Double Eleven Presale Soars, With Li Jiaqi's Livestreams Driving Record-Breaking Sales
2 months ago

Double Eleven Presale Soars, With Li Jiaqi's Livestreams Driving Record-Breaking Sales

China Daily  

Top-tier livestreaming sales host Li Jiaqi achieved significant sales success during China's Double Eleven shopping frenzy, with his livestreaming sessions generating over 20 percent more purchases than last year. The surge in online retail sales is attributed to a combination of favorable economic factors, government policies, and the popularity of livestreaming among Chinese consumers.

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Quzhou's online sales reach $402m during Singles Day
1 month, 1 week ago

Quzhou's online sales reach $402m during Singles Day

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2024-11-15 The intelligent sorting system in Quzhou, Zhejiang province. The data revealed on Nov 12 that Quzhou achieved 2.91 billion yuan in online retail sales during this year's Singles Day shopping season, a 2.5-percent increase from last year. Livestreaming e-commerce also played a significant role, with Kecheng district, Jiangshan county-level city, and Longyou county emerging as the top …

Zhejiang sets record during Singles Day sales
1 month, 1 week ago

Zhejiang sets record during Singles Day sales

China Daily  

ezhejiang.gov.cn| Updated :2024-11-14 An employee picks imported goods for sale during the Singles Day shopping season at a cross-border e-commerce bonded warehouse in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, on Oct 23. The Singles Day shopping season brought record-breaking logistics to Zhejiang, with the province handling 2.243 billion parcels from Oct 21 to Nov 12, according to the State Post Bureau. The delivery …

Ningbo’s online retail sales hit 30.97b yuan amidst shopping spree
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1 month, 1 week ago

Ningbo’s online retail sales hit 30.97b yuan amidst shopping spree

China Daily  

A workshop in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. Ningbo’s online retail sales totaled 30.97 billion yuan throughout the month-long Double 11 shopping extravaganza, marking a yearly uptick of 11.58 percent, as per official statistics. Within this total, online retail sales of physical goods in the city hit 29.19 billion yuan, representing a substantial 94.27 percent of the overall sales figure. Geographically, Cixi, …

Ningbo’s online retail sales hit 30.97b yuan amidst shopping spree
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1 month, 1 week ago

Ningbo’s online retail sales hit 30.97b yuan amidst shopping spree

China Daily  

A workshop in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. Ningbo’s online retail sales totaled 30.97 billion yuan throughout the month-long Double 11 shopping extravaganza, marking a yearly uptick of 11.58 percent, as per official statistics. Within this total, online retail sales of physical goods in the city hit 29.19 billion yuan, representing a substantial 94.27 percent of the overall sales figure. Geographically, Cixi, …

Xiamen's online retail sales reach $4.93b on Double 11, ranking first in Fujian
1 month, 1 week ago

Xiamen's online retail sales reach $4.93b on Double 11, ranking first in Fujian

China Daily  

During the recent Double 11 shopping festival, Xiamen's e-commerce sector performed exceptionally well, maintaining its lead in Fujian province with record-high online retail sales. Xiamen's online retail sales reached 35.64 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.6 percent and accounting for 37 percent of the province’s total online retail sales. Xiamen is home to 626 companies with online retail sales …

Double 11 is sweet 16 and maturing well
1 month, 1 week ago

Double 11 is sweet 16 and maturing well

China Daily  

Staff members at the joint distribution center in Yucheng handle parcels with the help of a sorting machine. The Double 11 shopping festival has been around for 16 years, during which time it has become an influential consumer event leading to the rapid development of the e-commerce industry. Besides, for the first time, government subsidies have entered the scene as …

'Double 11' shopping festival sees China handle record-high parcel volume
1 month, 1 week ago

'Double 11' shopping festival sees China handle record-high parcel volume

China Daily  

China's express delivery industry gears up for the Singles Day online shopping event, as data reflects a surge in handling numbers. BEIJING -- China's postal and express delivery companies handled a record-high 701 million parcels on Monday, the peak day of this year's "Double 11" shopping festival, according to data from the State Post Bureau on Tuesday. Since entering the …

