Chabaidao joins Hong Kong IPO tea party
The country’s third-largest premium tea chain operator has grown rapidly using a franchise model, and outperforms its peers in terms of gross margin Key Takeaways: Chabaidao’s revenue grew 34.8% to…
Auntea Jenny steeped by rivals in flood of bubble tea IPOs
The folksy-named company is the latest chain from an increasingly crowded and cut-throat Chinese premium tea industry to seek investor dollars in Hong Kong Key Takeaways: Premium tea chain Auntea…
PODCAST: Shaky Regional Banks, and Bubble Tea IPOs
By Doug Young & Rene Vanguestaine China's big national banks are growing wary of their smaller regional counterparts. Will this put further pressure on the smaller lenders, many of which…
CHINA BULLETIN: PMI Readings Signal Strong End to 2023
In this week’s issue New Year’s travel bounces back, Wanda sells off shopping malls and a top influencer topples a CEO. On a scale of 1 to 100, we give…
CHINA BULLETIN: Just What Was Accomplished at the Xi-Biden Summit?
In this week’s issue reading the tea leaves from a Xi-Biden summit, a muted Double Eleven, and China’s latest bubble tea sensation. On a scale of 1 to 100, we give the week a 45 for offshore-listed China stocks.
Mixue Bingcheng brews up success with age-old formula: low prices
The leading ice-cream and tea chain is preparing to open its first store in Hong Kong, boosting its image locally as it reportedly gets set to list in the city…
HeyTea brings its bubbly brew to Europe. But are its prospects deflating?
Chaotic opening in London’s Chinatown may create the wrong kind of buzz as China’s leading bubble-tea chain tries to expand beyond Asia Key Takeaways: HeyTea’s opening of a London store,…