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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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

10 customers and partners from eight different markets

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

Spending per buyer on Pinduoduo grew 75% to US$219 in Q3 2019

Pinduoduo’s 12-month GMV ended September 30, 2019 was RMB840.2 billion (US$2,117.5 billion), an increase of 144% YoY. Its total revenues in Q3 2019 were RMB7,513.9

Retail sales of consumer goods in China totaled US$542 billion in Oct 2019, up 7.2%

In October 2019, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China reached 3,810.4 billion yuan (US$542 billion), up by 7.2% year-on-year (nominal growth rate.

Discount e-commerce platform Vipshop active customers increased by 21% in Q3 2019

Vipshop (NYSE: VIPS), a leading online discount retailer for brands in China, reported 17% YoY growth in GMV to RMB 31.7 billion (US$4.51 billion) for

JD in Q3 2019: Pinduoduo killer launched, monthly active users up 36%

Jingdong’s (JD) annual active customer accounts increased to 334.4 million in the twelve months ended in Q3 2019 from 321.3 million in the twelve months

Apple’s iPhone 11 sales broke 100 million yuan in 1 minute on Double 11 2019

In the recent “Double 11 2019” shopping festival in China, Apple’s official flagship store on Tmall “Singles Day” transaction exceeded 7 times of last year’s

Top Mini-Programs in Oct 2019; China’s mini-apps war led by online shopping

In addition to Tencent’s WeChat, Baidu, and Ant Financial’s Alipay, many other large Chinese Internet companies have been taking actions in building their mini-program ecosystems.

Alibaba e-commerce platform highlights in Q3 2019

In September 2019, Alibaba’s China retail marketplaces had 785 million mobile MAUs, representing a quarterly net increase of 30 million. Annual active consumers on Alibaba’s

Alibaba Double 11 festival 2019 expecting 500 million buyers

Alibaba kicked off its 2019 Double Eleven Global Shopping Festival 2019 last week, with a focus on “new consumption,” “new business” and actively contributing to

Tmall Hey Box: Alibaba’s best seller incubator for top brands

Launched in 2017, Hey Box of Alibaba’s Tmall is designed specifically to provide new product release marketing solutions to brands. 50 million new products were