The latest research data from Yandex Pay shows that the number of purchases from China by Russian increased by 3.5 times over last summer while the value of transactions with Chinese retailers on Yandex Pay increased by 3.3 times. … [Read more...]
Xiami Technology News, Statistics & Insights
Xiaomi is a privately owned Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing, China. Its founder and CEO is Lei Jun. It started designing and selling flagship smartphone Mi and it has expanded into a wider range of consumer electronics.
Xiaomi, founded on 6 April 2010 by Lei Jun, focused their resources on online and mobile channels forgoing expensive retail outlets and sells mobile phones directly to consumers in China. It offers batches of 200,000 to 300,000 phones at a time, and they often sell out in minutes, which is a common marketing tactic employed by Xiaomi.
Xiaomi is good at social e-commerce marketing on Weibo, Wechat, Baidu Tieba, QQ, and other online forums. When it was just founded, their staff spent a lot of time on forums, making comments, and posting. And they also searched for senior users in forums and picked out 100 out of 1000 to join their operating system design and feedback.
Official website: Mi.com
GUIDE Micro-Commerce: WeChat Business Market in China
Micro-commerce, conducted through social media and chat software such as WeChat, is a hot market in China. It is viewed by enterprises as a new and improved way to market and sell compared to traditional e-commerce models, and by consumers as a quicker, less effort-intensive way to shop, using recommendations and shared information from people they trust. … [Read more...]
China smartphone market overview Q2 2017
According to the latest research from Counterpoint, the smartphones shipments in China grew a modest 3% annually during Q2 2017. … [Read more...]
Xiaomi smartphone shipment grew by 70% in Q2 2017
The shipment volume of Xiaomi smartphones totaled 23.16 million in the second quarter of 2017 with an increase of 70% QoQ according to an internal letter by Lei Jun. … [Read more...]
An overview of China’s quality retail e-commerce users
Premium quality products are becoming increasingly popular in China, and more and more e-commerce companies are turning its focus from low prices to high quality including Netease Yanxuan, Mijia Youpin (Xiaomi), Biyao, and Tmall (Taobao Xinxuan). … [Read more...]
Top 10 smartphone brands in China in April 2017
The total sales of smartphones in China reached 35.52 million units in April 2017, led by Huawei with 8.08 million units and 22.8% market share. … [Read more...]
Apple captured 16% wearable device market in Q1 2017, followed by Xiaomi
Global wearable devices shipments totaled 22 million units in the first quarter of 2017 with an increase of 21% YoY according to Strategy Analytics. … [Read more...]
China smartphone shipments overview Q1 2017
Phone companies shipped a total of 347.4 million smartphones worldwide in the first quarter of 2017. Huawei grew nearly 22% in China as shipments climbed from 28.1 million units last year, to 34.2 million units in Q1 2017 according to IDC. … [Read more...]
China smartphone market insights for Q1 2017
iPhone has the highest retention rate (18.6%) in Q1 2017, followed by Huawei (13.4%). However, Huawei is the top smartphone brand in China by sales (19.2%) in the first quarter of 2017, followed by OPPO (18.7%). … [Read more...]
China smartphone market overview in Feb 2017
iOS market share dropped to 26.3% in China's smartphone market from 29.1% in January 2017 according to a research company Newzoo. … [Read more...]
Top 10 Android App Stores in China in 2016
The top 10 Android app stores by total user coverage in China in December 2016 according to TalkingData are: … [Read more...]
China smartphone sales overview in Jan 2017
Top China smartphone brands Oppo and Vivo had the highest market share by total shipment volume while Honor and Xiaomi generated most online sales in January 2017. … [Read more...]
Top smartphone models in China in 2016
China smartphone shipments were up 9% in Q4 2016 and 12% in 2016 according to Counterpoint. Huawei, Oppo, and Vivo (HOV) emerged as clear winners in 2016. … [Read more...]
Top 30 Chinese Export Brands 2017
Lenovo was ranked the most powerful Chinese export brand by WPP and Kantar Millward Brown, followed by Huawei, Alibaba, Elex and Xiaomi. … [Read more...]
Top travel apps in China in Sep 2016
Qunar was ranked the top generic travel booking app by coverage in September 2016 according to data from TalkingData, followed by Ctrip and LY.com apps. … [Read more...]
OPPO leading China smartphone market in Q3 2016
The total shipment of smartphones in China exceeded 115.1 million units in Q3 2016 according to IDC data, led by Oppo (17.5%), Vivo (16.7%), and Huawei (15.7%). … [Read more...]