China’s growth of FMCG sales is weaker in Q1 2018 compared with previous quarters, while new retail accelerates the online and offline … [Read More...]
China Retail / Online Shopping Trends & Insights
China’s cross-border e-commerce retailer Vipshop obtained over 56 mn active annual customers in Q1 2018
Vipshop, one of the top cross-border e-commerce retail platforms in China, had the net revenue of RMB19.9 billion (US$3.2 billion) in Q1 2018 according to … [Read More...]
China Travel Trends & Insights
China shared accommodation market to reach US$7.83 bn by 2020
China’s shared accommodation market generated a total transaction of 14.5 billion yuan (US$2.27 bn) in 2017, up 70.6% from a year earlier, according to … [Read More...]
China overtakes New Zealand as top tourist source of Australia
China has replaced New Zealand as Australia’s top source of overseas visitors for the first time in the fiscal year 2017-2018, according to Tourism … [Read More...]
Media & Entertainment
China mobile short-video app market 2018; Tik Tok vs. Kuaishou
Kuaishou started to lead the short video market by reaching over 200 million MAU in November 2017. Tik Top, part of Toutiao, saw astonishing growth in MAU … [Read More...]
Weibo monthly active users reached 411M, 93% from mobile in Q1 2018
With ad budget in China shifting toward mobile, social and video, Weibo saw its revenues benefiting from this secular trend. Its business with advertising … [Read More...]
China Consumer Products
These 6 key marketing factors can help draw more FMCG Chinese buyers
When China’s FMCG growth returns, it doesn’t automatically happen to every brand. Here are six key factors. Kantar Worldpanel has reported that … [Read More...]
How to command price premium in China
In China market today, “consumption upgrading” is a buzzword, which means Chinese consumers are no longer focusing only on cheap prices, they are now more … [Read More...]
China Technology News
Tencent platforms overview in Q1 2018; WeChat MAU exceeded 1 bn
Tencent announced total revenue of USD11.693 bn for Q1 2018, an increase of 48% from Q1 2017. Monthly active user accounts (“MAU”) of QQ was 805.5 million, a decrease of 6.4% YoY. Smart device MAU was up by 2.4% … [Read More...]
WeChat Mini-Programs status report 2018; 470M MAU in Q1
WeChat Mini-Programs have finally passed through a period of high publicity and are settling into one of the silent advances and steady development, according to data from QuestMobile. Despite both hype and … [Read More...]
Xiaomi making promising start in Europe
Chinese smartphone brand Xiaomi, which is making debut in Europe, earned 4.4% of sales market share in five major European markets in Q1 2018, ranking No.4, according to latest smartphone OS data from Kantar … [Read More...]
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[REPORT] WeChat digital ecosystem 2018: WeChat Pay, Official Accounts, Mini-Programs
WeChat drove information consumption of 209.7 billion yuan in 2017, equivalent to 4.7% of China's total information consumption over the same period. The average annual growth from 2014 onwards surpassed 30%, 12.8 … [Read More...]