For nearly 19 years, it has built the backbone of China’s giant e-commerce machine, essentially creating a “move-in” environment for brands, as well as an engaging discovery and frictionless purchase process for shoppers. As a…
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How to command price premium in China
In China market today, “consumption upgrading” is a buzzword … it might be better quality, quicker delivery, better brands, smarter functions, or a combination of various factors. Behind this change is the fact that more…
Tech firms take the IPO limelight
Walter Zhang, PwC China Assurance Partner, said: “Chinese TMT IPOs maintained strong momentum over the year, with the total proceeds doubling year-on-year. The number of TMT IPOs also grew by 50 percent from 2016.” However,…
Trump’s Tariff Threats Are Working On China
Most of those fake goods are American brands. Alibaba, like the Chinese consumers it serves, prefer the American brands. China would be hurting those tech companies by making American brands more expensive. China has also…
Chinese International Students Are the New Brand Champions
With first-hand access to the latest trends from a wide variety of luxury brands, Chinese students abroad have become unofficial opinion leaders for their friends and peers back home. According to a survey conducted by…
Brands Are Chewing Through Digital Agencies in China
Choosing a digital agency in China is difficult. The right agency could lead to massive success, but the wrong one could waste money, time, and energy. Many brands are struggling to find the right agency.…
China opens up car market to foreign manufacturers as Xi calms trade war talk
Chinese president Xi Jinping has pledged to open up his country’s car industry to foreign manufacturers, improving access to the world’s largest vehicle market. In a speech seemingly designed to defuse growing trade tensions between…
China’s Sinochem hires banks for $2 billion IPO of oil assets: sources
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s Sinochem Group has hired seven banks to manage a $2 billion Hong Kong stock listing of its key oil assets, three people said, as the state-owned firm shifts to higher-value…
China demands halt of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Monday that it opposed the United States selling weapons to Taiwan, after the Trump administration approved the marketing license required for American manufacturers to sell technology to Taiwan that…
‘QVC on steroids’: China sees the rise of web video commerce
Now, as the technology matures, the third-party selling format in China that’s been rattled by government regulations and looked down upon by brands is seeing a rebirth. Through these livestream shopping shows, China’s gray market…
Top 10 developments in China for brand owners
This alert covers issues such as increasing political sensitivity, an increasingly tough online environment, an increase in the number of trademark fillings made in China, the new Chinese anti-unfair competition law, a more stringent examination…
China looks to yuan devaluation as a tool in trade war with Donald Trump
While a weaker yuan could help President Xi Jinping shore up China’s export industries in the event of widespread tariffs in the US, a devaluation comes with plenty of risks. It would encourage Trump to…
China lists $50 billion of U.S. goods for possible 25 per cent tariff
China accounted for almost 60 per cent of their exports and … WH Group, which bought Smithfield in 2013, opened a facility in the centre Chinese city of Zhengzhou to produce its brands but uses…
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