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China’s top e-commerce and retail are being integrated, a concept brought by Alibaba “New Retail”.

The largest shopping festivals in China are Double 11 (or Singles’ Day) in November and mid-year promotion 618 (August 18).

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Alibaba’s e-commerce platform AliExpress launched influencer program

AliExpress, Alibaba Group’s export e-commerce platform, announced last week that it will empower over 100,000 content creators and influencers worldwide to bring new jobs and

China online shopping market overview Q1 2020

The transactions of China’s online shopping market is expected to reach 2.1 trillion yuan in Q1 2020, down 33.3% quarter on quarter or decrease of

China mid-year 618 shopping festival: Taobao vs. JD

China is warming up for the largest shopping festival since the coronavirus outbreak, the mid-year 618 Shopping Festival.

Shoppers could soon buy JD products on Kuaishou platform

Kuaishou (Kwai) Technology and Jingdong (JD) Retail Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement on 27 May 2020 that enables users to buy JD products on

Meituan in Q1 2020; total revenues down 12.6%

Meituan’s total revenues decreased by 12.6% year-over-year to RMB16.8 billion from RMB19.2 billion in Q1 2019. The operating loss for Q1 2020 expanded on a

Taobao Live’s Stunning Growth in 2020

Taobao recently announced plans to host live streaming sessions from 300,000 merchants per day in 2020. Wholesalers and manufacturers in factory cluster areas, such as

Alibaba in Q1 2020; 960 million active consumers globally

Alibaba Revenue was 114,314 million yuan (US$16,144 million) in Q1 2020, an increase of 22% year-over-year. The total revenues for its fiscal year reached 509,711

Pinduoduo in Q1 2020; 600 million active buyers, up 42%

Pinduoduo (NASDAQ: PDD), one of the top e-commerce platforms in China, saw its GMV more than doubled to 1,157.2 billion yuan (US$163.4 billion) in the

China’s retail sales down 16% in the Jan-Apr 2020; online grew by 1.7%

China’s total retail sales of consumer goods reached 2,817.8 billion yuan (US$398.10 bn) in April 2020, down 7.5% year on year (the actual decline was

JD.com active customers increased by 25% to 387 million in Q1 2020

JD.com net revenues for Q1 2020 were 146.2 billion yuan (US$120.6 billion), an increase of 20.7% from Q1 2019, according to its unaudited financial results.

Nearly Half of Consumers Prefer to Watch Videos to Aware Luxuries

Alibaba launched Tmall Luxury Soho, targeting Gen-Z luxury shoppers

Alibaba quietly launched Luxury Soho, a new channel on the Tmall e-commerce platform targeting young and value-conscious luxury shoppers. Coach, MCM among the first to

Pinduoduo’s first strategic investment: household appliance retailer GOME

China’s leading social e-commerce platform Pinduoduo (NASDAQ: PDD) announced on 19 April 2020 it will subscribe to US$200 million in convertible bonds (“CBs”) issued by

China’s retail sales dropped by 19% in Q1 2020

In Q1 2020, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China reached 7,858.0 billion yuan (US$1,110.14 billion), down by 19.0% year on year. The

Megvii to empower cosmetics retailers with virtual makeup solutions

Kuangshi Technologies, or Megvii as China’s largest facial recognition developer, released FaceStyle beauty cloud solution to empower the beauty industry with AI technologies such as

Sales from Alibaba live streaming platform grew by 150% for 3 consecutive years

Taobao sales referred from Taobao Live, Alibaba’s live streaming platform, grew by 150% for 3 consecutive years from 2017 to 2019. Hangzhou, the headquarter of

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eBook: Small Town Youth, New Growth Engine in China

The average monthly disposable income of new small-town youths from China’s lower-tier cities is 3,730 yuan, compared with 5,401 yuan of young people in China’s

eBook: China E-Commerce Factories

E-commerce factory is the collaboration of the manufacturing industry and the internet. Under the circumstances of retail sector being depressed while the traffic of e-commerce