Retail & Consumer Tech: Musinsa is expanding in China via an official Tmall Global storefront, aiming to make it easier for smaller Korean fashion brands to enter the market with a one-stop logistics, marketing and customer-support setup. AI & Smart Retail: Hong Kong is pushing AI adoption with a citywide literacy drive and plans for a mainland embodied-AI company to open a fully autonomous robotic retail store in Hung Hom. Food & Beverage Trends: India’s protein boom is going mainstream, with brands adding protein across everyday categories and regulators urged to tighten enforcement on claims. FMCG Pricing Pressure: With West Asia-linked oil and freight costs rising, Indian consumer goods firms are raising prices and also shrinking pack sizes to hold low price points. Energy Costs (India): India hiked domestic LPG prices again by ₹29 per cylinder, while the government argues cooking gas remains among the world’s cheapest. Mobility: Green SM launched fully electric taxis in New Delhi, entering India as its fifth international market. Health Products: Prenatal vitamin and drinking yogurt markets are forecast to keep growing, with Asia-Pacific flagged as a fast-growth region. Mideast Supply Chain: Reuters reports China’s low-cost e-commerce exports are faltering as jet fuel costs and weak Western demand bite platform profits. Corporate Deal: Japan’s GNI to buy Ayumi Pharmaceutical from Blackstone in a ~$280m deal to expand pain-management reach in Japan.