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China’s retail sector is experiencing a transformative moment, marked by the strategic rise of two formidable players: Alibaba and JD.com. This dynamic shift mirrors broader trends reshaping the region’s e-commerce landscape, where Chinese consumers are…
British supermarket titan Sainsbury’s is currently exploring a potential sale of Argos, the general merchandise retailer it acquired for £1.1 billion (about $1.5 billion) back in 2016. The discussions involve Chinese e-commerce behemoth JD.com, hinting at a…
JD Flowers, the floral arm of JD.com, is poised to make a remarkable splash in China’s flower market with ambitious plans to sell over 100 million flowers by 2025. This growth strategy directly taps into the surging demand for high-quality imported flowers,…
IKEA has marked a significant milestone by launching its flagship store on JD.com, opening the floodgates to its extensive collection of home furnishings for millions of online shoppers across China. This vibrant new outlet boasts an impressive 6,500 products…
Chinese e-commerce giant JD is moving to stimulate small and medium enterprises nationally by providing supply chain and service support for the employment of more than 5 million people. The firm is accumulating around 50 billion goods as a part of its…
Chinese imaging app Meitu has offered its AR online makeup trial system to global beauty enterprises and retailers for free to help them overcome difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The firm’s Beauty Industry Support Plan was extended from…
A Gome flagship store has launched on JD, giving the Chinese home appliance retailer access to JD’s more than 360 million active annual customers. “JD.com is pleased to launch Gome’s third-party flagship store on our platform, making home appliances from…
Farfetch China has opened a flagship store on JD, one of its strategic investors. The move follows Farfetch China’s purchase of Toplife announced in February and gives the global luxury-fashion technology platform access to more than 300 million customers in…
Chinese online retailer JD is to buy nearly half the shares in electrical goods retailer Jiangsu Five Star Appliance, for US$189 million. Jiayuan Chuangsheng currently holds 93 per cent of the Five Star business and after divesting a 46 per cent stake to JD…
Chinese e-commerce giant JD has announced it plans to recruit up to 15,000 staff this year – just a week after saying it would let go 10 per cent of its senior executives. The majority of positions expected to be filled this year will be in logistics, with up…
JD.com announced the completion of Indonesia’s first government approved drone flight – a breakthrough for drone delivery in Southeast Asia. The successful pilot opens the door for future commercial drone use in Indonesia and the Southeast Asia region,…
JD.com, China’s largest retailer, has joined forces with Paramount Pictures and global play and entertainment company Hasbro to celebrate the Chinese release of the new TRANSFORMERS movie BUMBLEBEE. On the run in the year 1987, BUMBLEBEE finds refuge in a…
JD driverless delivery vehicles have been deployed in live testing in two Mainland China cities. The technology-cum-e-commerce company has opened two smart-delivery stations in the cities of Changsha and Hohhot, strengthening its autonomous logistics…
In its first major move since going public in September, Farfetch announced Wednesday that it is acquiring sneaker and streetwear marketplace Stadium Goods in a deal that values the business at $250 million. The London-based fashion e-commerce platform is…
Chinese online retail platform JD has launched a joint lab with Intel that will explore the use of IoT in smart retail solutions. The Digitised Retail Joint Lab will develop next-generation vending machines, media and advertising solutions, and technologies…
AuMake International Limited has joined forces with JD Worldwide, a division of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, to create a new omnichannel platform for Australian and New Zealand brands to reach Chinese customers. The strategic agreement, which was signed…
