Meituan’s market strategy in China now includes private traffic
As a Chinese leading online-to-offline (O2O) life service platform, Meituan aims to help hundreds of millions of consumers eat and live more conveniently. Founded by Wang Xing in 2010, Meituan has gradually expanded its business lines from food delivery to more diverse categories, including bike-sharing, hotel and travel booking and online grocery. During the COVID-19 […]
2021 JD 618 DATA REPORT
We teamed up with JD.com to share some Chinese e-commerce trends that arose during 2021’s 618 shopping festival. JD.com recently celebrated its 18th anniversary with its 618 sale, the anniversary marks the continuous growth of the ecommerce platform, with 2021 already indicating a 28% rise in sales from the previous year. Previously being known for […]
How and why brands are using the direct to consumers business model (DTC) in China
Direct to consumers (DTC) is a business model when a manufacturer sells product directly to the end consumer, bypassing all intermediaries. It also includes a wide range of instruments which help to be closer to the consumers. DTC in China makes use of four types of social e-commerce, Pinduoduo – social e-commerce, WeChat – one […]
Dewu app (Poizon): The anti-counterfeiting resale app where you can buy a Ferrari
Dewu, also known as Poizon, is an online shopping app launched by Shanghai Shizhuang Information Technology Co., Ltd. Based on the traditional e-commerce model, the Chinese e-commerce platform has services for authenticating and inspecting products to combat counterfeits. It also has strict authenticity-checking measures for product listings, trading mechanism and unified delivery. Dewu’s unique selling […]
How to sell on AliExpress: Chinese brands can reach western consumers through this e-commerce platform
This guide on how to sell on AliExpress is a part of our 7 Continents initiative to help Chinese companies with their global market strategies. Learn more about our global market research and strategy consulting services here. AliExpress or Aliexpress.com is an online retail service based in China, owned by Alibaba Group founded by Jack […]
How to sell on Wish: Chinese brands can reach western consumers through this e-commerce platform
This guide on how to sell on Wish is a part of our 7-Continents initiative to provide market research and consulting for Chinese brands in western markets. Wish, or Wish.com, is an American online e-commerce platform founded in the Silicon Valley in 2010 by Piotr Szulczewski (CEO) and Danny Zhang (former CTO), operating in San […]
Guide to Chinese e-commerce platforms: which platform is the best for your brands
Over the past three decades, the Chinese economy has experienced unprecedentedly rapid growth. Social progress, technological innovations, and increasing disposable personal incomes have shaped new shopping habits. A variety of e-commerce modes, like live-streaming e-commerce, social e-commerce, and cross-border e-commerce, have emerged in the market. Large Chinese e-commerce platforms, like Alibaba’s Taobao and JD.com, have […]
The many faces of virtual influencers in China: Vocaloids, KOLs, KOCs, idols and brand ambassadors
L’Oréal announced their branded virtual idol for the brand’s Chinese fans, Mr Ou. L’Oréal is not the only brand to invest in a virtual ambassador, virtual influencers in China are a growing phenomena. In fact, by 2023, China’s virtual KOL market is expected to be worth RMB 1.5 billion according to South China Morning Post. […]
Meat snacks in China: Meat rose from 14% to 21% of country’s snack consumption in 2020 alone
According to a report from Pacific Securities, the share of meat snacks in the overall snack market in China increased from 13.5% to 21.5% in 2020, marking a huge jump 10% in 2017. The surge in meat snack consumption in China is partly attributable to a change in consumer eating habits during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Double 12 2020: Winners and a dying trend?
Behind Double 11 and 618, Double 12 is the third largest shopping festival in China. Taobao started the first Double 12 on December 12, 2012, with the purpose to promote small and medium C2C and O2O Taobao sellers. Like all of China’s online promotion festivals, Double 12 now includes most Chinese e-commerce platforms, such as […]
China Paradigm Transcript #110: How an entrepreneur modified his product to create a successful platform enabling Western brands to optimize e-commerce performance in China
Find here China Paradigm episode 110. Josh Gardner is an entrepreneur with a background in Academic anthropology, logistics, and e-commerce. Since 2014 he has been running Kung Fu Data in China, which helps international brands to optimize e-commerce performance in China. Although business is going well now, things didn’t start way and Josh not making any […]
What made Double 11 2020 break records: Sales stats and new trends
November 11th, also known as “Guang Gun Jie”, was invented at first to celebrate singles’ day, as opposed to Valentine’s Day. In order to boost sales, Alibaba turned it in to a shopping festival in 2009, in which year it earned a total revenue of 50 million RMB. From then on, each year brought more […]