JD.com

JD.com Eyes $25 Million Logistics Investment

Chinese eCommerce conglomerate JD.com is reportedly considering an investment in B2B logistics player Shadowfax, according to Entrackr reports Friday (June 8). Two...

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JD.com’s CEO Says Robots Will Replace Retail Workers

JD.com Chief Executive Richard Liu is predicting that robots will eventually supplant human workers in the retail industry. While Liu believes the...

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Blockchain

JD To Launch BaaS For Supply Chain Data Tracking

Chinese eCommerce giant JD.com – one of Alibaba’s chief rivals – just released a white paper detailing its plans for a new...

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Investments

JD’s Finance Arm Seeks Fresh Funding

In an effort to deepen its push into securities, banking and insurance, JD.com’s finance arm is seeking to raise ¥12 billion —...

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How Analytics Can Help Fashion Brands And Retailers

What does it take for a fashion brand to stay on top of the trends? A lot of market data. But not...

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Investments

Chinese Investors Want To Invest In Tech IPOs

A new survey by Shenzhen Stock Exchange reveals that most Chinese investors, who expect the government to roll back some of its...

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Blockchain

Blockchain Shines Spotlight On Carrefour Supply Chain

In an oversaturated market, it seems one of the only ways left for supermarkets to differentiate themselves in the grocery wars is...

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Amazon, Walmart Announce New Blockchain Ventures

Blockchain is now an official word in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Of course, the FinTech industry doesn’t have to look it up, but...

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Daily: Starbucks’ Potential Blockchain App, Bill Gates Calls Crypto ‘Super Risky’

Bitcoin may soon rise again – to $11,000, Coindesk reported. The popular digital currency rose to a high of $10,443 on Monday...

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JD.com CEO Slams US Protectionism Stance Against China

JD.com, the second largest eCommerce company in China — second only to Alibaba — railed against the U.S. on Wednesday (Jan.24), arguing the stance...

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JD.com Invests $3.B To Turn Manufacturing Towns Into eCommerce Towns

One of the largest eCommerce sites in China plans to invest more than 20 billion yuan — or $3.11 billion USD — in...

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JD.com Expands In Vietnam With Tiki.vn Investment

Amid competition from Alibaba and Amazon, Chinese online retail firm JD.com has led an investment in Vietnamese eCommerce firm Tiki.vn, Business of Fashion...

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Another Singles’ Day, Another Series Of Smashed Records For Alibaba And Alipay

While American retailers are gearing up for the one-two punch of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the biggest shopping day in China’s...

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Pomelo’s Fast Fashion, Affordable Pricing And Global Ambitions

Launched in Thailand in 2014, Pomelo has always had a bigger vision for its fast fashion eCommerce shop as a global brand...

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Baidu To Send Mobile Search Users JD.Com’s Way

Baidu, the Chinese internet search giant, reached a deal with Chinese eCommerce company JD.com in which it will send users looking for...

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Ecosystems

UnionPay’s Cashless Headache

UnionPay is facing an increasingly competitive and complicated world these days. Some question whether the card-payment network operator will be able to overcome the...

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Walmart Gears Up For Chinese eCommerce Festival

The eCommerce arena can be tough for retailers to navigate. It seems like there’s something new happening every day that forces it...

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Alibaba Spends $1 Billion To Boost Its Stake In Lazada

Alibaba Group, China’s eCommerce giant, is set to spend $1 billion to increase its stake in Lazada Group, an eCommerce company based...

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JD.com Adds Supply Chain Management Partner

Digital commerce platform JD.com has added APICS as a supply chain management partner, the companies revealed Wednesday (March 29). The Chinese conglomerate...

Consumer Habits Tracked By JD.com, Alibaba

How consumers shop is a mystery companies across the globe seek to uncover. In China, however, the two big ones — JD.com...

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JD Finance Headed For Independence

China’s JD.com is headed for a big shakeup. Reports Thursday (Nov. 17) said JD.com is exploring spinning off its finance operations, JD...

Walmart is planning to sell the Chinese division of its eCommerce platform to Alibaba's competitor JD.com, China's second largest eCommerce company.

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Walmart To Sell Chinese eCommerce Website To Alibaba’s Rival

Walmart is planning to sell the Chinese division of its eCommerce platform to Alibaba’s competitor JD.com, China’s second largest eCommerce company, sources told...

Mobile Commerce

Alibaba’s Earnings Revenue Forecast Grim

Alibaba Group Holding, the Chinese eCommerce player, has some rough days in store. [bctt tweet=”Rough days in store for Alibaba?”] As Reuters...

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News

Alibaba/JD.com Clash On Antitrust Accusations

China’s second largest eCommerce company, JD.com, is locking horns with its rival competitor, Alibaba, over antitrust issues just a week before Single’s Day, which...

Alibaba’s Stock Slumps — Again

Amid the turmoil that has rocked the Chinese stock market and names that are traded on the U.S. exchanges, one name stands...

Alibaba Eyes Rural China To Grow ECommerce Reach

Alibaba has taken plenty of heat from analysts in the past month — particularly after its stock hit a post-IPO all-time low and...

Is Alibaba’s eCommerce Edge At Risk?

Alibaba’s latest quarterly earnings showed that its growth is slowing — and slowing in a way that has some analysts concerned —...

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China’s M-Commerce Spending Sees Boost In 2015

The latest research from Emarketer projects commerce taking place on smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices will reach $334 billion in 2015,...

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News

Taylor Swift Designs Fashion Line for China’s JD.com

Taylor Swift is ready to take over China with her upcoming tour – and her very own clothing line.

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JD.com Adds ‘US Mall’ To Cross-Border Platform

Chinese eCommerce site JD.com announced yesterday (July 20) the launch of its “U.S. Mall,” an online channel of the company’s JD Worldwide...

Alibaba Rival Launches Credit Service With ZestFinance

JD.com has soundly secured the second place spot in China’s eCommerce market behind Alibaba, but now it wants to take on the...

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JD Takes On Alibaba On The International Stage

China’s second largest eCommerce player – JD.com – is going after No. 1. JD will be taking on Alibaba by launching JD...

China’s E-Commerce Goes Rural

China’s e-commerce giants have stepped up their online expansion to customers in rural areas, hoping to offset a saturated urban market, the...

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