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General
1 min read

China fines Vipshop almost $500,000 for unfair competition acts

Chinese regulators have hit online discount retailer Vipshop Holdings Ltd with a 3 million yuan ($464,000) fine, the biggest to date in a recent clampdown on anti-competitive behavior among internet firms. In a sign that regulators are increasingly willing to…

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E-Tailing
1 min read

VIPShop reaps rewards from a strong apparel focus

Chinese discount retailer VIPShop Holdings achieved an 11 percent boost in active customers in the second quarter and a 33-per-cent increase in orders. The online company now boasts 33.1 million active customers who collectively lodged 147.8 million orders in…

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E-Tailing
1 min read

VIPshop buys Chinese outlet malls

Discount e-commerce platform Vipshop has acquired a chain of Chinese outlet malls. The online business has paid RMB290 million (US$42 million) for Shan Shan, extending its offline footprint. The Tencent and JD-backed site has been making strong moves to trade…

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E-Tailing
1 min read

Rising active customer count gives Vipshop good impact

Chinese online discounter VIPShop is reaping the benefits of a 13 per cent increase in active customers last quarter to 32.4 million – well ahead of the 5 per cent full-year improvement. Its annual results released overnight showed net revenue soared 15.9 per…

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E-Tailing
1 min read

Online boosted 361 Degrees sales growth

Sportswear retailer 361 Degrees International believes sponsorships of the Asia Games in Indonesia this month, and a focus on e-commerce are helping it attract younger customers. The Hong Kong-listed, Mainland China retailer of sports apparel, says sales…

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Fashion
2 min read

L Catterton Asia to form JV sportswear

LVMH-backed private-equity firm L Catterton Asia has launched a JV between two of its portfolio companies, Chinese menswear fashion group GXG, and Australian compression activewear company 2XU. The strategic partnership will enable both companies to…

ecommerce online
E-Tailing
3 min read

Four strategies of China’s top 10 e-commerce apps

Pushing advertisement online and offline has been the typical strategy of China’s e-commerce giants to bring in customers, explaining why e-commerce sector is one of the toughest battlegrounds for freshly born startups since they have little money to spend on…

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E-Tailing
2 min read

Cross-border eCommerce ‘set to skyrocket’ in China

Cross-border eCommerce (CBEC) is set to skyrocket in China according to a new report from international think tank Fung Global Retail & Technology. To capitalise on this, international retailers need to complement their existing expansion strategy with online…

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E-Tailing
1 min read

Vipshop adds customers, but margin narrow

Chinese online discount business Vipshop reports rising revenues but narrower margins during the third quarter. The New York-listed eCommerce player says its total net revenue increased by 38.4 per cent to RMB12 billion (US$1.8 billion), primarily…

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Fashion
4 min read

Sa Sa’s Stock May Fall 50%

Shares of Sa Sa International are up 27% in the past month as Chinese tourist arrivals to Hong Kong showed signs of a recovery – but it may not yet be time to put the marked down cosmetics retailer in the shopping basket. Once a market darling, Sa Sa has…

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E-Tailing
1 min read

VIPshop revenue grows 65 per cent

Bolstered by more customers and orders, Chinese online discount retailer VIPshop Holdings (VIPS) has seen its net revenue grow by 65 per cent to RMB13.9 billion ($2.15 billion) in the latest quarter to December 31. During the period, its number of active…

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E-Tailing
2 min read

Vipshop Stock Slumping as China Trading Halted

Shares of Vipshop Holdings are lower by 7.99% to $14.05 on Monday morning, as stocks traded in the U.S. but based in China tumble due to the global stock selloff, spurred by concerns regarding the Asian nation’s economic stability. Vipshop is a…

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E-Tailing
1 min read

Vipshop sales soar

Vipshop, the Chinese online discount retailer, says it boosted sales by as much as 63 per cent in the last quarter. The US-listed company says it expects revenue to be between RMB8.6 billion (US$1.349 billion) and RMB8.7 billion ($1.365 billion). But that is…

Beauty e tailer JD.com plows ahead with strengthening its Asia reach
E-Tailing
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The new niches in China’s ecommerce market

Alibaba’s sales is only 5 percent of total retail in China and JD.com’s sales of electronics products represent about 2 percent to 5 percent of total electronics retail as well, according to Dangdang.com’s CEO Li Guoqing. If you only look at the Chinese…