Over the last 18 months, we’ve been taken aback by how quickly grey-market imports through suitcase shoppers (Daigou) have shrunk. Daigou (“to buy on behalf of someone else” in Mandarin) have been taking advantage of price arbitrage and product scarcity for around a decade. In Australia alone, there were estimated...
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Overseas markets face a challenging business environment. Many companies are looking to China for growth. Alibaba, China’s pre-eminent e-commerce company, wants to help high-quality overseas brands make the leap. Alibaba’s cross-border e-commerce marketplace, Tmall Global, announced plans to bring 1,000 new overseas brands onto its e-commerce platform over the next...
If you’re familiar with our blog, you would know we’re massively into skincare. Not only do we highlight opportunities for skincare brands in China, but we roll up our sleeves and get results for exciting brands in growing niches. Today, we’re going to look at what cruelty-free skincare brands are...
At $5.8 trillion last year, China has the second-largest retail market in the world. We’ve dedicated ourselves to helping domestic and international brands unlock this opportunity. Going into 2020, the start of a new decade, we’re revisiting routes to market for international brands into China. Our first stop: Cross-border e-commerce...
10 years ago in 2010 China counted 138 million Online buyers. Fast forward to 2020 and this number is expected to be 894 million! On top of that China’s domestic and cross-border e-commerce growth continues to outpace retail sales growth. Data from the first 9 months of 2019 showed retail...
Still a status symbol, as well as companion and even furry family member, Chinese consumers’ spending on pets has evolved in recent years turning China's pet market into one to watch. Overall, China's urban pet (dog and cat) consumer market is expected to surpass the threshold of 200 billion yuan...
Another year, another record-breaking Double 11 or as most of you might now it, Singles Day. China’s overall e-commerce sales during the e-commerce extravaganza of Double 11 increased more than 30% year on year to RMB 410.1 billion ($58.56 billion) across platforms such as Tmall, JD, Suning, and Pinduoduo, according...