Recently, French beauty product retailer L’Occitane is opening the first Café in mainland China (Nanjing). As the brand competition becomes more and more fierce, skincare brands have to develop various by-businesses to attract and maintain more customers.
INFOGRAPHIC 5 Ideal life trends from Alibaba shoppers
Sales data from Alibaba’s online retail platforms for 2016 reveals the five key behavioral trends of China’s online shoppers when compared to figures from the previous year.
China online travel market overview Q1 2017
China online travel market exceeded 210 billion yuan in Q1 2017 with an increase of 51.5% YoY, led by Ctrip, Qunar, and Alitrip.
Guide to Alibaba’s three levels of retail membership program
On the afternoon of June 10th, a cruise ship called “Joy of Taobao & Tmall” set out for Japan from Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal, starting a four-day and three-night trip to Japan. The ship was loaded with thousands of Taobao super members and APASS members as well as brand representatives of Tmall stores. Mr. […]
Tencent dominates China’s social ads market in Q1 2017
China social ads market totaled 6.73 billion yuan in the first quarter of 2017 with an increase of 46.4% YoY or -6.5% QoQ according to data from Analysis.
WeChat testing search ads for mini-programs
WeChat users start seeing mini-program advertisements after searching since 16 June 2017 as shown in the screen capture below:
China online accommodation market overview Q1 2017
The transactions of China online accommodation market totaled 37.202 billion yuan in Q1 2017 with an increase of 43.24% YoY according to data from Analysis.
6 emerging consumer segments you shouldn’t ignore
Chinese consumer demands, lifestyle, and behavior and attitude have changed greatly following the demographic structure and society evolutions as well as the three emerging forces in China’s consumer market, leading to more and more new particular consumer segments in China.
3 driving forces in China’s consumer markets
Despite the slowdown in economic growth, China will continue to be one of the fastest growing consumer markets in the foreseeable future. Three emerging forces – upper middle class and affluent consumers, the new generation of young consumers, and online shopping will drive China’s consumer market according to a joint report by BCG and Alibaba.
China third-party online payment market overview Q1 2017
China’s third-party online payment market had total transactions of over US$820 billion in Q1 2017, led by Alipay (34.7%) and UnionPay, while mobile payment transactions reached US$2,761.78 billion in China, led by Alipay (53.7%) and Tencent Finance.
China online retail market overview Q1 2017
China’s online retail market totaled US$198.12 billion in the first quarter of 2017 with an increase of 27.6% YoY according to data from Analysis; B2C segment accounts for over 53%, led by Tmall (55.8%). Mobile continued its strong growth of 38.8% in China’s online shopping market, dominated by Tmall and Taobao (80.5%).
WeChat just made mini-programs discoverable by keywords
WeChat team announced a new feature over the weekend that makes WeChat Mini-Program discoverable by keywords searching.
JD’s priority for 618 2017: online + offline in 5 areas
Double 11 is the creation of Alibaba’s Tmall while 618 was started by Jingdong. Every June is the anniversary month of JD; and, the promotion and discount reach the peak on 18 June. Visit 618 China for the latest statistics and insights about 618 shopping festival. 618 China 2017 JD recorded over 100 million orders […]
China cruise travelers insights
Major cruise Chinese travelers are the middle-aged and women. Summer and National Day vacations are peak periods for cruise tourism; the top cruise tourism origins are Shanghai and Beijing.
SPD Bank’s credit card WeChat mini-program
As more and more companies try to benefit from WeChat’s mini-program, this article shares how Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPD Bank) is utilizing a WeChat mini-program for its credit card business, which recorded two million unique visitors as of 22 May 2017. The mini-program design of SPD Bank focuses on user experience and aims to develop a […]