Internet Retailer Pushes E-books And Apps To Chinese Consumers
The B2C e-commerce website Dangdang.com reportedly plans to launch a new e-book business channel in the second half of December 2011. According to reports in Chinese local media, while preparing for...
View ArticleOnline Payment Firm Focuses On Chinese Businesses
Chinese third-party Internet payment company 99bill.com announced that it will launch a new brand image and its new brand core value will focus on providing professional and effective liquidity...
View ArticleChinese Internet Retailer Heads To Vietnam
Chinese Internet retailer Vancl.com has launched a new site with the independent domain Vancl.vn in Vietnam to further expand into the overseas market. A representative from Vancl.com revealed that the...
View ArticleNew Government Rules Cover Chinese E-commerce Businesses
China's Ministry of Commerce has drafted the "Network Retailing Management Approach", which will cover more than 40 guidance items surrounding e-commerce activities in China. The "Third-party Network...
View ArticleSuning Adds Group Discount Buying Services To Its Arsenal
Suning.com, the e-commerce platform of Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Suning, revealed that they will launch a new nationwide group discount buying service this week. Suning.com's new...
View ArticleKorean Company Goes Online To Attract Traveling Chinese Shoppers
Lotte's duty free store has launched the Chinese-language Internet shopping website, providing convenience to the ever-growing Chinese tourists in South Korea. According to reports in South Korean...
View ArticleInternet Group Buying In China Gets New Push
Following the launch of its group buying navigation service, Chinese search engine Baidu Inc. has now launched its group buying business T.baidu.com, which is currently only available in Beijing. This...
View ArticleBritish Internet Retailer Expands To Chinese Online Sector
UK-based Net-a-Porter has launched a Chinese-language website, targeting the Asia Pacific market. Net-a-Porter currently has websites in English, French, German, and Chinese languages. The Chinese...
View ArticleMasterCard Focuses On Payment Safety With Chinese Internet Shopping Firm
Chinese e-commerce and online payment behemoth Alibaba Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with MasterCard. The MOU aims to forge joint efforts to establish an enhanced e-commerce...
View ArticleMasterCard Teams With Chinese Bank For Virtual Payments
China CITIC Bank and MasterCard have signed a memorandum of understanding for strategic cooperation in the virtual payments space within and outside China. Financial terms of the deal have not been...
View ArticleJD.com Ends Online Payment Partnerships In China
After blocking Tenpay and WeChat, two products of Tencent, JD.com announced it will end its cooperation with Sina Weibo and Alipay. JD.com said in its announcement that the company's cooperation with...
View ArticlePayPal Expands Internet Seller Protection
Online payment provider PayPal is expanding its support to sellers in Asia. On October 11, 2013, PayPal will be launching an expanded seller protection policy in Asia to protect merchants from...
View ArticleBitcoin Gains More Approval In China
Bitcoin, the alternative digital currency used around the world, has gained new momentum in China with an approved investment into one of China's largest bitcoin trading markets. BTC China, one of the...
View ArticleBitcoin Bounces Back After Chinese Government Bashing
Perhaps Bitcoin is stronger and more resilient than its critics have suggested, as the virtual currency has seemingly bounced back after critical statements were issued by the Chinese government. Five...
View ArticleTaiwan's Rt-Mart Launches Internet Shopping For Mainland Consumers
Taiwan-based supermarket retailer Rt-Mart has joined Shoptaiwan.cn, an Internet shopping website promoted by Taiwan's Institute for Information Industry, to provide online shopping services to mainland...
View ArticleOnline Payments Firm Enhances China Presence
Worldpay has opened its first China sales office in Shanghai to service the increasing global ambitions of Chinese businesses who have global e-commerce payment needs. The Shanghai office will offer...
View ArticleChina Internet Retail Sales Up 48.3% In H1 2014
China's Internet retail sales increased by 48.3% year-on-year to CNY1.138 trillion in the first half of 2014. During a press conference held by the State Council Information Office of China, Sheng...
View ArticleAmazon.com Cooperates With Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone For Direct Delivery...
The management committee of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone and Shanghai Information Investment have respectively signed a memorandum of cooperation with Amazon.com aimed at cross-border...
View ArticleAlibaba's Chinese Websites Punch A Hole In The Sales Ceiling
Alibaba says it reached a new milestone in the amount of goods sold in a single day on its websites. The company hit USD1 billion in gross merchandise volume at 12:17 A.M. this morning. About 48% of...
View ArticleChina UnionPay Gives Chinese iPhone Users New Access To Apple Pay
A new Deal between U.S.-based Apple and China's largest payment card is making mobile transactions easier for Chinese netizens. Apple announced that its App Store has added China UnionPay as a payment...
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