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China sees a number of festivals and holidays that retailers and brands can tap with marketing and promotional campaigns
The Coresight Research team attended the Taobao Maker Festival 2019 in Hangzhou, China, on September 12. Alibaba’s Taobao Maker Festival, first launched in 2016, celebrates the “maker spirit” of Chinese merchants and designers, and how that spirit is resonating among China’s young generation (millennials and Gen Zers).
Fast retail is Coresight Research’s term for a new approach to retail featuring shorter leases, more shared spaces and more short-term stores. In this report, we profile the prevailing major fast retail formats in the US, ranging from pop-ups to marketplaces.
Alibaba’s Tmall accounted for 60% of gross merchandise volume (GMV) in the online retail business-to-consumer (B2C) market in China in the third quarter of 2018, according to China Internet Watch and Analysis.
In this is the third report in our series A Guide to Entering China for Foreign Brands and Retailers, we focus on how foreign brands can use Singles’ Day as a springboard to enter China, leveraging our proprietary data on brands’ sales performance on Singles’ Day 2018 on Tmall.
China celebrates many holidays and shopping festivals that foreign brands and retailers should pay attention to, ranging from traditional cultural celebrations to holidays adopted from Western culture to special events recently created by retailers and e-commerce platforms.
China’s retail industry is booming and in addition to Single’s Day, there are many opportunities for international brands and retailers to tap into the world’s largest e-commerce market. Use our 2019 calendar to adapt your sales strategies for the China market.
This report details the results of our fourth annual proprietary survey of Chinese overseas tourists’ travel and spending behaviors and preferences, undertaken in partnership with China Luxury Advisors.
This is the first report in our series A Guide to Entering China for Foreign Brands and Retailers. Here, we focus on a new way for foreign companies to enter China, the “Bonded + Retail Store” model.
In this report, we profile ten of the world’s biggest e-commerce marketplaces and look at the global prospects for e-commerce growth.
Chinese shoppers’ appetite for imported products continues to grow apace. We review the current state of the cross-border e-commerce market, note the factors supporting demand and look at forthcoming tax changes that will impact cross-border sales.
Chinese outbound tourists have evolved into experienced and sophisticated travelers - some 67% of surveyed tourists have traveled more than once in the past 12 months, visiting an average of 2.3 destinations. Apart from shopping, they crave lifestyle and experiences when they travel abroad.
In Part 2 of our 2017 Spring Festival Report, we focus on two main themes: 1) the continued rise in Chinese outbound travel; and 2) the growing preference for spending on experiences and entertainment.
Dior (EPA: CDI) opened an online boutique shop on WeChat and rolled out a new, limited-edition Lady Dior small handbag on the platform on August 1.
$1.63 billion in sales are made in the first 38 minutes • 42.6% of sales are made via mobile devices • The first domestic order is delivered in 15 minutes • The first cross-border order is delivered in 2 hours • In 2014, Alibaba offered an 11.11 shopping festival to global shoppers
