Retail & E-Commerce

Tmall and JD had a combined market share of over 85% in China’s B2C e-commerce market in Q4 2018

In China, the online retail B2C e-commerce grew by 28.4% to a US$226.38bn market in Q4 2018. Tmall took the lead, followed by JD, Suning,

China retail market to exceed US$5.6 trillion by 2019

The total retail sales in China is projected to exceed US$5.6trn in 2019, eclipsing that of the U.S. by around US$1,00 billion. The growth rate

Alibaba business highlights for Tmall, Taobao, and new retail in Q4 2018

Alibaba generated 117,278 million yuan (US$17,057 million) in revenue for the quarter ended December 31, 2018, an increase of 41% year-over-year. Mobile Taobao’s MAUs increased by

Watsons partners with NetEase in offline retail

The roughly 3-year-old NetEast Yanxuan co-branded with Watsons to form a sub-brand as a brick-and-mortar retail store featured with life aesthetics. It launched in Pazhou Poly

China’s US$16bn cross-border e-commerce market overview in Q4 2018

China’s cross-border import retail e-commerce market grew by 36% to US$16.86 billion in Q4 2018. Tmall Global and NetEase Kaola together account for 56.2% of

China retail market overview 2018; rural areas grew by 10.1%, online retail up 24%

In the whole year of 2018, the total retail sales of consumer goods amounted to 38,098.7 billion yuan (US$5,620.13 billion), up by 9.0% year-on-year (nominal

Alibaba’s Tmall to incubate 100 new products for 10 billion yuan GMV in 2019

It is becoming trendy and vital for brands to make products debut on Alibaba’s B2C e-commerce platform Tmall. Tmall also makes great efforts to help

New e-commerce regulations in China you should be aware in 2019

Individual agents (Daigou), who frequently promote products on WeChat Moment or sell products in live streaming and short videos, all share a new name “e-commerce

Chinese post-95s spent 80% more buying overseas in 2018

Post-90s was the main force of Chinese Haitao users while post-80s held the strongest per capita consumption power. Surprisingly, post-95s attracted extensive attention as its

China retail trend 2019; to hit US$6.77 trillion, fueled by e-commerce and new retail

China’s retail market is estimated to hit US$6.77 trillion by 2019 with e-commerce representing 14.46% of this market. The population of post-80s and post-90s totaled nearly

Alibaba’s Tmall led China’s US$186 billion online retail B2C market in Q3 2018 with almost 60% market share

China’s online retail B2C market reached US$186.13B in Q3 2018. Tmall led this market with a share of 59.5%, followed by JD.com (25.8%) and Suning

Top mobile e-commerce apps in China Q3 2018; top 3 are Taobao, Pinduoduo, and JD

The market penetration of comprehensive e-commerce apps reached 82.6%, an 11.3% increase year-on-year in China. Its average daily active users dropped by nearly 6.3 million