China is a huge laboratory of innovation, says retail expert Angela Wang, and in this lab, everything takes place on people’s phones. Five hundred million Chinese consumers — the equivalent of the combined populations of the US, UK and Germany — regularly make purchases via mobile platforms, even in brick-and-mortar stores. What will this transformation mean for the future of shopping? Learn more about the new business-as-usual, where everything is ultra-convenient, ultra-flexible and ultra-social.

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Ecommerce in Asia is growing. This year, Asia Pacific is set to overtake North America as the largest e-commerce market in the world. CNBC’s Julia Wood takes a look at how.

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This growth is creating lucrative opportunities for start ups such as Singapore based Zalora, which has raised more than 200 million dollars over the past 12 months. CNBC speaks to Zalora and other business leaders to find out how they are adapting to increased consumer awareness of e-commerce.

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