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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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.

Pinduoduo’s annual active buyers exceeded 483 mn, ranking second in Q2 2019

China e-commerce platform Pinduoduo reported total revenues in the second quarter of RMB7,290.0 million (US$1,061.9 million), an increase of 169% from RMB2,709.0 million in Q2

E-commerce transactions on WeChat mini-programs grew by 27 times in H1 2019

The number of e-commerce transactions on WeChat mini-programs increased by 27 times year-on-year in the first half of 2019, according to an official Tencent report.