Looking into Taobao Light Store with Starbucks
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China Retail & E-Commerce
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China’s top e-commerce and retail are being integrated, a concept brought by Alibaba “New Retail”. The largest shopping festival in China are Double 11 (or Singles’ Day) in November and mid-year promotion 618 (August 18). View articles related to China’s retail, new retail, online shoppers, and e-commerce market statistics, trends and insights below.
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The gap behind China’s e-commerce factories
This is the third part of a three-part series on e-commerce companies’ exploration and collaboration with the manufacturing industry. Read part 1 here and part 2
China’s retail sales grew by 8% in 2019; online up 16.5%
In 2019, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China reached 41,164.9 billion yuan (US$6,010 bn), up by 8.0% year-on-year (nominal growth rate). The
Pinduoduo and Taobao’s manufacturing strategies
This is the second part of a three-part series on e-commerce companies’ exploration and collaboration with the manufacturing industry. Read part 1 here. You can
Insights of e-commerce and manufacturing collaboration in China
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China approved 24 more cross-border e-commerce pilot cities and relaxed forex in FTZs
China has announced another 24 cities as pilot zones for cross-border e-commerce to boost exports in December 2019 according to a statement released by the
Case study: selling luxury product through Taobao live broadcast
Feiyu Live Broadcast Competition in categories such as clothing, jewelry, and makeup is stiff in Taobao’s live streaming ecosystem and there are still opportunities in
China annual consumer retail sales up 8% in Nov 2019
Total consumer goods retail sales in China reached 3,809.4 billion yuan (US$545.35 bn) in November 2019, increasing by 8.0% year-on-year (nominal growth rate. Real growth
Tencent Live adds Product Window to WeChat live broadcasting
Tencent Live launched a new feature Product Window that merchants can use to display added products to the live broadcasting sessions. Merchants can also associate
Mobile shopping users and top e-commerce apps in China in Q3 2019
China’s online shopping users reached 370 million on desktop and over 1 billion unique mobile devices in September 2019. They use an average of 2.22
Kuaishou live broadcast DAU exceeded 100 million in 2019
Kuaishou, also known as Kwai, announced last week its daily active live broadcasting users exceeded 100 million. 56% of Kuaishou anchors are post-90s.
China’s year-end shopping festival Double 12 is on
Following Double 11 2019, the last major shopping festival is Double 12. Alibaba’s Taobao of Double 12 will focus on live broadcasting; everyone is the
Alibaba officially listed on Hong Kong Exchanges
Alibaba Group Holding Limited (“Alibaba” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BABA and HKEX: 9988) has officially listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Exchanges
Meituan annual paying users up 14% to 436 million in Q3 2019
Total Gross Transaction Volume (GTV) on Meituan platform grew by 33.6% to RMB194.6 billion in Q3 2019 from RMB145.7 billion for Q3 2018 according to
China Double 11 shopping festival statistics 2019; best-selling brands
Alibaba’s Tmall reached 10 billion yuan in less than two minutes (00:01:36) and 30 billion yuan in about 5 minutes (00:05:25), 50 billion in 13
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