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China’s Biggest B2C E-Commerce Site, Tmall, Finally Gets an iPhone App

China’s leading B2C e-commerce site, Tmall, now has a brand-new iPhone app, which launched earlier today. If the app’s arrival seems surprisingly late, it’s likely because the e-tailer used to be...

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Tmall to Challenge 360Buy by Subsidizing Electronics Sales

Price war! Following in the wake of Suning’s shot across the bow of online B2C retailers, Alibaba’s Tmall is launching an offensive that looks to challenge relative newcomer 360Buy. Tmall will offer...

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Dangdang Unblocks Etao Product Search Engine, Ready to Play Nice

It’s time for soldiers to kiss flag-waving young women on the streets and for doves to be released into the cloud-parting skies. Or something. Because two of China’s biggest e-commerce rivals seem to...

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Tencent’s E-Commerce Subsidiary Ready to IPO, But First Needs More Customers

Tencent (HKG:0700), one of China’s largest and oldest web companies, got restructured into six separate units last week so as to make it more adaptive and lean. And now the new CEO of the...

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MSN China Hits 60 Million Readers, Wants to Expand Into E-Commerce

Microsoft’s local portal, MSN China, has revealed that it has grown to 50 to 60 million active monthly users in the country, as it continues its battles against home-grown news and entertainment...

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China’s B2C E-commerce Space is a Two Horse Race

Photo: hktaobao.net A report earlier in the month from the folks over at Analysys International indicates that China’s B2C e-commerce market could be worth as much as 81.8 billion RMB (or $12.9...

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Home Furnishings E-Tailer Meilele Puts to Bed $40 Million in Funding

Chinese home furnishings e-tailer Meilele has announced that it has put to bed US$40 million in second-round funding. The significant investment was led by Singapore’s Vertex Venture Holdings, with...

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Tmall to Launch Online Bookstore This Week, Promises 60 Million Titles

China’s biggest e-commerce site, Tmall, is set to offer a new line of products this week: books. The online bookstore within Tmall is reportedly due to open on Thursday (June 14th) and will stock 60...

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I’ll Drink to That: China Gets First Specialist Beer E-Commerce Site

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems. — Homer Simpson I was waiting for this day. And here it is. China’s vibrant and increasingly niche e-commerce sector now has a site just...

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Jiuxian Focuses on French Wines in New Push for Luxury Shoppers

The management team of Jiuxian, China’s top alcohol e-tailer, are off on a merry jaunt to France for a one-week bender fact-finding mission in which they’re aiming to strike up deals with French wine...

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BeliFurniture Helps You Buy Furniture Online

BeliFurniture, which means “buy furniture” in Bahasa Indonesia, is a startup that (surprise!) focuses on selling furniture online in the country. Founded in January 2012, BeliFurniture.com claims to...

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Suning Shares Plunge After Warning of 30% Slump in Profits

Chinese electronics retailer and e-tailer Suning (SHE:002024) is having a nightmare time with its stock down 15 percent from this point last week on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The plunge began on...

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Report: QQ Buy to Open E-Commerce Platform to 1,000 Businesses

Tencent’s (HKG:0700) big push into e-commerce is continuing with the rumors in Chinese media that the company is opening up its QQ Buy online store to 300 businesses to open up virtual storefronts. By...

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See Who Rules China’s B2C E-Commerce Market as It Nears $100 Billion in Value...

New statistics for China’s B2C e-commerce sector in 2012 Q2 show that the market leader, Tmall, has extended its lead even further in this two-horse race. Second-place 360Buy has also grown slightly in...

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Despite Over $50 Million in Funding, E-Tailer Yaodian100 Vanishes Offline

Yaodian100's frontpage, before it vanished offline. That was quite a vanishing act. The Chinese e-commerce site Yaodian100 – which has, over the years, received over $50 million in funding – has gone...

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Chinese Retailer Finds Triple-Digit Growth Only Happens Online

This is why retailers need a strong presence in e-commerce. Chinese electronics retailer Suning (SHE:002024) has posted unaudited results for 2012 H1 that show its online operations, at Suning.com,...

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That’s a Lot of Gadgets: Tmall Hits $3.17 Billion in Sold Electronics in H1 2012

With half-year financial results coming in thick and fast, China’s biggest B2C ecommerce site, Tmall, has revealed that it sold 20 billion RMB ($3.165 billion) in gadgets and electronics alone in 2012...

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Facing Rising Labor Costs, One Chinese E-Commerce Site Opts For “Made in...

Vancl is China’s top own-brand e-commerce site, selling its own cheap yet cheerful clothing items in a manner similar to Japan’s Uniqlo. Except Vancl does it only online. Some of its clothes retail,...

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Walmart Now Owns a Controlling Share of Yihaodian

Fans of Walmart (NYSE:WMT) or Chinese e-commerce site Yihaodian may recall that back in February, Walmart announced its intentions to up its stake in Yihaodian up to a controlling 51 percent of...

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360Buy CEO Declares Price War, Suning and Gome Fire Back

360Buy puts on its massive price war armor Ah, weibo. Without you, life would be so dull! E-commerce CEOs would carry out their fights behind closed doors and all we’d see would be the lower prices....

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