China is a mobile-first country and the popularity of smartphones has also reflected one of its most vibrant internet industries: online shopping. China-based analysis firm Jiguang Data has published a new research report on the most popular e-commerce in 2017 charting the biggest players in the field. The report includes seven categories for online shopping […]
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Slow growth aside, Singles’ Day displayed its value to China retail
Slowing retail growth and competition from other shopping festivals took toll on China’s Singles’ Day.
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What’s new in new retail: Wang Xiruo, CTO of Hema Xiansheng
New retail is no longer fresh now. When Jack Ma first proposed the new retail concept at the company’s annual Yunqi Conference in October of 2016, he said: “There is no e-commerce in the next ten years or twenty years, there’s only new retail.” As a result, almost all businesses began to call themselves new retailers. Some […]
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China’s answer to Amazon Go aims to conquer the unmanned frontier with facial recognition
Long-waited Amazon Go opened its door to the public in Seattle last week and there has been overall positive feedback. However, unmanned stores are definitely not a new concept for China’s tech-savvy consumers. Since May 2017, when Alibaba launched its first unmanned store with the focus word “new retail”, a flurry of Chinese tech companies has […]
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Another Singles’ Day, another record broken: Here’s what you need to know
This year’s Singles’ Day was a mix of milestones and setbacks.
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10 e-commerce trends that will shape Southeast Asia in 2018 (Part 1)
Editor’s note: This is the first part of a post on Southeast Asian e-commerce by Sheji Ho, for the second part click here. Sheji Ho is the Group Chief Marketing Officer at aCommerce, an end-to-end e-commerce enabler in Southeast Asia. Currently based in Bangkok but having previously worked in China, Sheji writes about e-commerce, tech, the […]
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Taipei-based citiesocial is addressing new trends in Asian e-commerce, backed by Alibaba
Shopping is one of the most popular online activities worldwide. This is even truer in Asia—a region where digital development is taking off in developing e-commerce markets such as Thailand and India, and online retail continues growing strongly in mature markets like Japan, Hong Kong, and China. Asia’s e-commerce industry is thriving and the outlook seems […]
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10 e-commerce trends that will shape Southeast Asia in 2018 (Part 2)
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a post on Southeast Asian e-commerce by Sheji Ho, for the first part click here. Sheji Ho is the Group Chief Marketing Officer at aCommerce, an end-to-end e-commerce enabler in Southeast Asia. Currently based in Bangkok but having previously worked in China, Sheji writes about e-commerce, tech, the […]