Chinese e-commerce firms report growth in sales, shoppers for Singles’ Day shopping festival
1 month, 1 week ago

Chinese e-commerce firms report growth in sales, shoppers for Singles’ Day shopping festival

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — China’s e-commerce firms reported an increase in the number of shoppers and a growth in sales for this year’s Singles’ Day shopping festival, although final figures were not publicly revealed. Rival online retailer JD.com said Tuesday the number of shoppers for its Singles’ Day promotion period grew 20% and that it achieved “double-digit growth” in transaction volume …

How China’s sluggish economy has made Singles Day gloomy for retailers
1 month, 1 week ago

How China’s sluggish economy has made Singles Day gloomy for retailers

Firstpost  

The massively popular Singles’ Day shopping frenzy in China is here, but this year, the enthusiasm among consumers seems to have dimmed. Women walk out from a fashion boutique near a display promoting the upcoming China popular e-commerce sales, the “Singles’ Day” global online shopping festival, at a shopping mall in Beijing, Nov. 4, 2024. Women walk out from a …

Cross-border e-commerce growing in China
1 month, 1 week ago

Cross-border e-commerce growing in China

China Daily  

Having worked as a tech reporter for about a decade, I have witnessed firsthand the rapid growth of China's cross-border e-commerce platforms and how the country's consumers have shown increasing demand for premium imported and foreign-branded products in recent years. According to a report from Chinese e-commerce platform JD's Consumption and Industry Development Research Institute, imported brands, including mobile phones, …

AI, 5G technologies help e-tailers boost sales via livestreaming
3 months, 1 week ago

AI, 5G technologies help e-tailers boost sales via livestreaming

China Daily  

Sellers promote freshly picked peaches via livestreaming at a plantation in Shiyan, Hubei province, in August. CAO ZHONGHONG/FOR CHINA DAILY Competition in China's booming livestreaming e-commerce segment — the practice of promoting products via live broadcasts on online channels — is intensifying, as major e-tailers step up efforts to bolster sales and attract a more diversified customer base by leveraging …

AI, 5G technologies help e-tailers boost sales via livestreaming
3 months, 1 week ago

AI, 5G technologies help e-tailers boost sales via livestreaming

China Daily  

Sellers promote freshly picked peaches via livestreaming at a plantation in Shiyan, Hubei province, in August. CAO ZHONGHONG/FOR CHINA DAILY Competition in China's booming livestreaming e-commerce segment — the practice of promoting products via live broadcasts on online channels — is intensifying, as major e-tailers step up efforts to bolster sales and attract a more diversified customer base by leveraging …

AI-powered livestreaming rivalries heating up
6 months ago

AI-powered livestreaming rivalries heating up

China Daily  

A seller promotes products through livestreaming in Haian, Jiangsu province, during this year's June 18 shopping gala. GU HUAXIA/FOR CHINA DAILY Competition in China's booming livestreaming e-commerce sector has intensified during this year's June 18 shopping carnival as major online retailers ramped up efforts to promote sales and entice a more diversified customer base via livestreaming fueled by advances in …

618 shopping gala stimulates consumption
6 months ago

618 shopping gala stimulates consumption

China Daily  

Workers sort packages at a logistics center in Suqian, Jiangsu province, on June 14. "Consumption has become the main driving force boosting China's economic growth, and the June 18 shopping festival is pivotal to unleashing consumers' purchasing potential and promoting the recovery of the economy," said Wang Yun, a researcher at the Academy of Macroeconomic Research, which is affiliated with …

618 shopping gala stimulates consumption
6 months ago

618 shopping gala stimulates consumption

China Daily  

Workers sort packages at a logistics center in Suqian, Jiangsu province, on June 14. "Consumption has become the main driving force boosting China's economic growth, and the June 18 shopping festival is pivotal to unleashing consumers' purchasing potential and promoting the recovery of the economy," said Wang Yun, a researcher at the Academy of Macroeconomic Research, which is affiliated with …

双语新闻播报（June 4）
6 months, 2 weeks ago

双语新闻播报（June 4）

China Daily  

> China's online retail sales up 11.5% in January-April period 商务部：今年前4月全国网上零售额同比增长11.5% A staff member sells summer oranges via live broadcasts at a digital e-commerce center in Zigui county, Yichang, Hubei province on Aug 4, 2023. China's online retail sales saw steady expansion in the first four months of 2024, with emerging growth forces continuing to boost consumption, official data showed …

