JD.com

JD.Com And Google Debut Online Store

JD.com, one of the biggest eCommerce retailers in China, has teamed up with Google to launch a store on Google Express, according...

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South East Asia

Chinese Tech Companies Reining In Perks, Laying Off As Economy Slows

Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing startup, ByteDance, the mobile app maker in China, and other Chinese tech firms are reining in perks...

JD.com, Farfetch Offer Luxury Shopping In China

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JD.com, Farfetch To Offer Luxury Shopping Experience In China

Chinese eCommerce company JD.com and luxury fashion platform Farfetch are expanding on a previous partnership to bring a “Premier Luxury Gateway to...

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China’s eCommerce Market Surpasses $186B In Q3

The online retail market hit $186.13 billion during the third quarter, with Alibaba in the dominant position. According to a report in...

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JD.com, Intel Create Joint Digitized Retail Lab

To look into smart retail solutions with the Internet of Things (IoT), JD.com and Intel have teamed up to start the Digitized...

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JD.com’s Q2 Tech Investments Jump 70 Percent Year Over Year

China’s JD.com’s quest to expand into technologies such as artificial intelligence and automation is causing its expenses to soar, with the company...

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Daily: JD.com Unveils Blockchain Lab; Crypto Ticker App May Be Targeting Macs

JD.com is teaming up with two schools to study distributed ledger technology’s (DLT) implications on business, Cryptovest reported. The Chinese eCommerce retailer...

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Intelligence of Things

NEW REPORT: Can IoT Packaging Unlock Last-Mile Certainty?

An estimated 52 percent of consumers worldwide are now using Intelligence of Things (IoT) devices. However, even as smart devices become more...

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JD.com Shares Decline On News Of CEO’s Arrest

After news broke of last week’s arrest of JD.com Inc. CEO Richard Liu in the U.S. on an allegation, shares of the...

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JD Turns To Walmart, Google For International Expansion Help

JD.com, a Chinese eCommerce company, is tapping Google and Walmart to help it expand outside China. Bloomberg, citing an interview with Richard...

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JD.com Enables The Enterprise To Create Its Own Blockchain Apps

China’s largest retailer, JD.com, has announced a new blockchain technology platform that will allow enterprise customers to build, host and use their...

News

Five At Five: Rite Aid Merger With Albertsons Falls Apart

Welcome to the Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news of the day. Coverage includes the collapse...

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Delivery

Walmart, JD.com Invest $500M Into Dada-JD Daojia

Dada-JD Daojia, a grocery and delivery company in China, disclosed Thursday (August 9) that it raised $500 million from Walmart and JD.com...

JD.com Eyes European Expansion

JD.com, the Chinese eCommerce company, has set its sights on Europe for its expansion and is putting the finishing touches on its...

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JD Finance Raises $2B, Doubles Valuation Pre-IPO

JD.com’s finance unit has raised $1.96 billion in a new round of funding. Reuters, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter,...

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Secoo Gets $175M Investment From L Catterton Asia, JD.com

On Tuesday (July 10), L Catterton Asia, the Asian unit of consumer-focused private equity firm L Catterton, and Chinese retailer JD.com announced...

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Shopping Holidays Bring In Billions For eCommerce Retailers

Holidays aren’t just for marking centuries-old traditions or historic milestones: Retailers are creating their own new-age eCommerce celebrations and bringing in big...

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Tencent, Alibaba, JD.com US Investments Could Be Trade War Casualty

The Trump administration might be introducing a new initiative that would restrict investment in U.S. tech firms by Chinese companies, as well...

JD.Com Rakes In $24.6B During 618 Shopping Festival

JD.com‘s annual 618 Shopping Festival was a big success for the Chinese eCommerce player, raking in $24.6 billion, according to new data...

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Google

Google To Invest $550M In JD.com For 1 Percent Stake

Google, aiming to boost its presence in Asian markets that are seeing fast growth, is investing $550 million in JD.com, the Chinese...

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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...

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...

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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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...

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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