China has surpassed the United States as the largest market in the world for iOS App Store revenue earning over $1.7 billion in Q3 2016 according to App Annie.
Android Pay launched in Hong Kong
Google launched Android Pay yesterday in Hong Kong to speed through purchases in stores and in apps.
China online payment overview for Q2 2016
China Third-party online payment market had a total transaction value of RMB 4.65 trillion in Q2 2016, with an increase of 6.5% QoQ according to Analysis.
iOS fell to 13.5% of China smartphone sales in August 2016
iOS declined in Urban China, falling to 13.5% of smartphone sales according to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Android dropped 1.7 percentage points in the US.
Huawei among world’s top growing brand in 2016
Interbrand recently released their 2016 ranking of the Global Top Brands; Apple ranks first with $178,119 million brand value, followed by Google, Coca Cola, Microsoft, and Toyota.
Mastercard brings digital payment technology to Shanghai Free Trade Zone
Mastercard announced a strategic partnership in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (SFTZ) where Mastercard will be the global network and payment technology provider for a revolutionary commodities trading platform.
Top 10 mobile apps by MAUs in Sep 2016
The monthly active users (“MAU”) of WeChat reached 818 million in September 2016 with an increase of 32.8% YoY according to QuestMobile. Its daily active users (“DAU”) exceeded 625 million.
Top 3 smartphone brands in Sep 2016: Huawei, Vivo, Oppo
The top three smartphone brands in September 2016 are Huawei (22%), Vivo (15%), and Oppo (13%) according to Dixintong, China’s largest mobile phone retailer.
Top 3 categories for digital purchase in China are food, fashion, and household items
Retailer websites or apps are the first digital information source in all countries – most notably in the USA, UK, Germany, France and China according to a survey by Digitas.
Oppo overtaken Apple to Top 2 in India in August 2016
Oppo has for the very first time overtaken Apple to the number two smartphones brand in India by value in August 2016 according to GFK.
Digital ad revenue forecast 2016-2018: Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent
China digital ad spend is to reach USD 41.66 billion in 2016, accounting for over 20% of global’s total digital ad spend according to eMarketer.
The peak travel season in 2016 is coming
The National Day holiday in China is the last holiday of the year and the longest one with 7 days starting on 1 October. China Railway is about to receive 110 million person trips during this year’s National Day holiday, an increase of 11.3% compared with 2015.
China online community overview 2016
Varieties of communities are built online and organized by companies, interest groups, or entrepreneurs in China. The most frequently used platforms of communications in the online communities are WeChat Group, QQ Group, and WeChat Official Account.
China to become the world’s largest retail market in 2016
Total retail sales across the globe will reach $22.049 trillion in 2016 and $27 trillion in 2020 according to eMarketer. Total retail sales in China will reach 4.886 trillion this year, bypassing the U.S. to be the largest retail market in the world.
Huawei the top replacement choice for Samsung Note7 users
The explosion of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 had a serious negative impact on its revenues and brand image in China, according to a recent survey on about 20,000 smartphone users by Penguin Intelligence.