Retail & E-Commerce

Alibaba performance in Q1 and fiscal year 2019

Alibaba reported fiscal year revenue growth of 51% as well as robust user growth and engagement. Excluding the effects of consolidating acquired businesses, revenue would

A Chinese retailer’s digital transformation journey

Last November, Tianhong’s Junshang 3019sp@ce supermarket officially upgraded to a WeChat payment smart retail store. The number of cashiers reduced from 15-20 to only two

JD performance highlights Q1 2019; renewed agreement with Tencent

Jingdong (JD) net revenues for the first quarter of 2019 were RMB 121.1 billion (US$118.0 billion), an increase of 20.9% from the first quarter of

Chen Jiubei, an agriculture livestreamer, helped farmers in her hometown in Hunan province sell up to 2 million kilograms of previously unsaleable oranges in just 13 days last winter."

Taobao to enable farmers to find new markets and customers

Taobao will leverage its live streaming technology to help incubate 1,000 key opinion leaders in China’s countryside in an effort to boost rural development according

Have you utilized live video broadcasting for your China e-commerce sales?

Live video broadcasting has proven to be a fun, engaging way to connect with followers and grow the audience. 78% of online viewers are watching

5 consumption trends of post-90s on Tmall Global

There are five trends of China’s post-90s and post-95s consumers’ consumption on Tmall Global. They care very much about their appearances and spend a lot

China cross-border online shopper to exceed 200 million by 2020

Tmall Global introduced 122% more overseas brands in 2018, over 80% of which enter into the Chinese market for the first time. China cross-border import

How Tmall played a vital role in China’slargest wool and textile enterprise

When talking about e-commerce, Chen Zhongwei, general manager of Hengyuanxiang, said: “E-Commerce has indeed subverted our understanding of the entire business model.” He felt that

China online shoppers trends 2019

The higher educated Chinese are the least likely to be attracted by incentivized sharing. Nearly 90% of users with middle school or lower education spent

China retail market overview for Q1 2019; online grew by 15%, 23% of total

Total retail sales of consumer goods in China increased to US$1,457 billion in Q1 2019 and roughly 85.3% came from urban areas. Online retail sales

E-commerce companies investment in retail: China vs. the U.S.

Tmall Innovation Center is able to design and incubate products more precisely and efficiently based on data from 600 million consumers. It has successfully incubated

China announced new reduced import tax for 9 April 2019 onwards

China’s Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council decided to adjust the import tax on imported goods according to the website of the Ministry of