September 16, 2020
Police Allege Money Launderers Are Using Chinese eCommerce Sites To...
Chinese authorities have made a series of arrests alleging more than $2 billion was laundered at offshore gambling sites through faux eCommerce purchases. The Financial Times (FT) reported police acknowledged...
June 23, 2020
Digital Retail Innovation With Shopping Festivals And Mobile Checkout
China’s 618 shopping festival was closely observed for signs that the consumer will help spend the nation out of COVID-19, and the success of the event shows that is a likely outcome....
June 22, 2020
China’s 618 Festival Shows Strength In Consumer Spending
China’s 618 shopping festival is in the books. This year’s three-week event was watched closely for evidence that the Chinese consumer will help spend the country out of the pandemic,...
June 16, 2020
Live Streaming Set For Huge 618 Festival In China
U.S. eCommerce companies may be missing out on one of the hottest global trends. In China, eCommerce live streaming is all the rage — and a huge revenue generator —...
June 05, 2020
China’s JD.com To Sell $4.3B In Hong Kong-Listed Shares
Hong Kong technology company JD.com Inc. plans to sell up to $4.3 billion in shares in what is expected to be among this year’s largest public offerings in China, the...
April 30, 2020
Good News: Pandemic Produces Retail Winners
While the news is full of retail doom and gloom of late, the post-pandemic prognosis for one class of companies has actually been improving. Amazon, of course, is among them...
April 08, 2020
In China, Pent-Up Demand For Cosmetics A Blip Or Trend?
Emerging from lockdown, Chinese consumers may be opening up (digital) wallets and purses … though gradually. Against that backdrop, South China Morning Post reported that cosmetics sales in the country...
March 31, 2020
China’s Pinduoduo Raises $1.1B In Private Placement
Despite the world’s markets being crippled by the coronavirus, Pinduoduo Inc., the Chinese eCommerce company, said on Tuesday (March 31) that it has raised $1.1 billion from newly issued Class...
March 10, 2020
Antitrust Regulation in the Digital Economy: Industry Developments and the...
By Chenying Zhang Internet applications are becoming increasingly widespread, Internet-based trading platforms and associated big data have gradually developed. There is worldwide concern about data security. This is increasingly becoming...