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 things kick off in late October with pre-orders. So, what were some major trends in 2020? Let’s take a look.
Just because international hasn't returned yet doesn't mean you can ignore China's future tourists or key trends going forward. Find out about key Chinese tourism platforms and what's needed to stay competitive in the new, more digitized world of travel and how you can reach Chinese tourists at home and on their phones.
Learn about successful and unsuccessful Women's Day marketing campaigns in China. China’s She-conomy is getting larger, estimated at 10 trillion RMB in 2020. It represents a new trend in Chinese consumer behavior and includes entertainment, parenting products and services, sports, health products and more.
Retail in China has experienced some very extreme circumstances due to the pandemic. While it’s no surprise that the majority of retail businesses have been severely hit, retailers who have online businesses are not as heavily affected. Businesses that focus on daily necessities, such as supermark...
Double 11 is just right around the corner. The ChoZan team is excited to share some exciting updates of 2020 Double 11. Some trends have been present in the market for sometime while some are new and will be important in the future years to come. What’s different for Double 11 in 2020? 1. Do...
The coronavirus pandemic has presented huge obstacles as well as some opportunities and necessary shifts for business. What’s the current state of China’s ecommerce and big platform advertising? Read on to find out. The state of the leading Chinese ecommerce marketplaces Taobao and Tmall...
When talking about tech giants in China, many people immediately think of BAT – Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent. They have...
China’s 5G rollout is becoming one of the biggest tech stories of the year. In June 2019, three domestic carriers and a broadcaster in China were given the green light to launch 5G commercial services months before the licenses were expected to be issued indicating an acceleration of the rollou...
Alibaba offered the tech world a double-whammy in the last fortnight, first with the ceremonial passing of the torch from chairman Jack Ma in a heartfelt open letter, then with the unexpected signing of a joint venture arrangement with Russia’s leading tech player a week afterwards. The deal...
Any foreigner trying to navigate Taobao for the first time will agree that online retail in China is a world of its own. Where technologies such as mobile payments and live-streaming shopping are still finding their feet in Western markets, they have become integral to the Chinese shopping experienc...
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 n...
China is leading the globe’s cashless trend with its ubiquitous mobile payments. According to Xinhua, the mobile payment market reached RMB 81 trillion (US$12.77 trillion) as of October 2017. Tencent’s WeChat Pay and Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial’s Alipay account for 90% of the industry. The...