The transactions of cross-border e-commerce in China reached US$1.22 trillion in 2017, with an increase of 20% from 2016 (US$1.01 trillion). The transactions of export e-commerce totaled US$0.84 trillion in 2016, up 22.49% from last year, and reached US$0.42 trillion in the first half year of 2017. The transactions of cross-border e-commerce in China is estimated […]
Alibaba buys into Focus Media to find New Retail synergy
Alibaba buys into China’s leading out-of-home (OOH) marketing network which covers 150 cities and creates 500 million daily offline impressions. Alibaba Group announced on July 19 that it will pay US$1.43 billion for a 6.62% share of Shanghai-based Focus Media. It will also acquire another 5% interest in it within the next 12 months. Alibaba […]
China’s B2B e-commerce exceeded US$3 trillion transaction in 2017
The transactions of B2B E-Commerce market in China reached 20.5 trillion yuan (US$3.07 trillion) in 2017, an increase of 22.75% year-on-year. The total revenues of B2B market in China reached US$5.24 billion, led by Alibaba and HC360. B2B E-Commerce revenues went up by 34.6% year-on-year to 35 billion yuan (US$5.24 bn) in 2017. Within this market, […]
How Tmall, Alibaba’s new retail, could transform RT-Mart
How can Alibaba change RT-Mart? Since Alibaba invested 22.4 billion yuan (US$3.43 billion) in the retail chain’s parent company, Sun Art Retail Group, the answer to this question has become much-anticipated. This is the largest attempt to transform a commercial retail enterprise along “new retail” lines in China so far. “I strongly believe that Alibaba’s […]
Cross-border e-commerce startup Xiaohongshu reached 100 mn users in May 2018
China’s e-commerce startup Xiaohongshu, or “Little Red Book,” has raised US$300 million with a valuation in excess of US$3 billion on May 31, 2018. Alibaba led this financing round, some famous investors GSR Ventures, Tencent Investment, GGV Capital, Genesis Capital, Tiantu Capital, Zhen Fund, and K11 Adrian Cheng have also participated.
[REPORT] China Shopping Behavior 2018; value growth of FMCG rebounded
For the first time since Kantar started tracking China’s shopping behaviors six years ago, the rate of total value growth increased over the previous year, from 3.6% in 2016 to 4.3% in 2017. In many ways, the “two-speed” phenomenon still exists, but higher speeds are now more prevalent, driven by premiumization. High-speed categories are steadily […]
Top Public Cloud in APAC in Q1 2018; Alibaba, Tencent among top 5
Within public cloud services market, Alibaba Cloud ranked second in the APAC region and fourth worldwide. In China, the top five cloud providers are all local companies. China now accounts for a third of the total APAC market and its share of the regional total is increasing each quarter. 81% of WeChat users playing Mini-Games […]
Alibaba’s first eWTP hub gone live in Malaysia 2018
Alibaba Group’s first eWTP hub outside of China has gone live in Malaysia. The milestone follows Alibaba’s partnership with the Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) to work jointly to enable Malaysian small and medium-sized enterprises to benefit from global trade.
China’s FMCG sales growth decelerates in Q1 2018
China’s growth of FMCG sales is weaker in Q1 2018 compared with previous quarters, while new retail accelerates the online and offline integration. Kantar Worldpanel reports that the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market in the first quarter of 2018 was relatively weak with value growing by just 2.3% in the latest 12 weeks compared to […]
Top selling brands on Taobao / Tmall in 2017
Influenced by the “double 12” shopping festival, the rankings of best-selling brands have changed greatly in December. In women’s clothing category, Taobao brands RUMERE, MG Xiaoxiang, and DAXI RETRO STYLING have broken into the ranking of top 10. In women’s shoes category, OCANDY, a web celebrity brand, has moved into the top 10. In men’s […]
Top smartphone, technology brands in China 2018
The top smartphone brands in China are Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi, Samsung and OPPO according to Tencent’s Penguin Intelligence research. The top internet/technology brands are Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, and Jingdong (JD.com). Tencent’s research also revealed the top high-end automobile brands, led by Benz, BMW, and Audi. Chinese brands are mostly purchased among 86.1% consumers, followed by […]
2016-2017 China National Image Global Survey
China’s overall image is steadily improving overseas. Countries whose score of China rose the most were all developed countries; awareness of the Belt and Road Initiative rose significantly from three years ago; Chinese food and high-speed railway are most mentioned cultural and high-tech elements.
Understanding China’s Retail Trends in 2018
China retail giant Suning held its annual spring conference this month; as the largest O2O retail enterprise in China, this meeting does not just announce Suning’s strategy and development goals for 2018, but also serves as a bellwether for the whole retail industry in China. Looking back at Alibaba and Suning’s 2017, it is possible […]
Top 10 iOS app publishers in China in Nov 2017, led by Tencent, NetEase
NetEase rose to the second place right after Tencent in November 2017 by total number of iOS app downloads with two mobile games, Knives Out and Rules of Survival according to App Annie.
Singles Day (Double 11) Consumer Report 2017 – Hottest physical goods are apparel, shoes and food
About 10 years ago, Chinese young people jokingly named each year’s November 11 as “Singles Day” because all digits for this day are the lonesome “1”. Alibaba Group saw a commercial opportunity and in 2009 launched an online sales festival to “celebrate” the Singles Day. Now it has become the world’s largest e-commerce as Alibaba’s […]