The Business Behind Your Boba // TRAIN BRAIN

The Business Behind Your Boba

Three Chinese bubble tea chains raised $710 million through Hong Kong IPOs as investors bet on China's fast-growing consumer sector.
With Mixue now the world's largest F&B chain by store count, analysts cite low-cost franchising and rapid expansion as key drivers – but warn market fragmentation poses risks.
➡️ To understand why Chinese bubble tea is brewing billion-dollar businesses, watch the full story here: https://youtu.be/1ghcW81-MJs
#CNBC
-----
Subscribe: @cnbci
CNBC International Live: @cnbcinternationalive
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/cnbc-international/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cnbci
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cnbcinternational
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnbcinternational/
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cnbcinternational
X: https://twitter.com/CNBCi
Telegram: https://t.me/cnbci
WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/CNBCiWhatsApp

CNBC International

CNBC is the number one business and financial news network on the planet. Join us on YouTube as we take you around the world, give you the tools you need to get ahead in business, and explain the stories making the headlines from London to Singapore....

Why Indian and Chinese Talent Are Rethinking the American Dream

Cross-border payments will be the next big thing, says Indonesia unicorn

Why Cross-Border Payments Are Asia’s Next Big Tech Frontier — Insights from an Indonesian Unicorn

Why passion is not as important as drive, says Antler CEO

AI's future: Why disruptors have the edge over the establishment

VC Founder: AI Isn't a Bubble — But Its Founders Need to Think Globally

From Lawyer to Gaming Billionaire

Razer CEO’s Advice for Going Global With Your Startup

Razer Changed Gaming With Its Hardware. Now It’s Hoping To Do The Same With AI

Inside Levi’s Bold Reinvention: CEO Michelle Gass on the Future of Denim

Why Asia is Leading in Stablecoin Adoption

How stablecoins are reshaping finance for banks and the underbanked

Why Asia is Leading in Stablecoin Adoption

Are We In The AI Bubble?

India will be a leader incross-border AI apps, B Capital co-founder predicts

Why Singapore has become a popular gateway into Asia's tech scene

The Defense Startups Seeing an Investment Surge

Europe's Defense Boom: What’s the Catch?

Europe's Defense Tech Startups Raised A Record $5.2 Billion

Singapore's F1 race boosts tourism beyond its borders

Why Investors Are Betting Billions on Europe's Defense Tech

Inside GlobalFoundries: CEO Tim Breen on Growth, Scale, and Leadership

A Top VC's Guide to the Hottest Asian Markets for Tech Right Now

Inside the Pop & Roll art toilet in Budapest

Ping An’s Vision: The Future of Care in China

The Business Behind Your Boba

Is Bubble Tea a Global Goldmine?

Boba: Boom or Bust?

Why Chinese Bubble Tea Chains Are Brewing Billions

How this Madrid nightspot has been entertaining A-listers for seven decades

Inside the Madrid hotel built for royals

Meet the Michelin starred chef using science to surprise his diners

Rockstar Yungblud on leveraging his online fanbase to launch a bricks and mortar retail store

Inside the former bank buildings where Madrid's super-rich buy luxury goods

The Spanish ham that costs over $5,000 a leg

How the ultra wealthy travel in Madrid

Has Tech Employment Peaked?

A Solo Founder Could Build A Billion-Dollar Company

Why Is AI Customer Service So Bad?

Are Tech's Layoffs AI Related?

Have the AI Job Losses Started?

Why this team is trying to sequence 100,000 Asian genomes

Should We Be Clear Cutting Forests?

How Forests Power Sweden's Economy

How Sweden Makes Money From its Forests

Who Owns Sweden's Forests?

CRISPR-based gene editing revolutionized medicine—what's next?

Who really wins when old neighborhoods are redeveloped?

Corporates are 100% going to adopt stablecoins, says Kraken CEO

Can you tell if a 'public' space is privately owned?

Trump's crypto pivot is a big industry win, says Kraken CEO

The rise of London's POPS

Who owns London's (privately owned) public spaces?

Tariff volatility has confirmed why we need crypto, says Kraken CEO

Kraken co-CEO on the changing nature of crypto trading

Genomics explained: How tech revealed the information inside our DNA

Ripple president says she sees growing U.S. opportunity under pro-crypto administration

Stocks and bonds are the next frontier, Ripple's president says

A content creator's guide to Ho Chi Minh City

An expat chef's guide to Ho Chi Minh City

How Ripple is building the connective tissue between banks and the blockchain

Ripple president on stablecoins, Trump and tokenization

How Takeda’s CEO transformed the company into a global pharma powerhouse

Crypto’s future is built on principles, not price, says Cardano founder.

Bitcoin to hit $250,000 this year says Cardano founder

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson talks bitcoin’s $250,000 future

Perceived safety is critical for wide driverless car adoption: Pony.ai CEO

Pony.ai CEO on the future of autonomous driving and AI

I'm not worried about the next generation, says Singapore's Digital Minister

Singapore’s bold AI push: Digital minister Josephine Teo on innovation and global leadership

A content creator couple’s guide to Ho Chi Minh City

How one of Japan's largest insurers is pivoting to serve an aging population

Trump, the bitcoin reserve and the future of crypto

How Japan’s largest AI unicorn is shaping the future of deep learning

How autonomous driving technology supports Japan's aging truck drivers

How Formula 1 star Lando Norris gets ready for a race

How the CEO of one Asia's largest healthcare providers is expanding despite medical inflation

What if we could recycle textile waste instead?

Former Australian PM on why the gender pay gap is still a problem

F1 star Lando Norris and McLaren chief Zak Brown reveal how they staged the ultimate comeback