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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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

Tmall Global overview in 2018

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

Pinduoduo and Taobao share over 137 million overlapping users

2018 marked the fourth wave of IPO fever with 42 companies going public. The overlapping users reached 137.87 million among Pinduoduo (272.6 million) and mobile

How the biggest shopping festival affects China e-commerce apps users growth, engagement, and loyalty

Online shopping has become a lifestyle in China. Let’s take a look at the influence of China’s biggest shopping festival Double 11 in 2018 on

Top mobile shopping apps in China 2019; penetration, usage, user profile

In China, 71.7% of mobile devices had shopping apps installed. Mobile Taobao has the highest install penetration of 52.5%. The 7-day user retention of new users is

P&G’s e-commerce sales on Alibaba Tmall grew by 1,000 times in 10 years

Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) has become one of the most well-known international brands in China since it entered the market 31 years

Online accounted for 21.2% of total consumer retail sales in Jan, Feb 2019

Total retail sales of consumer goods in China grew by 8.2% year-on-year to US$984.49bn in the first two months of 2019. Over 85% came from