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Great business breakdown!

DoorDash reminds me a lot of PDD/Temu. The way the entered very mature markets by targeting under-served segment.

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Thanks for reading! Oh interesting, will need to read up on them :)

I think Temu is the 2nd most downloaded app in the US?

What's their story?

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In a nutshell, PDD/Temu offers vast array of products at very low prices.

For Pinduoduo, they targeted lower-tier Chinese cities - in particular, lower income consumers in less urbanized areas.

Then, as China's economy struggled, they expanded into users from higher tier cities who were looking to trade down their spending - meaning users who were shifting their mindsets from buying luxury to buying practically.

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Thanks for the mini lesson!

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You are most welcome Ved

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