Meituan, the leader of online group buying websites in China
Meituan.com started in Beijing in 2010. It is the market leader in the China group buying industry since 2012. The company has dramatically grown since 2011. It has now with nearly 16,440,000 active customers and over $2.6 billion transaction volume in 2013. Though it showed tremendous growth and leading market share, Meituan has struggled for […]
What are the key drivers to success on Chinese B2C Market? (2/2)
Tmall VS. Shangpin Tmall Tmall, spun off from Taobao into a separate business in 2012, is the largest B2C e-commerce platform in China. The site stocks over 70,000 Chinese and international brands and sells almost everything from socks to laptops. According to the Alibaba Group, Tmall’s gross merchandise value exceeded 100 billion RMB in 2011 […]
SNS in China
Founded in 2010, Shanghai-based Ushi is another strong competitor which focuses on more senior business. According Founded in 2010, Shanghai-based Ushi is another strong competitor which focuses on more senior business. According to the research from Technode, 12,000 CEOs, 5000 CTOs and 74% of VCs active in China are in Ushi’s network. It currently has […]
Market study: China has the most online shoppers in the Asia-Pacific
A recent market study showed that China now has the largest number of online shoppers in the Asia Pacific region. These figures were published by Mastercard in its 2012 study about consumers’ tendencies about online shopping. Mastercard created an index to measure the amount of online shoppers in each country, China got a score of 102, […]
The Great Firewall of China
The Great Firewall started since 2002 The name ‘Great Firewall of China’ came from an article written by a man called Charles R. Smith on May 17th 2002 about the internet censorship in China. It is another name for China’s national public network monitor system, also called GFW for short. GFW is a sub-function of […]
Market study: China telecommunications providers
The Big Giants—China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom Today, three big state-controlled corporations, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, dominate the Chinese telecommunications industry. There used to be two additional players in the industry, China Netcom and China Tietong. However, on June 2, 2008, China Netcom merged into China Unicom and became its subsidiary after the […]
Internet Usage in China
Authoritative Report from CNNIC On 17th 2012, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released the 29th China Internet development report, taking a sample of a total 6000 users, comprehensively covered fixed phones, PHS families, dormitory fixed phones and mobile phones. The report gave a comprehensive and detailed investigation and analysis on many aspects of […]
Marketing Research in China on: China Travel Websites
Hottest Travel Websites—ctrip.com, Elong.com and Qunar.com As statistics shows, for the past few years, the traveling industry in China has been growing steadily. In 2011, the total revenue for China’s traveling industry reached 2.25 thousand billion RMB. Riding on this wave of industry prosperity, many travel sites have appeared among which Ctrip.com, elong.com and Qunar.com […]
B2C 3C Product Purchasers in China
In year 2010, there were 32.19 million B2C 3C purchasers in China, which is 32.4% of the total B2C purchasers. 3C product is the category that has achieved fast development over the recent years online. The first reason is that with the help of the internet, they have great comparative advantage in product price, thus […]
Market report in China: Famous B2C Websites in China
In China, e-commerce is developing at a fast pace, and thus all kinds of B2C websites are coming into being. In terms of market occupancy rate, the current situation of B2C websites is that there are many powerful competitors and one dominant player. 63.4% B2C consumers use Tmall. Then is Dangdang, which 20.8% B2C consumers […]
Market analysis: B2C Consumers in China
In year 2010, the number of B2C consumers in China reached 99.36 million, which makes up 61.9% of all online purchasers. Clothing, books and 3C products are the top three categories of goods that are most welcomed on B2C websites. 51.1% of all consumers buy clothes and shoes on B2C websites, 32.4% buy books and […]
Market report: E-Retail in China
In China, words like online purchasing, Internet, B2C, C2C and B2B are already prevalent in people’s daily lives. The increasing popularity of internet in mainland China, the maturation of goods delivery services and the rise in the varieties of goods all make online shopping a growing fashion trend in China. By the end of 2011, there were already […]