China's online retail sales up 11.5% in January-April period
7 months ago

China's online retail sales up 11.5% in January-April period

China Daily  

A staff member sells summer oranges via live broadcasts at a digital e-commerce center in Zigui county, Yichang, Hubei province on Aug 4, 2023. BEIJING - China's online retail sales saw steady expansion in the first four months of 2024, with emerging growth forces continuing to boost consumption, official data showed on Tuesday. The country's online retail sales rose 11.5 …

China's online retail sales up 11.5% in January-April period
7 months ago

China's online retail sales up 11.5% in January-April period

China Daily  

Xinhua| Updated :2024-05-23 A staff member sells summer oranges via live broadcasts at a digital e-commerce center in Zigui county, Yichang, Hubei province on Aug 4, 2023. BEIJING - China's online retail sales saw steady expansion in the first four months of 2024, with emerging growth forces continuing to boost consumption, official data showed on Tuesday. The country's online retail …

Worried Chinese shoppers scrimp, dimming the appeal of a Singles’ Day shopping extravaganza
1 year, 1 month ago

Worried Chinese shoppers scrimp, dimming the appeal of a Singles’ Day shopping extravaganza

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Shoppers in China have been tightening their purse strings, raising questions over how faltering consumer confidence may affect Saturday’s annual Singles’ Day online retail extravaganza. “The hype and excitement around Singles’ Day is sort of over,” said Shaun Rein, founder and managing director of Shanghai-based China Market Research Group. “Consumers have over the last nine months been …

Singles Day lifts sales for local brands
1 year, 1 month ago

Singles Day lifts sales for local brands

China Daily  

Workers are busy packing products before this year's Singles Day shopping spree at an e-commerce seller's warehouse in Huaian, Jiangsu province, on Nov 1. ZHANG ZHAOJIU/FOR CHINA DAILY Survey: Consumers focus on domestic products as quality, value increase Pan Lin, a 23-year-old postgraduate in Beijing and a fan of Chinese brands, scrolled through online marketplaces during this year's Singles Day …

Chinese livestreamers set their sights on TikTok sales to shoppers in the US and Europe
1 year, 5 months ago

Chinese livestreamers set their sights on TikTok sales to shoppers in the US and Europe

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I wanted to try livestreaming …

Chinese livestreamers set their sights on TikTok sales to shoppers in the US and Europe
1 year, 5 months ago

Chinese livestreamers set their sights on TikTok sales to shoppers in the US and Europe

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Chinese livestreamers have set their sights on TikTok shoppers in the U.S. and Europe, hawking everything from bags and apparel to crystals with their eyes on a potentially lucrative market, despite uncertainties over the platform’s future in the U.S. and elsewhere. “I wanted to try livestreaming on TikTok because it aligned with my experiences as an English …

Chinese online shoppers are enticed by deep discounts, payment plans as zest for spending lags
1 year, 6 months ago

Chinese online shoppers are enticed by deep discounts, payment plans as zest for spending lags

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chinese shoppers were treated to …

China's online retail sales log rapid expansion in Q1
1 year, 8 months ago

China's online retail sales log rapid expansion in Q1

China Daily  

A woman from Guizhou's Dong ethnic group sells handmade rabbit toys via a livestream in Congjiang county, Guizhou province on Jan 25, 2023. BEIJING -- China's online retail market registered robust growth in the first quarter of this year, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed on Friday. Specifically, sales of gold, silver and jewelry soared 28.1 percent year-on-year, and …

Xiamen tops online retail sales in Fujian during shopping festival
2 years, 6 months ago

Xiamen tops online retail sales in Fujian during shopping festival

China Daily  

Statistics showed that during the 618 shopping festival, which was from June 1 to 20, Xiamen in Fujian province generated 17.69 billion yuan in online retail sales, an increase of 12.3 percent year-on-year, which was 6.6 percentage points and 3.6 percentage points higher than the provincial and national averages, respectively. Of which, the online retail sales of physical goods reached …

