Taobao — “exploring treasures” in Chinese — now is a household name in China. Ten years ago, Alibaba wanted to try out the online auction by putting up a Nokia phone online. That phone turned out to be the first item on the customer-to-customer platform. eBay-like auction, however, never prevailed in China. Taobao simply became the biggest marketplace for online […]
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Exclusive: 360buy to Open up Platform in 2 Months
Very soon, all the pinterest clones in China will have more than the Taobao products to capitalize on. Jindong Mall (aka 360buy), one of the largest online retailers in China, will open its platform in 2 months, said an industrial source. “Just like Taobao’s ‘Grand Taobao’ project, Jindong will have its ‘Grand Jindong’ project,” the source […]
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Chinese B2C Online Retail Market Share in Q1 2011
Analysis International releases its research data on Chinese B2C online retail market share in Q1, 2011. It says that in Q1, 2011 the total transaction value of Chinese B2C online retail market has reached rmb 47.07 billions (~$7.3 billions). Taobao is still leading the market (31.4%), followed by 360buy (10.2%), Joyo (Amazon China, 2.3%) and […]
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Problems with China’s Logistic Industry
Last week, I wrote about express delivery services stopped in China over the Chinese New Year because of not enough capacity. In fact, there are more problems with China’s logistic industry than a simple lack of hands. (But why we are spending so much time discussing warehouses and delivery crew? Isn’t Technode a blog for […]
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China's express delivery service gets overheat
I found out about this personally when I bought some cat food online. Usually, the delivery boy will come the next day after my order. But, this time, the pet shop owner said there was no longer any express delivery. Just to make sure my cats do not starve to dead, he came the […]
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Tips for Luxury Brands in Chinese e-Commerce Market
Sales of luxury goods grew 12% in 2009, to $9.6 billion, accounting for 27.5% of the global market, according to Bain & Co. In the next five years, China’s luxury spending will increase to $14.6 billion, making it the No. 1 luxury market globally. In 2009, China overtook the U.S. to become the world’s second-largest […]
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It Is Not Only For Kids, Tencent Is To Launch Rebate Service
After 3-months development, Tencent’s new service Fanli (Rebate) is now in private test (right now, you need have your QQ number whitelisted in order to login). Here is what we’ve learnd from a call with its product manager, Richard. 1. Tencent is not only caring about young generation Fanli is a trial to ‘entertain’ older […]
