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19 articles matching the search query.
The Singles Day shopping festival: Not so crazy anymore after all these years
Where’s this year’s sales data? Alibaba and JD.com aren’t saying, and it seems Chinese shoppers are falling out of love with over-hyped online shopping festivals.
November 14, 2022 Source: The China Project
Buoyed by Chinese consumers, L’Oréal defies earnings expectations
L’Oréal, the massive French beauty brand, posted record annual sales in 2021 on the strength of the Chinese cosmetics sector. The company’s future in China is bright as the country’s middle class is expected to expand by over 300 million people this decade.
February 10, 2022 Source: The China Project
China’s Singles Day avoids the limelight
How to run an event centered around rampant consumerism in the age of “common prosperity.” This story is from the The China Project A.M. newsletter — sign up for free here.
November 12, 2021 Source: The China Project
Talk like a Chinese shopper on Singles Day
November 11 — a.k.a., Singles Day — is China’s annual consumer holiday, when billions of dollars gets spent on everything from everyday items to luxury goods.
November 11, 2021 Source: The China Project
Influencers on steroids: Live-streaming salespeople are the future of social media
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October 22, 2021 Source: The China Project
How China’s livestream industry is revolutionizing ecommerce
The livestream industry is flourishing in China, with the top hosts gaining celebrity status and earning thousands per day off commissions. But becoming the next livestream star is not as easy as it seems.
February 3, 2021 Source: The China Project
After Ant IPO suspension, Beijing eyes antitrust regulation for tech sector
A week after the surprise suspension of the Ant Group’s gargantuan IPO, Chinese regulators are taking the country’s entire tech sector to task. Newly drafted antitrust regulations would bring scrutiny to Alibaba, Tencent, Meituan, JD.com, and others.
November 10, 2020 Source: The China Project
Bare Branches
What began as an impromptu attempt at self-mockery has turned into the world’s largest shopping day. But Singles Day in China, “celebrated” every November 11…
November 11, 2019 Source: The China Project
Live-blogging Alibaba’s insane Tmall Double Eleven Gala
7:35pm Elaine: Hey what’s up The China Project friends! We’re ready to kick this thing off tonight. In case you have no idea what Jessica…
November 10, 2018 Source: The China Project
Singles Day preview: Join us on Saturday for a liveblog extravaganza
Singles Day: China’s national shopping holiday.
November 9, 2018 Source: The China Project
Singles Day wraps up a $25 billion shopping spree
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November 13, 2017 Source: The China Project
Opinion: China’s right: Smartphones are a big reason Trump can’t win a trade war
“There’s an asymmetry here that Mr. Trump seems unaware of. Apple can’t build an iPhone without China, but China can build hundreds of millions of devices approaching the iPhone’s quality without Apple’s help,” writes Vlad Savov, responding to an editorial published in the Communist Party mouthpiece Global Times.
November 15, 2016 Source: The China Project
News roundup: Would China win a trade war with the U.S.?
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November 12, 2016 Source: The China Project
China’s Singles’ Day shopping craze turns into environmental nightmare
As “China recycles less than 20% of packaging waste,” the “1 billion parcels expected to crisscross [the] country in coming weeks may choke landfills.”
November 11, 2016 Source: The China Project
Alibaba posts $1 billion in sales in the first five minutes of the Singles’ Day shopping event
Alibaba enlisted top celebrities, including the Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson, to drum up attention on its 24-hour shopping event of November 11, which may give clues about the health of the Chinese economy.
November 10, 2016 Source: The China Project
Alibaba expected to rake in record $20 billion in Singles’ Day sales this Friday
On Singles’ Day last year, held on November 11 and “featuring awkward appearances from James Bond and Frank Underwood,” Alibaba sold $14.3 billion in merchandise. This year, the company wants to expand China’s official online shopping holiday even more, with appearances by Katy Perry, OneRepublic and Kobe Bryant.
November 8, 2016 Source: The China Project
Millennials drive Chinese online consumer boom
Thanks to the busy lives of young shoppers, ecommerce sales of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) are growing seven times faster in China than in the U.S.
November 3, 2016 Source: The China Project
Alibaba earnings show it again defying China’s slowdown
Alibaba reported a second-quarter increase in sales of 55 percent compared with the same period a year earlier, though the total value of goods sold on its online platforms shows signs of a plateau.
November 2, 2016 Source: The China Project