Retail & E-Commerce

China National Day golden week retail sales hit US$202 bn in 2018

Total sales of retail and food & beverage enterprises in China amounted to 1.4 trillion yuan (US$202.16 bn). The average daily sales increased by 9.5%

Secret of Taobao Global: turning individual overseas Chinese to online celebrities

One afternoon of a working day, a jewelry buyer Xiaotian went on a live broadcast in Hong Kong, calling the customer “Baby”, tried on and

China online retail exceeded US$593 bn in H1 2018, led by Tmall & JD

The transactions of the online retail market in China totaled US$593.18 bn in H1 2018, representing 22.7% of total retail sales. Meanwhile, the mobile shopping market

China cross-border e-commerce market overview H1 2018

Transactions of China’s cross-border e-commerce exceeded US$654 billion in H1 2018. The export business accounted for 77.1% while B2B took 84.6% in shares by transactions. Transactions of

China B2B e-commerce market overview in H1 2018, led by Alibaba, HC360

The transactions and revenues of China’s B2B e-commerce totaled US$1.63 trillion and US$3.71 billion in the first half of 2018, respectively. Alibaba.com, HC360.com, and Cogobuy were

China mobile e-commerce users overview in H1 2018

The number of mobile e-commerce users in China totaled 473 million in 2017, an increase of 13.2%. It is expected to reach 512 million by

Top e-commerce mobile apps in China in Q2 2018

Mobile Taobao led the top 10 comprehensive e-commerce apps ranking with the highest penetration rate of 51.8%, followed by Pinduoduo (26.2%) and JD (23.5%). Pinduoduo

China cross-border e-commerce rebound with US$14.74 bn in Q2 2018

China’s cross-border import retail e-commerce bounced back to 100.52 billion yuan (US$14.74 bn) in Q2 2018 with a growth rate of 22.4%. In the B2C segment,

China cross-border shopper study 2018; 70% buy overseas at least once a month

Over 20% of Chinese bought through Haitao (buying overseas) once a week in H1 2018, increased by 8.5% from last year. Over 40% of Chinese

China’s supermarkets aim to become the 3rd social space

Supermarkets start to gain popularity among the young population in China. The future supermarket becomes young people’s third social space. 7FRESH is positioned as Jingdong

Alibaba’s cross border e-commerce platform AliExpress reached 150 million buyers

AliExpress, Alibaba’s cross-border online retail platform, reached an accumulated 150 million overseas buyers, with a 50 million newly added users since April 2017. Meanwhile, its

China retail sales up 9% in Aug 2018; online grew by over 28% this year as of August

In August 2018, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 3,154.2 billion yuan (US$459.21 bn), up by 9.0% year-on-year (nominal growth rate), according to