Feb 22, 2016 | Industries, News Group, Profiles
Hijup was established by Diajeng Lestari, the wife of Achmad Zaky who is also the founder of bukalapak.com, in 2011. The company claims to be the world’s first Islamic fashion e-commerce platform. As a marketplace, Hijup sources its products from Indonesian Islamic...
Feb 18, 2016 | Industries, Profiles
When in Bali, you’d see women dressing up in traditional blouse known as Kebaya. These Kebayas are decorated with embroidery called the Krawang lace. One of the companies that produce the Krawang lace is PT Uluwatu. PT Uluwatu is known as a maker of Handmade...
Feb 9, 2016 | Industries, Profiles
We’ve frequently heard about the growth of Indonesia’s online classified platforms (OLX, Bukalapak), marketplace (Lazada, Bhinneka), and ride-hailing applications (Go-Jek). But we haven’t yet hear about Indonesia’s, home-grown online...
Feb 3, 2016 | Industries, Profiles
When compared to other companies offering ride-hailing applications like Uber of Uber Inc, and Go-Jek of PT Go-Jek Indonesia, GrabTaxi have enjoyed a relatively quiet operations in Indonesia. Uber has had to play cat and mouse with local government authorities for...
Jan 26, 2016 | Industries, Market, Profiles
Smartphone’s applications (apps) ecosystem gave rise to messaging apps. That his has moved people away from using text messages. The early, and once extremely popular messaging app was the Blackberry Messenger by the Canadian company Blackberry Ltd (Nasdaq:...
Jan 19, 2016 | Industries, Market, News Group, Profiles
In partnership with three Indonesian telecommunication providers—Telkomsel of PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk (IDX:TLKM), PT XL Axiata Tbk (IDX:EXCL) and PT Indosat Tbk (IDX:ISAT)—Alphabet Inc (nasdaq:GOOG) will launch the trial of Project Loon to distribute...
Jan 5, 2016 | Industries, News Group, Profiles
A sad news came from the Panin Group. Tjitrawati Gunadi, the wife of Mu’min Ali Gunawan, the founder of Panin Group, passed away at the age of 78 in Dec. 18, 2015 in California, the United States of America. The East Java born was buried in Lippo Group’s exclusive...
Jan 5, 2016 | News Group, Politics, Profiles
On Monday (Dec. 28, 2015), the radical-religious group otherwise known as The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) searched for the Purwakarta Regent Dedi Mulyadi at the Cultural Center Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) in Central Jakarta. The FPI targeted the Golkar Politician...
Dec 29, 2015 | Industries, Market, Profiles
Starbucks (Nasdaq:SBUX) has become a staple for big cities. It’s brand color green is already well known that people wouldn’t mind using a similar green to label their brand of coffee. Starbucks’ Indonesian competitor named Maxx Coffee uses a...
