AutoNavi is almost sure to become food on Alibaba’s plate. According to latest news, the two companies has already nailed an acquisition agreement, meaning that Alibaba will acquire the remaining 72% of AutoNavi’s stake, with an evaluation of around $1.5 billion, up more than 40% from last May when Alibaba first bought AutoNavi’s shares. At […]
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Baidu’s Competition With AutoNavi Led to Free Navigation
Baidu announced on August 28, 2013 that Baidu Mobile Navigation would be free hereafter. Merely four hours later, AutoNavi, a leading map and navigation Chinese company, responded with free navigation service promptly. The war over mobile navigation market accelerated immediately. Free is a sharp weapon to break original market structure and win market dominance. Baidu […]
China mobile map app market overview 2017
China mobile maps app users reached 644 million as of December 2017, led by Gaode Maps (AutoNavi) and Baidu Maps according to data from Jiguang. Gaode’s daily active users exceeded 40 million; its MAU exceeded 340 million in December 2017. Gaode Maps mobile app rose to the top 10 mobile apps by penetration rate in […]
Top 100 China Internet Companies in 2013
In 2013, Jingdong’s total revenue exceeded RMB69.34 billion ($11.28 billion) and its net profit was RMB6.86 billion ($1.11 billion) with net profit rate of 9.9%. Jingdong ranked top in China Internet enterprises by revenue, followed by Tencent and Alibaba in 2013.
Top 100 Mobile Apps in China
Wechat was the most popular mobile app in China in September 2014 with 377.92 million monthly active users, followed by QQ (308.742 million) and Baidu (145.047 million) according to data from EnfoDesk.
INFOGRAPHIC: Alibaba Investment Timeline 2005-2014
Check out this infographic to have an overview of Alibaba Group’s investment and acquisitions since 2005 before its IPO.
Promising Mobile Search Worries Baidu No More
Baidu recently released its Q4 financial report, which showed its thriving mobile market development. Baidu mobile search was growing steadily, it’s very unlikely that mobile search would threaten web search. Therefore, Baidu’s search concentrated business model would be sustainable. But Baidu’s solely profit pattern remained unsolved.
Top 10 Marketing Campaigns in China in 2013
In 2013, competition between Chinese brands were extremely fierce. Some brands provoked the war, some were forced to confront. As for old enemies like Wang Lao Ji and Jia Duo Bao, they already got used to combating with each other. Social media rose to be important battle fields in recent years.
Chinese Travelers Mobile App Search Behavior (3 Part Series)
This is the part 3 of a series of posts that gives you insights on China LBS travel market users behaviors. Part 1, Part 2. Travelers who used mobile map apps showed a relatively high demand for POI information. 69.8% of them demanded for detailed shops information in the neighbourhood, 53.5% asked for shops coupons […]
China Social Sharing Apps Usage in Travel (3 Part Series)
This is the part 2 of a series of posts that gives you insights on China LBS travel market users behaviors. Part 1, Part 3. With the basic understanding of consumer demographics features, now we take a further look at social sharing apps’ usage in travel. Sina Weibo and Wechat ranked the first and second […]
China LBS Market Data Report for Q2 2013
Enfodesk released its report on China LBS market, by the end of 2013 Q2, China mobile navigation apps accounts reached 120 million, with a QoQ increase of 8.5% and a YoY increase of 43.6%.
Merely 1% China Mobile Apps Reached Million Users in H1 2013
According to iResearch, in the first half of 2013, China mobile app developers kept losing money and the percentage of net loss developers increased significantly. Besides, most app users’ number could not reach a million. The research showed that more than 60% mobile app developers suffered net loss in the first half of 2013. 35.6% […]