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60% of Chinese to increase cross-border e-commerce purchases but overseas retailers not primed for influx, new research reveals

60% of Chinese consumers intend to shop more via cross-border e-commerce despite concern by 80% of overseas retailers that their online sales capabilities aren’t adequate to succeed in the country, new research reveals.

15/05/2018 | Data Time, Research, Retail News | Read More
China’s online grocery market to more than double by 2020, reports IGD

China’s online grocery market to more than double by 2020, reports IGD

Online grocery in China could more than double in growth between now and 2020, according to figures released today by international grocery research organisation IGD, with its current 3.1% share of the country’s total grocery market forecast to leap to

25/04/2017 | Data Time, Research | Read More

India to overtake US as the next e-commerce superpower, Worldpay reveals

India is en-route to overtake the US to become the world’s second largest e-commerce market, according to new research by leading payment company Worldpay. Worldpay’s latest global overview of online consumer spending and payment habits, The Global Payments Report, has predicted

27/10/2016 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Sainsbury’s steps up groceries trial in China after successful launch with Alibaba

Sainsbury’s steps up groceries trial in China after successful launch with Alibaba

Sainsbury’s plans to grow its business in China and develop its partnership with Alibaba by doubling the number of its products that are available on Alibaba’s Tmall Global online marketplace. The move to accelerate its presence in China comes after

01/08/2016 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
ASOS launches mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and Android in China

ASOS launches mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and Android in China

In a first for the UK’s largest independent online fashion and beauty retailer, ASOS has launched mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and Android to the Chinese market.

23/11/2015 | Retail News, Retail Technology, Retailer News | Read More
ParcelHero predicts Singles Day will conquer UK as sales top $14bn

ParcelHero predicts Singles Day will conquer UK as sales top $14bn

Following record sales for Singles Day on 11 November, the global delivery experts ParcelHero is predicting it is inevitable that Singles Day will be embraced in the UK in 2016. ParcelHero’s head of public relations, David Jinks said: “Currently Singles Day is

13/11/2015 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

Metro Group and Alibaba join forces to promote e-commerce in China

Metro Group has announced a strategic partnership with the leading Chinese online and mobile commerce company Alibaba Group to promote business in China’s rapidly growing e-commerce market. According to the agreement signed by both firms today, the German retailing company Metro Group is launching

08/09/2015 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Walmart opens phase II of Tianjin distribution centre

Walmart opens phase II of Tianjin distribution centre

Walmart, a leading international retailer, held an opening ceremony today where they announced the completion of Phase II of the Walmart Tianjin distribution centre in Beichen District, Tianjin. This speculative distribution centre of four Grade A logistics warehouses totalling GFA

17/07/2015 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
China’s online grocery market to be worth $180bn by 2020, IGD reports

China’s online grocery market to be worth $180bn by 2020, IGD reports

The Chinese online grocery market, already the world’s largest, is set to be worth almost $180bn by 2020 – nearly five times its current value of $41bn, according to the latest IGD research. Other highlights from IGD’s findings reveal that

01/07/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Chinese household consumption to triple by 2022, China-Britain Business Council report reveals

Chinese household consumption to triple by 2022, China-Britain Business Council report reveals

China has 725m urban dwellers whose household consumption will triple in the 10 years up to 2022. This is just one eye-watering fact to come out of the China-Britain Business Council’s (CBBC) ‘China’s Middle Income Consumers’ report.  It has been

08/01/2015 | Data Time, Reports | Read More
Discounter Aldi tipped to enter China, German business magazine reveals

Discounter Aldi tipped to enter China, German business magazine reveals

Discounter Aldi Süd is reported to be examining market conditions for a potential launch in China. The German business monthly Manager Magazin quotes from recent notes of the Aldi-Unternehmensausschuss (AUA, Aldi Company Committee), the body in which Aldi Süd and sister company

20/11/2014 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

Communications specialist advises businesses on how to get a slice of the e-commerce action in China

Len Padilla, VP product strategy at communications specialist, NTT Europe, advises businesses on winning e-commerce sales in China  Nobody is in any doubt that the opportunities for e-commerce are enormous in China – local giant Alibaba’s profits have increased threefold over the

