasn't been able to crack it. In China, the retail grocery market is estimated by McKinsey to be worth 5.2 trillion RMB (794bn dollars) in 2019, with only 10% of that currently online. In 2020, it seems like we've finally found a business model where the... See more

An example is London-based Threads, which has quietly picked up $20M last year with Highland Europe, for its operation which courts millennial, with tailored selections of luxury fashion which it then sells to them directly on services like WeChat, WhatsApp, Snapchat, with a team of human shopping assistants!

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美国也要成立主权财富基金了，这是川普开源节流，中的开源部分。 与许多依赖预算盈余或自然资源收入的国家（如阿联酋或新加坡）不同，美国在严重的预算赤字下运作。 美国主权财富基金旨在“为美国人民将美国资产负债表货币化”，为长期国家项目和经济稳定创造财富。 截至2025年2月，全球主权财富基金（SWF）管理的资产总额已达到约13万亿美元。 规模前几位的有，挪威政府养老基金全球，中国投资公司，阿布扎比投资局，新加坡政府投资公司等。 过去5年收益最好的是，阿布扎比投资局，年化收益，13.4%，新加坡政府投资公司，年化收益，12.4%。 仔细观察一下他们的投资布局，有一个共同特点，美国资产全部占大头。 如，至2024年3月，新加坡政府投资公司，美国占其投资组合的39%， 而，阿布扎比投资局... See more

“That was the moment we realized that livestreaming was going to change everything,” Yuan said. “We were literally dealing with hundreds of customers, just three of us, addressing each customer’s sizing concern and questions.”