by Editor | Nov 22, 2017 | Business in China, China Business News, China Ecommerce, China Marketing Channels, China technology, Featured, Infographic, Market Research in China
This year singles day was another record setting China shopping festival. With every ecommerce operator beating last year’s sales, Alibaba was still in the lead. In the last few years, Chinese Singles’ Day or Guanggun Jie (光棍节) has become the biggest China...
by Editor | Aug 16, 2017 | Business in China, China Business News, China Ecommerce, Digital Marketing in China, Market Research in China
Over the last couple of years, ecommerce giants like Alibaba and JD.com have been cooperating with the government to plug China’s rural market into its vast online economy. The phenomenon of so called Taobao villages is one of the consequences of this approach....
by Editor | Jun 22, 2016 | Branding in China, China Ecommerce, China Localization Strategies, China Marketing Channels, Digital Marketing in China, Featured, Infographic, Market Research in China
It is no secret that the majority of online shoppers on Chinese ecommerce sites like Taobao, Tmall and JD.com expect to find good bargains. It is mostly true for Taobao, the leading C2C shopping platform, where price competition between sellers is most intense and...
by Editor | Oct 28, 2015 | Business in China, China Ecommerce, China Marketing Channels, China mobile marketing, Digital Marketing in China, Infographic, Market Research in China, Mobile Marketing in China
One of the primary reasons for explosive growth of Chinese mobile ecommerce is its well developed payment component. There is no doubt that the proliferation of mobile payments in China has become the critical industry enabler. This week post features the infographic...
by Editor | Oct 14, 2015 | Branding in China, Business in China, China Ecommerce, China Localization Strategies, China Marketing Channels, Digital Marketing in China, Featured, Infographic, Market Research in China, Selling in China
Jingdong or JD.com is the second largest ecommerce B2C platform in China after Alibaba’s Tmall, currently holding close to a quarter of the market. Selling on JD is a very effective way to reach Chinese consumers directly and, in some cases, can be preferable to...