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Food delivery – End of the beginning.

Uber taking out Grubhub is exactly what is needed. Uber has proposed to take over Grubhub which would create an entity slightly larger than DoorDash, setting the scene for intense...

Jio Platforms – Land grab

Jio is making a play to finally create a home-grown digital ecosystem. General Atlantic and Saudi PIF look set to follow Facebook, Silverlake and Vista Equity Partners in investing substantial...

Uber Q1 2020 – Paint by numbers.

Uber is a master at numerical storytelling. Uber produced mixed results but has benefitted substantially from the pick-up in demand for food delivery which helped it to paint a rosy...

Peloton & Lyft Q1 2020 – Black and white.

One winner and one loser from the pandemic. Peloton Q1 2020 – Hardware heroin. Peloton reported excellent results as the virtual gym trend is accelerated by the pandemic but its...

HelloFresh – The execution game.

HelloFresh’s ability to execute under pressure is its greatest asset. Far from helping food delivery, the current pandemic seems to be accelerating the consolidation with HelloFresh emerging triumphant as it...

Amazon Q1 2020 – Pandemic blues.

Lack of a vaccine will hurt for some time. Amazon reported good results but disappointed shareholder by committing all of its profits in Q2 2020 to COVID-19 related spending sending...

Microsoft and Facebook – The social trend.

Facebook surprises more than Microsoft. Microsoft FQ3 2020 – The obvious beat Microsoft ticked all the right boxes in its FQ3 2020 earnings report with the exception that it saw...

Google and Samsung Q1 2020 – Blind in the storm

Google and Samsung have no idea what the future holds. Google battens down the hatches Alphabet reported good Q1 2020 results but while it noted that there was no real...

Netflix & Snap Q1 2020 – Night of surprise.

Snap is the biggest surprise of the night.  Netflix Q1 2020 Netflix added far more subscribers in Asia and Europe than expected but this did not translate into extra revenue...

Alibaba & The cloud – The leading indicator

The cloud theme likely to stay despite a return to work.  Alibaba is doubling its investments in the cloud following the pandemic in China in a clear sign that the...