Suning.com plans to revamp department store supply chains by tapping the power of big data and AI.
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Net profit at Suning.com tumbled nearly two-thirds in first half
The retailer’s offline expansion has taken a toll on revenue amid a lackluster consumer market.
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Suning.com acquires 80% stake in Carrefour China
Scale and differing corporate cultures and business model may prove obstacles for Suning to integrate Carrefour China, says one expert.
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Suning’s convenience store arm buys Circle K outlets in Guangzhou
The acquisition will help the Alibaba-backed retailer shore up its presence in southern China.
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Briefing: Online retailer Suning to open 15,000 offline stores in 2019
Founded by Zhang Jindong and his elder brother in 1990, Suning is China’s largest omnichannel retailer.
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Tencent shows off their vision for the future of unmanned retail
As “new retail” changes from jargon to oft-used phrase, Tencent has thrown their hat into the ring. However, they don’t plan on opening their own stores (the WeChat pop-up seems to have been exactly that). Rather they want to be the foundation to help the retail industry achieve two goals: the digital upgrade of stores and […]
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Alibaba is revamping China’s offline retailing through a bottom-up approach
Alibaba’s expansion to brick-and-mortar stores started two years ago with a series of investments and acquisitions that worth as much as US$8 billion. To strengthen the offline foray, the Chinese e-commerce giant, which earns hefty profit margin because it does not hold inventories, is rewriting its asset-light model by opening Hema Xiansheng brand and Alibaba […]
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Tencent-Baidu-Wanda Unveil E-commerce Site Ffan To Compete With Alibaba
One year after its establishment, Tencent-Baidu-Wanda’s e-commerce joint venture has finally rolled out e-commerce service Ffan to tap into China’s O2O e-commerce industry. In essence, Ffan is an open platform that aims to redirect online users to all kinds of offline services, such as parking, reservations at restaurants, and purchasing film tickets and products at discounts. The […]
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Tencent and Baidu Team Up with Wanda to Challenge Dominance of Alibaba in Chinese E-commerce Industry
Wanda Group, China’s top commercial property conglomerate which is also engaged in tourism, hotels and entertainment, is teaming up with Chinese Internet giants Tencent and Baidu to set up an e-commerce joint venture by investing 5 billion yuan (around US$814 million) on aggregate. Wanda will hold a dominant 70% stake in the joint venture, while Tencent and […]
