China’s Retail, E-commerce & Social Commerce

2022 Live Streaming in China: The Top 5 Platforms

With more than 727 million online viewers (68.1% of Chinese internet users), live streaming is the most widely used video format in China among Chinese netizens. According to Forbes, livestream shopping is a $500 billion USD market in 2022, surpassing Western social media and e-commerce sites like Facebook, Amazon, or Twitter.  There is a ton […]

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Let’s Celebrate: China’s Non-stop E-commerce Shopping Festivals

If you want to tap into China’s e-commerce market, the first thing you need to know about are the online shopping festivals. You may have heard of Alibaba’s very successful Double 11 Shopping Festival, which is two and a half times bigger than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. But that’s not where it ends

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Is Kuaishou the Future of Live Streaming in China?

Recently Kuaishou published its 2022 Biannual Content Report covering the first six months of 2022. The number of daily active users on the platform has reached 346 million, making the platform one of the most promising marketing channels. In order to help marketers get the latest insights about Kuaishou, the team at ChoZan has translated

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5 Major Trends of Double 11 Festival, the Biggest Shopping Event in China

November 11th is Double 11, also known as 11.11 or Single’s Day. It’s the single biggest shopping event in the world and is four times bigger than Black Friday and Cyber Monday. In 2020, Alibaba, with its Tmall and Taobao e-commerce platforms, raked in US$75 billion in sales and fellow e-commerce giant JD.com took in

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Selling on Weibo: A Simple Guide to Weibo Window

Promoting sales is the crucial goal of most marketing campaigns. To sell on Weibo or WeChat directly is what many marketers have been thinking about. In fact, early in 2015, Weibo, in cooperation with two mainstream e-commerce platforms, Taobao and Jumei, launched Weibo Window (微博橱窗) to facilitate sales on Weibo. What is Weibo Window? Weibo

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Luxury Brands Finally Begin to Master WeChat Commerce

Although the global personal luxury market is stuck in a holding pattern for the foreseeable future, China is likely to continue to make up for weaker demand elsewhere. China’s Domestic Luxury Market Expands Data published by global management consulting company Bain & Company in 2016 shows that China’s domestic luxury spending has been on the

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