Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China is the world’s largest small commodity market, connecting more than 2 million small, medium, and micro enterprises in more than 200 countries. It has been regarded as a window to understand the dynamics of China’s foreign trade. Like other manufacturing centers in China, Yiwu was also severely hit by the COVID19 epidemic. Delivery was delayed and orders were cancelled. In order…
Category Archives: cross-border ecommerce
Amazon and Alibaba to Clash in the European Market
Amazon is the world’s largest e-commerce company, and Alibaba is China’s largest e-commerce player. Although they are in the same industry, Amazon and Alibaba are not incompatible competitors. However, in the European market, Amazon and Alibaba are about to confront each other, staged a battle for e-commerce supremacy. Business structure of the two giants Alibaba’s e-commerce, mobile payment and cloud computing businesses focus on the…
Growth Opportunities for China e-Commerce in 2020
Where will China’s new e-commerce traffic come from in 2020? What changes have happened to e-commerce in 2019, and where are the new growth opportunities for e-commerce in 2020? Live e-commerce (selling via short video) In the first half of 2019, the hottest thing in the e-commerce industry is live e-commerce. In February 2019, the Taobao Live Broadcast Independent App was launched. In July 2019, the…
International Brands on Tmall International Growing by 300% year-on-year
On September 23, at the 2019 Global Investors Conference of Alibaba, Tmall International, AliExpress and Lazada were collectively unveiled. According to the latest disclosures, Alibaba’s global business is growing rapidly, and more and more international brands, SMEs and consumers are benefiting from the Alibaba business. Globalization is an important fulcrum for Alibaba to fulfill its mission and realize its vision. In order to make customers…
Rapid Developing China Cross-border e-Commerce
According to the statistics of the Tax Administration Bureau of China (Shanghai), in the first half of 2019, the list of cross-border e-commerce retail imports in China reached 220 million, with a value of 45.65 billion yuan, up 20.9% and 24.3% respectively. In the same period, China’s import of goods trade increased by 1.4%. Imports of daily consumer goods such as cosmetics, milk powder, diapers,…