Online retail booms in Qingdao
2 years, 7 months ago

Online retail booms in Qingdao

China Daily  

In the first four months of this year, the online retail sales of Qingdao, Shandong province totaled 55.75 billion yuan, accounting for 33.1 percent of the provincial total, which is an increase of 29.3 percent year-on-year, according to statistics from the Qingdao municipal bureau of commerce. A poster for an online sales event in Qingdao To meet residents' expanding consumption …

Online retail sales surpass 50b yuan in Q1
2 years, 8 months ago

Online retail sales surpass 50b yuan in Q1

China Daily  

A woman promotes clothes via livestreaming in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province. Online retail sales in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province expanded 9.9 percent year-on-year to 50.94 billion yuan in the first quarter of the year, official data showed. The top three goods sold online from the city from January to March are digital products, clothing, shoes and bags as …

销售近亿元!网上年货节刮起“上合风”
2 years, 10 months ago

销售近亿元!网上年货节刮起“上合风”

China Daily  

商务部新闻发言人1月27日表示，上合组织国家特色商品电商直播活动成为“2022全国网上年货节”一大亮点。 图片来源：大众日报 A series of e-commerce livestreaming events featuring goods from Shanghai Cooperation Organization members has seen nearly 100 million yuan in sales of goods, according to the Ministry of Commerce. 商务部新闻发言人介绍称，“上合组织国家特色商品电商直播活动”自1月10日启动以来，共举办各类直播近1800场，累计带动上合组织国家商品销售近1亿元人民币，参与观众超过400万人次。 Meanwhile, a total of 1,500 categories of featured products from the countries were on sale, with 14 envoys from SCO member states taking part in the online shopping …

Analysis | China shines regulatory spotlight on livestream retail boom as crackdown claims biggest star
3 years ago

Analysis | China shines regulatory spotlight on livestream retail boom as crackdown claims biggest star

The Hindu  

China's 'common prosperity' crackdown has turned a harsh spotlight on the country's massive livestream e-commerce business - underlining the fragility of a surging sales channel that some of the world's biggest brands have come to rely on. Along with Viya's closest-selling rival by sales, Li Jiaqi - also known as 'Lipstick Brother' - the two biggest stars of the sector …

China’s Singles’ Day shopping fest muted amid tech crackdown
3 years, 1 month ago

China’s Singles’ Day shopping fest muted amid tech crackdown

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — China’s biggest online shopping day, known as “Singles’ Day” on Nov. 11, is taking on a muted tone this year as regulators crack down on the technology industry and President Xi Jinping pushes for “common prosperity.” The Singles’ Day shopping festival — also known as Double 11 — is a massive event for China’s e-commerce companies. Alibaba …

Short videos, livestreaming redefine retail
3 years, 2 months ago

Short videos, livestreaming redefine retail

China Daily  

Austin Li anchors a livestreamed product promotion in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Sept 23. From the outside, Liu, 35, is a vlogger on Douyin, China's leading short video app, where he imparts so-called life lessons through a series of two-minute video clips to the younger generation, or "between 18 and 28 years old", as he precisely put it. "Of course, …

Qingdao registers strong e-commerce growth
3 years, 4 months ago

Qingdao registers strong e-commerce growth

China Daily  

The e-commerce sector in Qingdao, Shandong province posted a strong growth momentum in the first half of this year, said the Qingdao Bureau of Commerce. Official statistics show that from January to June, the city's online retail sales reached 73.47 billion yuan, accounting for 30.3 percent of the province's total and up 20.2 percent year-on-year. The promotion During the 2021 …

Fujian's consumption reaches new high in H1
3 years, 4 months ago

Fujian's consumption reaches new high in H1

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-08-04 A bird's-eye view of Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province. The total retail sales of consumer goods in Fujian province hit 1.02 trillion yuan in the January-June period in 2021, a cumulative increase of 17.9 percent, according to the provincial department of commerce. From January to June, the retail sales of commodities hit 928.22 billion yuan, a …

