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JD.com’s latest initiative reflects its determination to unseat Meituan as mainland China’s top on-demand local delivery services provider. Photo: Shutterstock
E-commerce

JD.com’s US$1.4 billion plan heats up delivery battle with Meituan, Alibaba

E-commerce giant unveils ‘Double Hundred Plan’ as industry-wide daily delivery orders reach a new high of more than 200 million.

Alibaba

Alibaba’s US$7 billion subsidy deepens China’s instant shopping battle

ByteDance

ByteDance’s Douyin launches Yelp-like AI chatbot to suggest eateries, reviews

E-commerce

JD.com hires full-time food delivery riders to challenge Meituan, Alibaba

Recruitment drive suggests that company urgently needs to strengthen its courier workforce to fight resourceful rivals.

A JD Logistics delivery driver on the streets of Beijing. Photo: Minghe Hu
Alibaba

Alibaba folds delivery app and travel agency into e-commerce group

CEO Eddie Wu said the restructuring ‘marks a strategic upgrade from an e-commerce platform to a comprehensive consumer platform’.

E-commerce

Meituan keeps tight grip on 70% of food delivery market in China, report says

Citing internal data, Leiphone.com reported that Meituan’s daily food delivery orders reached 90 million this month.

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Bonds

Grab to sell US$1.25 billion in convertible bonds to fund acquisitions

Singapore-based Grab, whose app is ubiquitous in Southeast Asia for ride hailing and food delivery, will issue convertible bonds that mature on June 15, 2030, it said.

A GrabBike driver and his passenger in Hanoi on September 20, 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s food delivery scene soars with drone services to Ma On Shan

Keeta starts delivering orders from two fast-food restaurants in Science Park to Ma On Shan Promenade.

Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Law must deliver on fears of food couriers in Hong Kong

Legal protection of rights and benefits of Hong Kong delivery workers leaves a lot to be desired, and it is about time something was done.

Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Letters | Keeta’s dangerous order-grabbing mechanism should be scrapped

Readers discuss the safety hazard posed by Keeta’s system design, the heavy fine slapped on MTR Corp, the taxi licence system, and the jaywalking penalty.

A worker delivers food in Central district on May 28. Keeta’s order-grabbing system prioritises speed over road safety. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Hong Kong to consider stronger laws to protect food delivery workers this year

City’s labour minister tells lawmakers authorities will improve rights and benefits of platform workers, following recent spate of protests.

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Keeta and Foodpanda are the only two food delivery platforms operating in Hong Kong after London-based Deliveroo exited the market earlier this year. Photo: Jelly Tse
E-commerce

Delivery war: Alibaba vies for Meituan’s on-demand throne in China

Alibaba’s Taobao Instant Commerce service and Ele.me have surpassed 40 million daily orders within a month of launch, the company says.

China's economic recovery

China’s regulators must act quickly to stamp out price wars: People’s Daily

The party mouthpiece warns that excessive, cutthroat competition is harming the long-term development of industries like food delivery.

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Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Keeta riders stage third strike in Hong Kong over pay, work conditions

More than 100 riders gather in busy areas of Hung Hom and Central, following smaller-scale protests in Tsuen Wan and Mei Foo earlier this month.

Riders from major food delivery platform Keeta gathered for a protest in Central on Thursday noon. Photo: Dickson Lee
Old Hong Kong

Then & Now | In Hong Kong, delivery apps once took on a different – more physical – form

Home deliveries are far from new – lowering a basket on a rope to hawkers selling everything from food to hardware was once typical.

A busy street market in a resettlement estate in Kowloon in the 1950s. Photo: Getty Images
E-commerce

Beijing tells food delivery giants to simmer down as feud gets too hot to handle

Five government agencies, led by the State Administration for Market Regulation, urged the instant commerce giants to follow competition regulation.

Alibaba

Alibaba offers 100 million free drinks as instant deliveries hit milestone

Alibaba announced the milestone two weeks after JD.com said it also reached 10 million daily orders for items sent immediately to buyers’ doorsteps.

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Hong Kong workers/labour rights

‘Exhausted and short of breath’: hidden toll of Hong Kong’s food delivery grind

As part of Greenpeace survey, 33-year-old rider describes intense working conditions and repercussions for taking a break.

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Sunny Waseem*, a food delivery rider in the industry for six years, has spoken out about the tough working conditions he faces in the job. Photo: Elson Li
Millionaires and billionaires

Meet DoorDash co-founder Stanley Tang, who grew up in Hong Kong

Tang was born in Japan and grew up in Hong Kong before moving to California; he was a successful internet entrepreneur by the time he was 15 and co-founded DoorDash while a student at Stanford.

E-commerce

JD.com boss delivers food in publicity stunt to challenge Meituan

The move reflects the e-commerce giant’s commitment to expanding its recently launched food delivery business, analysts say.

E-commerce

JD and Meituan food fight spills into public in Chinese delivery platform spat

In a public letter, JD.com accused a ‘rival platform’ of preventing delivery riders from using multiple platforms, for which Meituan was fined in 2021.

A Meituan delivery worker walks among office towers in Beijing on March 27. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Deliveroo riders to take legal action over compensation as it exits Hong Kong

Sixteen couriers plan to file claims with Labour Tribunal over employee entitlements.

Deliveroo is leaving the Hong Kong market after a nine-year run. Photo: Jelly Tse
China’s economic stimulus

China mends fences with big tech in consumption, employment push

Beijing is increasingly praising the tech sector as a driver of jobs and economic growth, but platforms may still be closely supervised.

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Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Deliveroo’s exit offers lesson on competition

In Hong Kong, food delivery is a cutthroat business, but with fewer players it is customers and restaurants who will pay the ultimate price.

Hong Kong economy

Will Deliveroo Hong Kong closure affect food delivery riders?

‘Deliveroo’s pay is not attractive at all. When it was raining last Friday, it only offered HK$30 per order, while [Foodpanda and Keeta] almost tripled it,’ Tam Yuen says.

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A Deliveroo food delivery rider. Deliveroo Hong Kong will end services on April 7. Photo: May Tse
E-commerce

China’s food delivery platforms force riders to take breaks after long hours

Meituan and Ele.me are using ‘fatigue management’ systems in several cities, halting orders after 12-hour days, as work climbs in slowing economy.

Food delivery couriers for Ele.me (left) and Meituan cross paths in Beijing on September 01, 2023. Photo: Simon Song
E-commerce

Exclusive | China’s Meituan to expand Keeta food delivery service to more Middle East cities

Wang Xing, founder and CEO of Meituan, said last week that the company has seen some ‘encouraging results’ in Saudi Arabia.

SCMP Highlights

Recap | Shanghai court says crypto ownership legal, Hong Kong food-delivery drones: 5 tech stories

Explore China’s tech landscape, from crypto ownership to AI-driven stock investments, in our latest stories from the world of technological innovation.

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