Weigh, decompose different raw materials, put the test materials into the machine experiment, and explain the food heat in a few short sentences. This is the consistent routine of Dr. Dika (Low Calorie)’s short video creation. Since its operation in 2019, Dr. Dika has created hundreds of small video clips, attracting nearly 2 million followers […]
Trends and drivers of China luxury market 2021
Spending on luxury in China has rebounded strongly as restrictions to global travel have pushed Chinese consumers to make luxury purchases domestically rather than abroad. Growth for the mainland China luxury market is expected to climb by 48% to reach almost RMB 346 billion in 2020. This growth has driven China to double its overall […]
Chinese beauty products manufacturers: from OEM, ODM to OBM
Chinese consumers’ dressing table is no longer just the world of international brands, domestic beauty brands have begun to occupy the hearts of consumers. Similar to the popularity of “Korean makeup” and “Japanese makeup” a few years ago, the competitiveness of “domestic beauty” is soaring. In addition to the old brands of domestic products, even […]
WeChat’s new social e-commerce platform integrates Shopping Accounts
WeChat launched another product “Shopping Accounts” to its ecosystem in addition to Official Accounts, Mini Program, and Video Accounts.
Tencent Music’s online music paying users reached 61 million in Q1 2021
Tencent Music‘s online music paying users reached 60.9 million in Q1 2021, increasing by 42.6% year-over-year or 4.9 million additional users from Q4 2020 (the largest quarterly net increase since 2016), according to the company’s financial results.
Tencent officially launched a Pinduoduo competitor
Last April 29th, Tencent launched a WeChat mini program called “Xiao’E Pinpin” and a related WeChat official account. The shopping model of Xiao’E Pinpin is similar to Pinduoduo, which is a social e-commerce platform.
China OTA Tongcheng-Elong’s monthly active users grew 58% in Q1 2021
China OTA Tongcheng-Elong Holdings reported 57.8% year-to-year growth in the average MAUs from 148.4 million in the same period of 2020 to 234.2 million.
Top 500 Chinese brands in 2021; WeChat is China’s and the world’s strongest brand
Chinese brands show resilience as the total value of the top 500 brands in China remains stable at US$1.94 trillion in 2021, according to the latest Brand Finance China 500 ranking.
Top 13 global B2C e-commerce companies by GMV, led by Alibaba and Amazon
COVID-19 generated an increase in demand for online sales of physical goods due to quarantine restrictions imposed in many countries.1 Overall retail sales declined by 1% in a group of seven countries in 2020 included in a UN report while online retail grew by 22%.
Social e-commerce Pinduoduo’s road to brand upgrade
China’s regulatory authorities issued 18.2 billion yuan fine to Alibaba, calling a halt to its “choosing one out of two”. But it doesn’t make it much easier for Pinduoduo to enter the market.
Netease Yanxuan’s re-positioning from e-commerce platform wins 30% Chinese middle class
With a series of internal adjustments in 2019 and re-positioning, Yanxuan, an e-commerce platform incubated by Internet company NetEase, is gradually becoming a “new middle-class favorite lifestyle brand.”. Netease Yanxuan, as a new consumer brand, has completely lost its ODM burden and has made continuous breakthroughs in commodity design and sales. Huluwa beauty products on […]
China social e-commerce market insights
Social e-commerce accounted for 34.37% of total e-commerce transactions in 2020 according to a survey conducted by the Internet Society of China. For social e-commerce merchants, the top sources for users are WeChat Groups and WeChat Moments. Tmall accounted for about one-third of the surveyed brand merchants’ e-commerce sales in 2020. JD and Pinduoduo are […]
Li Auto vehicle deliveries up 111% in April 2021
Li Auto delivered 5,539 Li ONEs in April 2021, representing a 111.3% year-over-year increase and taking the cumulative deliveries to 51,715.
Baidu starts offering paid robotaxi service in Beijing on May 2
Baidu, Inc. will open fully driverless robotaxi services to the public in Beijing starting from May 2, 2021, which will be China’s first paid autonomous vehicle service where users can hail a robotaxi without a safety driver behind the steering wheel, marking a landmark step on the road to commercialization of autonomous driving.
China cross-border B2B e-commerce markets insights 2021-2025
The compound growth rate of China’s cross-border e-commerce market will reach 25% from 2020 to 2025. In 2019, B2B accounts for 74.1% of China’s cross-border e-commerce sales In 2019, the total market of China’s cross-border export B2B e-commerce service providers reached 539.1 billion yuan, and the compound growth rate of the cross-border B2B service market […]