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Hub near Tianjin is latest victim of new economy’s boom-and-bust cycle
SoftBank chief’s call for embrace of services such as car-booking should be welcomed
Smaller players fold while industry leaders trim their international expansion plans
The sharing economy assumes that corporate impersonality is a bad thing — but there are psychic benefits to hotel life
Move to pay back all its Chinese users’ deposits challenges smaller rivals less able to absorb costs
Company in talks to raise $200m in funding at a $1.5bn valuation
Paris, Tokyo and Madrid to add to cities restricting short-term holiday lets
Urban authorities lay out ground rules to tame two-wheelers flooding their streets
Powered two-wheelers pull in investors as personal transport competition intensifies
Keeping start-ups upright will require a balancing act
Tie-up illustrates direction of travel for carmakers facing start-up threat
We are entering an era in which consumers will value access over ownership
A good conference always contains a good goosebump moment
Ofo and Mobike at vanguard as numbers soar, but profitability concerns persist
Textbook example of changing ownership as industry looks to deal with falling sales
Changing consumer habits lead to altered shop layouts and special deals
Carmakers are launching rental services even as peer-to-peer car lending platforms gain traction
Network of 20,000 German homes selling to each other shows new distribution model
Cover has to evolve as people choose to borrow everything from cars to pets
Court hears challenge to loophole allowing customers’ cash to fund operations
Bike rental groups’ valuations are partly about the data that they generate
Swedish retailer plans to expand newly acquired odd-jobs website from US and UK
Group’s collapse follows pattern of rapid expansion fuelled by venture capital money
Xometry facilitates business by connecting small manufacturers with customers
