Samsung take a beating in MENA region as local brands gain momentum

Middle east and North african ( MENA ) region continue to show brisk sales of overall mobile phones (smartphones + feature phones)  as the region 'mobile sales grew 23% Yoy.  Smartphone sales across these regions have been  growing 3  times faster that global  smartphone growth

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN MARKET : MOBILE OEM'S ACROSS THE REGION

• Samsung , Huawaei and Tecno were among the top 3 biggest players in this regions,
•  Samsung's share in 2015 declined to 41%, a 9% decline from 50% share it had in Q3,2014
• Samsung loss was, was Tecno's gain .The local brand Tecno saw its marketshare grow from 4.8% to 8.2% 
•  Tecno became the 3rd largest mobile player, notching up 123% increase in mobile shipments in juts under a year 
• Apple' increased its marketshare in the MENA nations from 2.2% to 4%and broke into the top 5 largest players

8 out of 10 asia's biggest billion dollar consumer internet start ups are chinese

80% Asian Consumer Internet Start Ups are Chinese and rest from India

8 out of 10   Asia's biggest consumer Internet start ups, with over 1 billion USD valuation   are from China  and the rest from India

No 3 : Didi Kuaidi :Apart from Xiaomi and China Internet Plus .. China has its own equivalent of uber and ola. Didi Kuaidi  which is ranked 3rd biggest consumer internet start up in Asia is a company made up of China's two largest taxi-hailing firms- Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache as result of a merger in Feb. 2015.

No 4: Flipkart is India's biggest ecommerce marketplace and  the country's biggest unicorn, which is currently valued at over $15billion

No 5: Asia's 5 largest Unicorn is chinese peer to peer lending Lufax  which us valued more than $19billion recently.Lufax was   launched in 2012  and the company is a  part of Pi.ng An Insurance group ,which is  china's  largest insurer by asset

No 6 : Asia's 6th largest start up is  chinese technology company DJI  valued in excess of $8 billion . DJI manufactures commercial and recreational unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for aerial photography and videos

No 7 : Zhong An Online is among the first insurance company in china to sell all kinds of insurance policy as well as handle claims online .Zhong On is valued over $8 billion and it is  China’s first truly digital insurer.Ranked 7th as Asia's biggest start up across consumer Internet space

No 8. :Ola Cabs is India's  cab booking along with aggregation  service is ranked 8th biggest asian  consumer Internet unicorn .Ola's currently valuation  is  $5  billion

No 9 :Snapdeal  is India's 2nd largest e commerce marketplace after flipkart, and valued over $5billion

No 10 :UCar provides a chauffeured car service in China, located at Tianjin china and founded in 2014. Ucar  is valued currently at  $3.4 billion

With the exception of British Airways, the European brands in the table have seen minimal growth or a decline in their brand values. Iberia has been the worst affected, its brand value has fallen 23% to $951m. Southwest Airlines achieved a 52% growth in brand value Airlines 50 Sector Analysis – Airlines after a strong financial year and American Airlines’ brand value soared 39% to $3,649m, moving it up to 5th place

global top 5 retail chains by continents : americas vs asia vs europe

The above chart shows the biggest global retail chains across the world by their revenue .
The data is based on the 18th annual Global Powers of Retailing report, produced by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) in conjunction with STORES Media.

 This report identifies the 250 largest retailers around the world based on publicly available data for fiscal 2013 (encompassing companies’ fiscal years ended through June 2014) and analyzes their performance based on geographic region, product sector, e-commerce activity and other factors. - Sthe European brands in the table have seen minimal growth or a decline in their brand values. Iberia has been the worst affected, its brand value has fallen 23% to $951m. Southwest Airlines achieved a 52% growth in brand value Airlines 50 Sector Analysis – Airlines after a strong financial year and American Airlines’ brand value soared 39% to $3,649m, moving it up to 5th place