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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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

KFC & Ting Hsin’s attempts in membership e-commerce in China

At the KFC V Mall, an order was placed with excitement. The price was pretty good! It’s 10 yuan lower with a 20 yuan coupon

China’s consumption trends from National Day Golden Week 2019

During the National Day Golden Week (October 1-7) this year, online consumption is showing trends towards refinement, efficiency, and intelligence. Traveling is still the main

3 popular models of social e-commerce in China

Social e-commerce is a segment that involves utilizing communication channels such as social networking websites, SNS, WeChat, Weibo, social media as well as the social

Tencent Live integrates live streaming with e-commerce mini programs

Though still in testing phase Tencent Live integrates live streaming with its mini program. Brands can embed HTML5 based product on its mini program as

Alibaba’s Tmall kicks off Double 11 2019

The largest annual shopping festival in China Double 11 is less than two months away; Alibaba’s B2C e-commerce platform Tmall has kicked off this year’s

Alibaba’s Hema penetrating low-tier cities with Hema Mini supermarket

On September 3, the 5th day of the opening of the Hema Mini in Shanghai’s Pujiang City Life Plaza, RMB 0.99 for Hangzhou cabbages and

Baidu going after e-commerce sales with investment in Youzan

Baidu completed a strategic investment in a Hong Kong-listed retail technology solution company Youzan last month, with a transaction value of approximately US$30 million. Youzan

JD Worldwide expands partnership with ANZ region milk brand a2

JD Worldwide has recently expanded its strategic partnership with The a2 Milk Company, the renowned ANZ region dairy brand. The strengthened partnership will see JD

Ingredients to win omnichannel retail in China

For all retailers and manufacturers around the world, the big question is always the same: “how do we grow when, globally, volumes are sluggish?” If

Alibaba’s B2B retail platform Ling Shou Tong has reached 1.3 million mom-and-pop stores

Alibaba’s B2B retail platform Ling Shou Tong has reached 1.3 million mom-and-pop stores as of August 2019 according to Lin Xiaohai, the Vice President of

China mobile shopping users close to 1 billion in H1 2019; low-tier cities, mini programs contributed to the growth

The number of monthly active users on mobile shopping in China reached 997 million in June 2019, an increase of 15.6% YoY according to data

Meituan highlights Q2 2019; annual transactions per customer increased to 25.5

Total Gross Transaction Volume (GTV) on Meituan Dianping’s e-commerce platform grew by 28.7% to RMB159.2 billion in Q2 2019 from RMB123.7 billion in Q2 2018.