Costco Wholesale, the American membership-only warehouse club that provides a wide selection of merchandise, launched Tmall flagship store on Tmall Global reaching Chinese consumers directly with competitively priced food and healthcare products ranging from clothing to groceries to laundry detergent to health and beauty aids.
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Jingdong Paipai’s Micro-shop Platform Aiming China C2C Market
Paipai.com, part of Jingdong, is launching micro-shop platform for both business and individual sellers targeting C2C mobile shopping market.
China Top 6 Online Travel Mobile Apps
Qunar’s mobile app exceeded 8 million MAUs in August 2014 in China according to EnfoDesk, remaining the most popular mobile online travel app, followed by that of Ctrip, LY, eLong, Daodao and Taobao Trip.
iPhone6 Orders Exceeded 4 Million in 3 Days in China
iPhone6 and iPhone6 Plus finally got network access license from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on 30 September in 2014. Apple also announced that new iPhones will be available for consumers to buy in mainland China on 17 Oct 2014.
Wechat Social Features Attractive to Mobile Gamers
China mobile online gaming market developed rapidly in 2013. Wechat users exceeded 438 million in China in Q2 2014 and with launch of Wechat’s social gaming platform as well as its games featured with social elements, it will attract more and more mobile gaming users in China.
China Mobile App Distribution Channels Market Share
In Q2 2014, the number of China app distribution exceeded 25.5 billion with an increase of 8.9% from prior quarter. Baidu league still ranked the top with a market share of 41.7%. Tencent’s market share increased to 20.1%, by 3.5% from Q1 2014.
China Local Smartphone’s Brands in Different City Tiers
Meizu, Mi and Smartisan are popular local smartphone brands in China. Yet, different city tiers in China may have a preference toward different smartphone brands. According to a research from Umeng between June and August this year, major users in first and second tier cities favor local mobile phone brands.
China Top 4 Online Payment Mobile Apps
Alipay’s mobile app exceeded 61.339 million MAUs in August 2014 in China according to EnfoDesk, remaining the most popular mobile payment app, followed by that of Bestpay, Tenpay and Lakala. In comparison, the top three online payment providers in the first quarter of 2014 were Alipay, Tenpay and Unionpay by total mobile transactions who together represented over […]
INFOGRAPHIC Alibaba V.S. JD.com by Numbers
Alibaba and Jingdong (JD.com) are the two e-commerce giants in China and now both public listed; you may be wondering how one compares with the another. Here is a simple infographic comparing Alibaba and JD.com by numbers.
CNN: Alibaba Not Best Chinese Stock BUT Baidu
As Alibaba is raising $25 billion in an IPO, it’s become a very hot stock being chased by many investors. But CNN doesn’t think BABA is the best Chinese stock to invest in.
China’s Post-90s More Confidence and More Willing to Spend
The post-90s generation in China is the young generation who were born in 1990s, a time for Internet booming and rapid economy development. Post-90s are becoming the main consumer force and economy driver in China.
Wechat Launched Card Payment, Faster Than Using Credit Card
Wechat launched a “card payment” option with which users can make fast payment at supported retail chains; this payment is either using remaining fund in Wechat Wallet or linked to the user’s bank ATM card.
Tencent QQ Gets into Guinness World Record
Tencent QQ got into guinness world record for having the most number of simultaneous online users on an instant messaging platform on 3rd July, 2014, which was announced by Guinness World Records on 4th September, 2014. Tencent QQ becomes the first Chinese instant messenger in Guinness World Record.
China’s Top 4 Online Travel Companies Compared
China’s traveling industry is booming these years. With various choices of travel companies, Chinese people are more enthusiastic about traveling ever than before. Among all online travel companies in China, Qunar.com, Ctrip, eLong and LY.com are the most popular ones by total number of reached users nowadays.
China to Overtake USA as No.1 4G Market
China will overtake USA as the number one LTE market in terms of LTE smartphone sales in the second half of 2014, according to Counterpoint Research. China had high smartphone shipments in Q2 2014 with more than 100 million units and it now accounts to more than a third of the global smartphone volumes up […]