Tmall Global plans to open six new procurement centers across the world to help overseas vendors capture Chinese consumers’ booming appetite for newer and better imported goods according to Alizila. The centers will be established in Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong, as well as in the regions of North America, Europe and Oceania.
Black Friday continues to be a revenue driver for cross-border e-commerce platforms in 2017
With “Black Friday” falling just two weeks after this year’s 11.11 promotions, it was probably inevitable that consumer fatigue and diminished enthusiasm (not to mention diminished wallets) would sap the strength of the latter. Though cross-border e-commerce platforms introduced various discounts and promotions in the week leading up to Black Friday, most of them failed […]
China cross-border e-commerce market overview for Q3 2017
Cross-border e-commerce has increasingly become a mainstream way for Chinese consumers to access imported goods without traveling abroad or paying large markups at domestic supermarkets. Over the past few quarters, it has shown explosive growth, led by JD Worldwide, Tmall Global, and specialty platform Netease Kaola. China’s cross-border e-commerce retail market reached 81.57 billion yuan […]
REPORT China cross-border e-commerce (Part 2)
Part 2 of 2 in CIW’s report on cross-border e-commerce in China (Part 1). The retail cross-border e-commerce segment makes up a significant fraction of the cross-border e-commerce market, with its 3.05 trillion yuan (US$ 457 billion) revenue accounting for 48.5% of 2016’s total 6.3 trillion yuan (US$944.5 billion) of China’s cross-border e-commerce market. Thus far in […]
REPORT China cross-border e-commerce (Part 1)
E-commerce enterprises in China have taken an increasing role spearheading cross-border commerce in goods and services between China and other nations. As consumers within the country have become more affluent, some enterprises have begun importing increasing amounts of high-quality consumer goods from abroad while others provide platforms for importers to sell goods B2C and C2C.
Tmall Global cross-border products grew by 50% in 2016
Alibaba’s cross-border e-commerce platform Tmall Global product categories grow by 50% to 3,700 in 2016, with more than 14,500 international brands from 63 countries and regions.
Tmall Global shoppers’ favorite: the U.S., Japan, Germany
China cross-border e-commerce total transactions reached RMB 751.2 billion in 2015, an increase of 69% YoY according to Alibaba.
Taobao/Tmall Users vs Tmall Global Users
Tmall Global was officially launched on Feb 19 2014 by Alibaba which is designed for supplying imported goods for domestic consumers.