Could Wechat avoid Unionpay to test its POS payment? The answer is yes. Many reliable sources indicated that Wechat POS payment will launch on 22 in March, 2014.
Comparison Analysis of JD and Amazon Financial Performance
How Amazon Achieved Profitability Guotai Junan Securities did a profit analysis for Amazon, it found out that if other operating revenue was excluded, the gross margin would drop by 3 to 4 percentage points. Amazon’s net profit margin was around 3% before 2011, which indicated that if other operating revenue excluded, the company’s net profit […]
Answered: Your Most Burning Questions About China Mass Affluent
Sun Yat-sen University together with CreditEase started a research project-Guangdong Financial Environment Research-in August 2013, which focused on mass affluent finance management in Guangdong province and rural area financial development. One Thirds of Mass Affluent Were From Private Enterprises Statistics revealed that Chinese mass affluent grew larger in recent two years. In 2010, mass affluent […]
GlobalWebIndex: China Had The Highest Mobile Internet Penetration
GlobalWebIndex data showed that 65% of netizen worldwide accessed internet via mobile phone, while the percentage was even higher in specific country-China had 83% mobile internet penetration with approximately 383 million netizens.
What To Expect From Linkedin China Localization
Linkedin launched its beta Chinese website on 25th February in 2014, naming its Chinese site “Ling Ying”. President of Linkedin China, Derek Shen led a crew of 6 and showed up on Shen’s Sina Weibo. Derek Shen had posted recruiting notice on Linkedin China enterprise Weibo, as well as his profile page on Linkedin.
How Brands Utilized Chinese Spring Festival Gala on Sina Weibo
Chinese Spring Festival Gala usually had the highest TV ratings in the world, according to CCTV, its TV ratings in 2014 reached 30.94%. While in the US, Super Bowl also had pretty high TV ratings therefore Chinese called it “American Spring Festival Gala”. 2014 Super Bowl hit a new record of 111.5 million viewers.
The Story of the Rise of Tencent Empire
QQ, one of the most successful and essential product of Tencent, has an adorable penguin to be its logo. “Penguin” Empire, 15 years of after its birth, attracted 800 million users globally. Another top-rated “Penguin” Empire product, Wechat, soon accumulated 300 million users in a little more than two years. Wechat gives Tencent more dominance […]
Tencent Cloud Users Hit 300 Million
Tencent Cloud version 2.0 press release was held on January 9, 2014 at Beijing. Ji Shunyou, Tencent Cloud vice president, showed the new features of Tencent Cloud 2.0 on the scene. Ji Shunyun announced that Tencent cloud users reached 300 million, becoming the top priority of most Chinese internet users for cloud storage. This press […]
China’s Top Social Media Apps in 2013
Enfodesk just published China social media app active users ranking in December 2013, Qzone ranked the top with 211.03 million active users. Followed by Baidu Tieba, with 61.16 million active users. Renren ranked the third with 35.59 million in December 2013.
How Wechat Users Search For Official Accounts
Wechat social marketing value had risen quickly since the launch of Wechat 5.0, an increasing number of enterprises laid emphasis on Wechat marketing. Quite a lot of third-party developers transferred their focus from Weibo to Wechat platform, catering to the growing demands of Wechat official account management.
16 Charts to Demystify China’s B2C Market
Enfodesk published its 2013 Q3 China B2C Market Report recently, China B2C market reached 162.4 billion yuan (USD 26.52 billion) with 50% YoY increase.
10 Case Studies for Wechat Marketing
Wechat monthly active users reached 270 million in November, with over 600 million registered users. Since the launch of Wechat 5.0 and a series of open API policies made it the new marketing favorite of many enterprises. Let’s take a look at Wechat successful marketing cases.
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 […]
Xiaomi Sold 18.7 Million Smartphones in 2013
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun announced Xiaomi’s performance in 2013 on January 2, 2014. In Lei Jun’s email to staff, he revealed Xiaomi sold out 18.7 million smartphones in 2013, increasing 160%. Xiaomi’s revenue (including tax) reached 31.6 billion yuan (USD 5.18 billion), growing 150% in 2013. In December alone, Xiaomi sold 32.25 million mobile phones, […]
Sina Weibo User Demographics Analysis in 2013 (4 Part Series)
This is the part 1 of a series of posts that gives you insights on Chinese netizens behaviors from Sina Weibo. Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. Sina Weibo launched its 2013 Weibo User Development Report on December 6, based on massive Weibo user accounts information and consumption behavior to offer enterprises effective data support […]