As well, Gojek enters the health field and launches GoFitness service in partnership with fitness application development startup Doogether; Amazon India will become one of Amazon’s major markets for international sales, with sales reaching $32 billion by 2023; Gojek enters health and fitness Application development startup Doogether launches GoFitness service
Southeast Asia
Amazon is negotiating with Gojek, a network car company. Reuters, Reuters quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Amazon is in preliminary negotiations with Indonesian network car service company Gojek to discuss potential investment issues. According to people familiar with the matter, Amazon hopes to make a large-scale investment in Gojek, aiming to take advantage of Gojek’s distribution infrastructure in Indonesia. As for the exact size of Amazon’s investment, it is still unknown.
Gojek enters the health arena and launches the GoFitness service in partnership with fitness application development startup Doogether. According to the English website KrASIA, GoFitness allows users to book fitness classes through Gojek’s app. Gojek said that since 2019, about 11,000 Moore users per month have gone to the gym, and GoFood has received 600,000 healthy meal orders every month. With the launch of GoFitness, Gojek users can experience yoga, Pilates, Muay Thai, Zumba and other fitness classes. At the same time, users can use Gojek’s digital wallet GoPay to pay for the course. It is reported that GoFitness is currently only available to users in Jakarta, but Gojek will then provide services in Bandung and Bali, where Doogether’s main markets are located.
TikTok launches a local audience ad network that allows advertisers to advertise in third-party apps. According to NetEase’s report, foreign media said that the newly discovered developer’s document shows that the overseas version of TikTok has launched a local audience advertising network for advertisers, and is currently in trial operation in East Asia. The network allows advertisers to place ads on third-party apps outside of TikTok. The network — a network similar to Facebook, LinkedIn, and Snapchat — allows advertisers to reach users through a range of third-party applications, not just TikTok’s platform.
India
Apple will be the first retailer in India: the official website sales first. According to the introduction of Tencent Technology, Apple has so farSo far, there is no direct retail business in India directly under it. According to the latest news from foreign media, the Indian government recently announced that it will relax regulations restricting the localization of products for foreign-invested companies such as Apple to carry out retail business in India. According to reports, Apple will start selling official websites in India sometime in the coming months.
AI Business Analytics Service Provider ThoughtSpot raises $248 million in Series E financing, some of which will be used for product development in the Indian Center. According to ET Tech, the round of financing was led by Lightspeed Ventures, which also participated in ThoughtSpot’s $145 million Series D financing in May last year. To date, ThoughtSpot has raised $554 million. The company’s CEO said that most of the funds raised in the latest round will be used for product development, and most of the funds invested in research and development will be invested in R&D centers in India. It is reported that the R&D center in Bangalore was established in 2017 and currently has about 100 employees, focusing on product development and providing services to customers in different regions.
Amazon India will be one of the major markets for Amazon International Sales, with sales reaching $32 billion by 2023. According to ET Tech, according to a report from RBC Capital of Royal Bank of Canada, Amazon India will have a 35% market share in e-commerce and sales of $32 billion by 2023. In addition, technical analyst Mark Mahaney also said that Amazon India’s sales will account for 13% of Amazon’s international sales and 4% of total sales in the next four years.
Latin America
Huawei intends to participate in the construction of the first submarine cable in South America and Asia. According to a report from Tencent Technology, foreign media said that Huawei said on Wednesday that the company was “very interested” to participate in the construction of the first submarine cable between South America and Asia. David Dou Young, general manager of Huawei Chile, said that the company is eagerly paying attention to the open tender project initiated by Chile in July and will be invited to participate in the bidding for the Trans-Pacific Cable Project during the tender.
Mexico mobile travel startup Urbvan raises $9 million in funding. According to Contxto, the company had previously raised $6 million for the expansion of the team. It is reported that Urbvan was established in 2016 to save passengers commuting time through their mobile app. Passengers can choose the fastest route through the app, as well as the nearest connection site. Urbvan’s business model draws on a name called ShUttl’s Indian company. Because one of the co-founders believes that Mexican cities are developed in a similar way to Indian cities.
Other
18 Chinese mobile games in the second quarter attracted $390 million in the Japanese market. It is reported that the latest data from Sensor Tower store information shows that the total revenue of the Q2 Japanese mobile game market in the App Store and Google Play reached US$3.56 billion in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 5.7% and a decrease of 7.02% from the previous month. Total travel revenue reached $2.63 billion. Q2 Entering the Japanese market revenue Top100’s Chinese mobile game reached 18 models again, totaling 390 million US dollars, up 62.5% year-on-year and 25.8% quarter-on-quarter.
文 | 云晞@出海
编 | Zhao Xiaochun@出海
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