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Insight Report | August 9, 2019 Free Report

Six Top Chinese Shopping Festivals You Cannot Miss

The top shopping festivals in China represent huge opportunities for brands and retailers to raise brand awareness and drive sales. Brands and retailers must be ready to take advantage of the shopping festivals China to tap into their full potential.

Deep Dive | April 22, 2019 Premium

Success in China E-Commerce: Your Tmall 101

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.

Insight Report | March 28, 2019 Premium

Insights from China: Alipay and WeChat Pay Go International

Alipay and WeChat Pay have gone international more quickly due to booming Chinese outbound tourism. They are accepted not only at retail locations but also used to pay transportation fares in support of local services.

Insight Report | March 12, 2019 Premium

New Retail Briefing #5: Alipay Pushes Cross-Border Payment; JD.com Continues Unstaffed Delivery Initiatives Abroad

“New Retail” is a model for integrating online retail, offline retail and logistics across a single value chain powered by data and technology. In this biweekly series, we cover important developments in New Retail in China and beyond.

Deep Dive | March 5, 2019 Premium

A Guide to Entering China for Foreign Brands and Retailers, Part 3: Breaking into the China Market — Optimizing Marketing and Promotional Strategies for Singles’ Day

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.

Insight Report | February 28, 2019 Premium

Insights from China: Millennials Travel Overseas for An Experience

Chinese tourists are traveling more but spending less on shopping when they go. Younger tourists look for experience trips over shopping. We look at how Western retailers can attract and retain this valuable demographic.

Insight Report | February 7, 2019 Premium

Chinese New Year Air Travel Takes Off Infographic

Chinese New Year is a major time for travel: Some 73 million Chinese travelers were expected to make journeys by plane over the 2019 holiday, with Thailand, Japan and Indonesia the top destinations.

Insight Report | January 22, 2019 Premium

Chinese New Year Preview: Year of the Pig Celebrations to be Worth ¥1 Trillion to Retail as Digital Gifting and Traveling Continue to Go Big

Retail and food-service sales during Chinese New Year grew steadily from 2011 to 2018. During the 2018 Chinese New Year Golden Week (February 15-21), retail sales reached ¥926 billion (about $146 billion), 10.2 % higher than the same period in 2017 —and more than double what it was in 2011, according to Ministry of Commerce statistics.

Insight Report | November 14, 2018 Premium

A Guide to Entering China for Foreign Brands and Retailers, Part 2: Chinese E-Commerce Calendar for 2019 – International Brands that Understand and Respect Chinese Culture Are Poised to Win

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.

Insight Report | November 14, 2018 Premium

Key Festivals and Holidays for Promotional Campaigns in China in 2019

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.

Insight Report | September 27, 2018 Premium

China National Day Golden Week 2018 Preview

Chinese tourists travelling during this year’s National Day Golden Week holidays (October 1–7) will boost both global and domestic retail sales. According to Ctrip (China’s largest online travel agency), during this year’s National Day holidays:

Deep Dive | September 26, 2018 Premium

Chinese Outbound Tourists Survey 2018: Urban Millennials Lead the Charge to More Independent, Adventurous Travel

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.

Deep Dive | September 24, 2018 Premium

A Guide to Entering China for Foreign Brands and Retailers, Part 1: Using the “Bonded + Retail Store” Model to Establish a Physical Presence in the Chinese Market

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.

Insight Report | May 15, 2018 Premium

Hong Kong Retail Sales Gain Momentum, Buttressed by Pickup in Tourism

The value of total retail sales in Hong Kong in March increased by 11.4% year over year, showing signs of momentum picking up after bottoming in 2016, according to the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department.

Insight Report | February 14, 2018 Premium

US Retailers Ready to Cater to Chinese New Year Shoppers with Mobile Payments

Many Chinese tourists are currently preparing to travel overseas during the Lunar New Year celebration, which begins on February 16 and runs through March 2 this year.In the US, hundreds of thousands of retailers and service providers are ready to cater to these tourists by offering them the mobile-wallet payment options they prefer, such as Alipay.