Tmall will this year work with top beauty brands such as Estee Lauder and Lancome to help them surpass RMB 1 billion (US$157.9 million) in annual sales on the platform. The increased focus on the beauty sector will also see Tmall deliver an updated suite of…
Alibaba’s Hema supermarket says it will open three stores in the Chinese city of Xian by the end of this year. The offline supermarket’s expansion into the northwestern Chinese city follows an announcement that it will add 30 locations in Beijing by year-end,…
The Chinese government has issued updated guidance on rules for cross-border e-commerce in the world’s second-largest economy, giving stakeholders much-needed clarity on potential changes in policy that have hung over the sector for the past year. China’s…
On the way to becoming the world’s largest e-tailing market (US$590 billion in 2015), online shopping in China has become a highly social activity. Wary Chinese consumers don’t swallow advertising at face value and they don’t take vendors at their word – they…
Alibaba Group has struck a deal to buy Hong Kong’s venerable English-language newspaper, the South China Morning Post, adding a relatively small but influential content provider as the Chinese eCommerce giant expands into online entertainment and information.…
Chinese language etailing big Alibaba says it’ll launch 11 ‘nation pavilions’ on its Tmall International on-line market to spice up cross-border eCommerce commerce. On the similar time, Alibaba’s group-buying platform, Juhuasuan, is becoming a member of the…