Livestreaming unleashes consumption potential in H1
3 years, 4 months ago

Livestreaming unleashes consumption potential in H1

China Daily  

Viya, one of China's top e-commerce livestreamers, and her assistants promote products via livestreaming platforms in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. New forms of business such as livestreaming and e-commerce developed rapidly, unleashing greater consumption potential in the first half of this year, People's Daily reported on Tuesday. In the first half of this year, China's total retail sales of consumer goods …

Consumption sees steady recovery in Q1
3 years, 8 months ago

Consumption sees steady recovery in Q1

China Daily  

Shoppers at a supermarket in Nantong, Jiangsu province. During the first three months of the year, retail sales of consumer goods hit 10.52 trillion yuan, up 33.9 percent on a yearly basis, while the two-year growth reached 4.2 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday. In March, the average growth over a two-year period for the catering sector …

Zhejiang's online retail sales up 13.3% in Jan-Nov
3 years, 11 months ago

Zhejiang's online retail sales up 13.3% in Jan-Nov

China Daily  

By Ma Zhenhuan in Hangzhou| chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2020-12-31 A worker delivers packages at a logistics center owned by Ningbo Peacebird Fashion Co Ltd, in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province, on Nov 10, 2020. Zhejiang province, an e-commerce heartland and foreign trade hub in East China, reported a robust increase in online retail sales in the first 11 months of this …

Livestreaming adds excitement, profitability to e-commerce
3 years, 11 months ago

Livestreaming adds excitement, profitability to e-commerce

China Daily  

A host sells hot dry noodles, a popular dish in Wuhan, Hubei province, and other food products on a livestream broadcast from the 29th China Food Expo on Dec 3. According to a Nielsen report, market size of livestreamed e-commerce is expected to reach 961 billion yuan in 2020, which will account for 10 percent of e-commerce in China. Justin …

Livestreaming adds excitement, profitability to e-commerce
3 years, 11 months ago

Livestreaming adds excitement, profitability to e-commerce

China Daily  

A host sells hot dry noodles, a popular dish in Wuhan, Hubei province, and other food products on a livestream broadcast from the 29th China Food Expo on Dec 3. According to a Nielsen report, market size of livestreamed e-commerce is expected to reach 961 billion yuan in 2020, which will account for 10 percent of e-commerce in China. Justin …

Chinese shoppers spend over $100 billion in shopping fest
4 years, 1 month ago

Chinese shoppers spend over $100 billion in shopping fest

The Hindu  

Chinese consumers spent over a hundred billion dollars during this year’s Singles’ Day shopping festival, signaling a rebound in consumption as China recovers from the coronavirus pandemic and a battering of the economy. From November 1 to November 11, shoppers spent 498.2 billion yuan on Taobao and Tmall, the e-commerce platforms operated by Alibaba, China’s largest e-commerce company. The annual …

Shandong ranks 4th in purchasing power in Double 11 spree
4 years, 1 month ago

Shandong ranks 4th in purchasing power in Double 11 spree

China Daily  

The online purchasing power of Shandong residents ranked fourth in the country as of 00:17 on Nov 11, or Double 11, the world's largest shopping festival. Real-time data show the online purchasing power of Shandong cities during the Double 11 shopping festival. Real-time data showed that as of 0:44:19 on Nov 11, Qingdao ranked first in Shandong in terms of …

Chinese shoppers splurge in world’s largest shopping fest
4 years, 1 month ago

Chinese shoppers splurge in world’s largest shopping fest

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Chinese consumers are expected to spend tens of billions on everything from fresh food to luxury goods during this year’s Singles’ Day online shopping festival, as the country recovers from the pandemic. The shopping festival, which is the world’s largest and typically begins in November, is an annual extravaganza where China’s e-commerce companies, including Alibaba, JD.com and …

Livestreaming becomes new mode of film marketing and ticketing amid epidemic
4 years, 4 months ago

Livestreaming becomes new mode of film marketing and ticketing amid epidemic

China Daily  

On July 20, cinemas in the country's low-risk areas reopened. Livestreaming platforms have emerged as a new channel for movie marketing and ticket sales amid the COVID-19 epidemic, according to a report by an online platform under China's e-commerce giant Alibaba. According to the report, the epidemic has significantly weakened traditional film promotion channels, such as roadshows and media interviews, …

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