Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in China, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Aeon China is set to launch a self-service store network equipped with technology to anticipate what a customer will buy upon entry. The facial-recognition technology will activate recommendations and coupons displayed on the customer’s phone, based on…
While China is certain to be one of the world’s largest 5G markets and has been spending heavily to gain an early lead in 5G adoption, there are signs that 5G momentum is slowing down in the market. This was one of the conclusions of a new report from…
he Burberry Shanghai flagship store has been shuttered as the British luxury-goods retailer looks to reduce costs. It is the fourth Burberry location within Mainland China to be shuttered within the last eight months as part of a global restructuring effort,…
Huawei’s CEO has revealed details of how the telecommunications giant will foster its spin-off Honor brand in Asia. The strategy includes store rollouts, an increasing focus on online sales and revised price positioning differentiating the two brands. Richard…
AirAsia will be flying direct daily from Kuala Lumpur to Quanzhou in Fujian, China.bOnce, one of the world’s biggest ports and the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, Quanzhou was known to Arab traders as Zaiton and was praised by Marco Polo as the “one…
Taobao will leverage its livestreaming technology to help incubate 1,000 key opinion leaders in China’s countryside in an effort to boost rural development. By helping farmers go online, Taobao aims to enable farmers to find new markets and customers from…
ZTE and the Zhejiang branch of China Mobile have jointly launched commercial trials of a new maritime broadband satellite solution. The solution, Heweitong, is designed to help solve common problems of maritime communication, such as poor coverage, slow data…
Israeli vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications solutions provider Autotalks has announced the successful completion of cellular V2X field trials in China. The trials on a public road, conducted in collaboration with an unnamed large Chinese technology…
The global fixed broadband market is on track to reach 1 billion subscribers by the end of 2019, driven by unprecedented growth of fiber connections in Asia Pacific, particularly China, according to Kagan. At the end of 2018, broadband subscriptions reached…
British fashion house Alexander McQueen — known for its unique tailoring and audacious designs — has soft-launched a virtual store on the Tmall Luxury Pavilion, Alibaba Group’s platform for luxury and premium brands. It will be the first online store in China…
The City of Shanghai has launched 5G trials in the Hongkou district, which also has the distinction of having a gigabit broadband network. The 5G trial, backed by China Mobile, involves providing full coverage of the district. During a commencement ceremony…
Chinese logistics firm SF Express is reportedly closing its network of SF Best offline retail stores in major Chinese cities. The move, which has seen the shuttering of the firm’s e-commerce and retail business SF Best, has been prompted by a slowing economy…
Fabernovel supports the leading international cosmetic company Shiseido to achieve its digital transformation at a global level by 2020. Shiseido has just received the Valiente’s Transformation Award at SXSW in Austin, Texas, acknowledging its excellence in…
Makeup superstore Sephora has confirmed its widely anticipated return to Hong Kong in physical store form. The LVMH-owned cosmetics retailer will sublease a 4000sqft space in the Zara store at IFC Mall in Central, nine years after it closed its last store in…
Furniture firm Fritz Hansen has launched a Jaime Hayon-designed showroom in the Chinese city of Xi’an. The new 1000sqm gallery, represents a stage in the brand’s ambition to become the largest Danish brand in China, is Fritz Hansen’s first store in China and…
Following a realignment of its senior regional management last week, Swiss bank UBS has now rejigged its middle management, or country team heads as they are referred to at the bank. Kenny Wai, country team head for Kowloon, has resigned from the bank after…
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