Nearly 60% of Chinese respondents said they used their mobile devices in-store to check and compare prices according to a study by JDA and Centiro.
Archives for October 2016
China DSP market to reach $7 billion in 2018
China DSP market is estimated to reach RMB 23.5 billion (USD 3.47 billion) in 2016 according to iiMedia Research. And, mobile DSP market is to reach RMB 13 billion (USD 1.92 billion).
China online FMCG has grown by 47% in Jun 2016
China online FMCG has grown by 47% in a 12-month period ended in June 2016 according to Kantar Worldpanel.
China surpassed the U.S. as the largest iOS App Store market
China has surpassed the United States as the largest market in the world for iOS App Store revenue earning over $1.7 billion in Q3 2016 according to App Annie.
Android Pay launched in Hong Kong
Google launched Android Pay yesterday in Hong Kong to speed through purchases in stores and in apps.
China online payment overview for Q2 2016
China Third-party online payment market had a total transaction value of RMB 4.65 trillion in Q2 2016, with an increase of 6.5% QoQ according to Analysis.
iOS fell to 13.5% of China smartphone sales in August 2016
iOS declined in Urban China, falling to 13.5% of smartphone sales according to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Android dropped 1.7 percentage points in the US.
Huawei among world’s top growing brand in 2016
Interbrand recently released their 2016 ranking of the Global Top Brands; Apple ranks first with $178,119 million brand value, followed by Google, Coca Cola, Microsoft, and Toyota.
Mastercard brings digital payment technology to Shanghai Free Trade Zone
Mastercard announced a strategic partnership in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (SFTZ) where Mastercard will be the global network and payment technology provider for a revolutionary commodities trading platform.
Top 10 mobile apps by MAUs in Sep 2016
The monthly active users (“MAU”) of WeChat reached 818 million in September 2016 with an increase of 32.8% YoY according to QuestMobile. Its daily active users (“DAU”) exceeded 625 million.
Top 3 smartphone brands in Sep 2016: Huawei, Vivo, Oppo
The top three smartphone brands in September 2016 are Huawei (22%), Vivo (15%), and Oppo (13%) according to Dixintong, China’s largest mobile phone retailer.
Top 3 categories for digital purchase in China are food, fashion, and household items
Retailer websites or apps are the first digital information source in all countries – most notably in the USA, UK, Germany, France and China according to a survey by Digitas.
Oppo overtaken Apple to Top 2 in India in August 2016
Oppo has for the very first time overtaken Apple to the number two smartphones brand in India by value in August 2016 according to GFK.