Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in China, updated continuously by our newsroom.
A British businessman is shipping something insanely unique to China and making fortune out of it. It might sound insane for some but not for Leo De Watts, who is believed to have made thousands of pounds by exporting fresh British air to China. Report…
Feb. 8 will be the most important holiday this year in China, as it marks the Chinese New Year. Family members will come together to celebrate with holiday feasts and most workers will enjoy a one-week vacation, many returning to their rural homes from big…
Waitrose customers have furious to boycott a store over its plan to ditch china plates and replace them with paper crockery. Clients of a branch of the general store in Chichester, West Sussex, have apparently complained to administration in what has been…
China Jo-Jo Drugstores has launched the first Internet-based Remote Hospital Network platform in Zhejiang Province, China. The virtual physician platform will be offered onsite at its retail pharmacy locations. This would allow the company to partner with…
General Motors and its joint venture partners in China reported 421,023 new retail vehicle sales during January 2016, a 7.3 percent increase on a year-over-year basis. “This year, GM and our joint ventures will continue to offer an unmatched choice of…
French fine crystal manufacturer Baccarat has opened its first Chinese flagship store, in Beijing’s China Central Place complex. A stainless-steel mirror at its storefront draws attention to the two-storey boutique outlet, designed byGilles & Boissier of…
Global logistics companies continue to pile into the Asia e-commerce market, with Damco launching a China solution and DHL expanding its growing presence in the region deeper into Thailand. DHL is building a 32,000 square foot, central distribution center in…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. beat analysts’ estimates for revenue and profit after an online-sales extravaganza and expansion into rural China helped the nation’s biggest e-commerce operator defy a slowing economy. Sales rose 32 percent to 34.5 billion yuan…
As red-hot sales in China show signs of cooling, Apple Inc executives are touting India’s growing appetite for iPhones. In an earnings call in which the company reported meager iPhone growth and forecast its first revenue drop in 13 years, the Indian market…
U.S. goods are among the best sellers on Alibaba’s Tmall Global shopping site. More than 5,400 foreign brands from 53 countries are selling goods on Tmall Global, an online marketplace Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. launched in 2014 to take advantage of China’s…
The Simpsons is about to expand offscreen into a retail store network, with two flagships confirmed as the first global outlets for the popular animated US TV series. Beijing and Shanghai will be home to the world’s first The Simpsons stores because the…
Even as it announces record revenues and net profit, Apple says it has sold fewer iPhones in the first quarter and is bracing for a fall in sales in its critical Chinese market. “It’s becoming more apparent that there are some signs of economic softness,”…
The launch this coming June of Shanghai Disney Resort, which will be one of the largest theme parks in mainland China, is the first upbeat topic in a long time for the country which has been swayed by economic slowdown and the stock market plunge. Meanwhile,…
Beyond China few may have heard of Oppo or Vivo, but these local handset vendors are rising up the rankings in the world’s largest smartphone market, using local marketing savvy and strong retail networks in lower-tier cities. Industry experts say these…
A Shanghai court has fined three local tech firms for helping spread rumours about Yum Brands Inc’s KFC fast food chain that included doctored photos of deformed chickens and allegations the birds had six wings and eight legs. In a statement on its official…
The 93-year-old founder of South Korean retail giant Lotte Group walked into a court hearing on Wednesday to prove that he still remains healthy, which has emerged as a critical factor in the bitter family feud between his two sons. Shin Kyuk-ho appeared at…
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