GMV of China E-commerce increased 21.3% last year to 9.9 trillion yuan (USD 1.63 trillion), according to iResearch. The growth was expected to slow down in coming years, and the e-commerce market will reach 21.6 trillion yuan (USD 3.53 trillion) in 2017.
Check Out How Coca Cola Makes the Most of WeChat Marketing
Do You still remember the “nickname bottle” that Coca Cola launched last summer? Such an impressive case was not so long ago, now Coca Cola has shifted its focus from bottle to cap, joining up with WeChat.
2013 Year In Review: China Online Vacation Travel Market
According to report released by CTCNN, overall transaction of China vacation travel market reached 317.43 billion Yuan (USD 51.7 billion) in 2013. Vacation travel transaction through online channel was 29.3 billion Yuan(USD 4.8 billion), accounting for 9.2%.
China Smartphone Brand Awareness Analysis in Jan 2014
The pattern of brand awareness of China smartphone market changed a lot in January 2014. Judging by competition situation, smartphone market was gradually entering an era of red ocean; however, as for development prospect, the need of smartphone users was far from being satisfied. Domestic and foreign smartphone vendors were all devoted to meeting users’ […]
WeChat Hit 100 Million Downloads in Google Play
WeChat may be the fiercest competitor of WhatsApp in the world. By August 2013, WeChat got 272 million monthly active users, and over 100 million oversea users. Now WeChat broke another 100 million mark: 100 million times download in Google Play. Poshu Yeung, the vice president of Tencent IBG (international business group), said in a […]
China Online Travel Market Overview for 2013
According to iResearch, China Online Travel transaction hit 220.46 billion yuan (USD 33 billion), with a 29.0% YoY growth. The revenue of China OTA (Online Travel Agency) market reached 11.76 billion yuan (USD 1.9 billion), up 26.2% compared with last year.
Jiathis: Over 1.4 Billion Social Sharing in 2013
2013 was gone in a flash. Social share still enjoyed a strong momentum in the past year. JiaThis, the biggest social share tool in China, released its data-based Report of China Social Share Tools in 2013. Overall social sharing times reached 1.4 billion in 2013.
Analysis on China’s Top Mobile Messenger Apps
According to Enfodesk, QQ got 325.71 million active users, ranked the first in mobile IM apps, followed by WeChat with 295.712 million. These two winner are both developed by Tencent, beating the others by a long shot. Momo took the third place with 13.43 million active users. ChatOn and Wangxin ranked the fourth and fifth, […]
China Online Video Market Snapshot in Q4 2013
China online video market achieved 12.81 billion Yuan(USD 2.08 billion) with 41.9% YoY increase. The market was expected to maintain a rapid growth and reach 36.6 billion Yuan (USD 5.97 billion) in 2017.
Ericsson: China Ranked No.1 in New Mobile Subscriptions in Q3 2013
According to the mobility report released by Ericsson, the global mobile subscriptions increased 110 million in the third quarter, reaching about 6.6 billion in Q3 2013. The subscription kept growing steadily, with the YoY growth of 7% and QoQ growth of 2%.
Alipay is The Largest Mobile Payments Platform in The World
The real-name users of Alipay reached 300 million by the end of 2013. These users made 12.5 billion payments by Alipay in 2013. Over 2.78 billion payments was made via Mobile Alipay, added up to 900 billion yuan(USD 150 billion), while total mobile payment by Square and Paypal was about USD 50 billion in 2013. […]
14 Charts to Profile China Internet in 2013
Here are 14 charts selected from iResearch annual report of China internet. Our selection may help you understand the development and status of China internet better.
100M Mobile Payments in 7 Days, Alipay Triumphed Through Spring Festival
During 2014 Spring Festival,over 100 million payments were made via mobile Alipay, accounted for 52% of overall payments by Alipay in this period, according to the data from Alipay Wallet (the mobile client of Alipay).
How A Post-90 Chinese Girl Built A Successful Brand
Ma Jiajia, who owns a sex shop named Powerful, caught the eye of the media in 2013. As a post-90 girl, she was quite successful in building a brand and marketing. Her creative marketing ideas were highly appraised by entrepreneurs. Many companies invited her to give them advice and suggestions on marketing.
A Record of Over 800K Weibo Posts Published in the First Minute of Year of the Horse
31st January, 2014 is the first day of Chinese Spring Festival and this year is year of the horse. The Horse is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. According to the data published by Sina Weibo, the peak record was broken in the first […]