China's total retail sales of consumer goods reached 2,945.9 US$430.8 billion in May, up by 10.7% YoY. Online retail accounted for over 17% of total … [Read More...]
China Retail / Online Shopping Trends & Insights
French beauty brand L’Occitane to open its first Café in China
Recently, French beauty product retailer L'Occitane is opening the first Café in mainland China (Nanjing). As the brand competition becomes more and more … [Read More...]
China Travel Trends & Insights
China online travel market overview Q1 2017
China online travel market exceeded 210 billion yuan in Q1 2017 with an increase of 51.5% YoY, led by Ctrip, Qunar, and Alitrip. … [Read More...]
China online accommodation market overview Q1 2017
The transactions of China online accommodation market totaled 37.202 billion yuan in Q1 2017 with an increase of 43.24% YoY according to data from … [Read More...]
Media & Entertainment
Tencent dominates China’s social ads market in Q1 2017
China social ads market totaled 6.73 billion yuan in the first quarter of 2017 with an increase of 46.4% YoY or -6.5% QoQ according to data from Analysis. … [Read More...]
WeChat testing search ads for mini-programs
WeChat users start seeing mini-program advertisements after searching since 16 June 2017 as shown in the screen capture below: … [Read More...]
China Consumer Products
INFOGRAPHIC 5 Ideal life trends from Alibaba shoppers
Sales data from Alibaba's online retail platforms for 2016 reveals the five key behavioral trends of China's online shoppers when compared to figures from … [Read More...]
3 driving forces in China’s consumer markets
Despite the slowdown in economic growth, China will continue to be one of the fastest growing consumer markets in the foreseeable future. Three emerging … [Read More...]
China Technology News
4YFN will introduce 150 startups at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2017
After the huge and recent success of 4YFN’s original and main startup event: 4YFN Barcelona, which in just over 4 years, has grown from 2,500 attendees in 2013 to 19,000 this year, the platform continues to expand … [Read More...]
WeChat just made mini-programs discoverable by keywords
WeChat team announced a new feature over the weekend that makes WeChat Mini-Program discoverable by keywords searching. … [Read More...]
Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2017 (28 Jun-1 Jul) highlights
The GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai, will be held 28 June – 1 July 2017 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). … [Read More...]
Top 10 smartphone brands in China in April 2017
The total sales of smartphones in China reached 35.52 million units in April 2017, led by Huawei with 8.08 million units and 22.8% market share. … [Read More...]