14/11/2014 | Comment, Opinion Time | Read More

Learn how to access eco-friendly, sustainable and organic markets in China in Beauterama webinar

Asian brand distribution specialist, Beauterama Trading, has teamed up with the China-Britain Business Council to host a free webinar on 14 October (9.30-10.30am) for SME brands looking to access eco-friendly, sustainable and organic markets in China. Changing styles and consumer demands are resulting

30/09/2014 | Events, Services Time | Read More

Tesco reduces website load times in Asia with CDNetworks in bid to boost global online sales

Tesco has reduced website load times by over 70% in Asia by deploying CDNetworks’ Content Acceleration as part of its strategy to bolster global online sales in key growth markets including China, Thailand and Malaysia. The move is also designed to

29/04/2014 | Online food retailing, Online non-food retailing grocers, Online retailers, Retail News, Retail Technology, Retailer News | Read More
Kantar Retail 2013 PoweRanking reveals state of retailer-manufacturer relationships

Kantar Retail 2013 PoweRanking reveals state of retailer-manufacturer relationships

Wal-Mart continues to be seen as the top retailer in the United States and China by manufacturing trading partners in both countries, according to Kantar Retail’s latest PoweRanking. However, pure-play online retailers are starting to make their presence felt in both

05/12/2013 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Tesco’s half-year profits take a tumble in challenging retail environment in Europe

Tesco’s half-year profits take a tumble in challenging retail environment in Europe

Tesco has recorded a 24% decline in pre-tax profits to £1.39bn at the interim stage and blamed a challenging retail environment in Europe for the fall. In the UK, like-for-like sales for the 26 weeks ended 24 August 2013 were

02/10/2013 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Cath Kidston to open three-storey China flagship in prime retail site in Shanghai

Cath Kidston to open three-storey China flagship in prime retail site in Shanghai

Cath Kidston, the global lifestyle brand, is planning a flagship store in China, to be located in the retail heart of Shanghai, Huai Hai Road. This opening recognises the importance of Greater China to the Cath Kidston brand as it

02/09/2013 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Tesco and CRE enter agreement to create leading multi-format retailer in China

Tesco and CRE enter agreement to create leading multi-format retailer in China

Tesco has announced it has entered into an agreement and is talks with China Resources Enterprise (CRE) to combine their Chinese retail operations to form the leading multi-format retailer in China. China is the world’s biggest food and grocery market

09/08/2013 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
KFC is most powerful international brand in China, Millward Brown study reveals

KFC is most powerful international brand in China, Millward Brown study reveals

KFC is most powerful international brand in China, according to Millward Brown research. The study, carried out between 2011 and 2013 with more than 60,000 consumers in 10 Chinese cities, has identified 20 international power brands in China – one

26/07/2013 | Data Time, Research | Read More
China – world’s largest grocery market – tops US$1tn, latest IGD figures reveals

China – world’s largest grocery market – tops US$1tn, latest IGD figures reveals

China, the world’s biggest food and grocery market, is now valued at more than US$1tn and is forecast to be worth US$1.5tn in 2016, according to latest figures published by IGD. IGD research also found: The US grocery market will

05/06/2013 | Data Time, Research | Read More

Spar International increases sales 2.8% to €32bn on worldwide retail expansion

Spar International has reported a 2.8% increase in worldwide retail sales to €32bn in 2012.  Spar now has retail operations in 34 countries and its global partnership encompasses 12,322 stores. Spar will have retail operations in 36 countries when the

22/05/2013 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

Department stores flourish in China and retail sales double in value, Mintel reports

Department stores are flourishing in China despite increasing competition from other formats and channels, according to new research from Mintel. Reflecting the increased wealth of Chinese consumers, and the increased disposable income this has brought with it, Mintel’s research reveals

18/03/2013 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Wal-Mart builds new logistics park in Tianjin, China, in collaboration with Gazeley

Wal-Mart builds new logistics park in Tianjin, China, in collaboration with Gazeley

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, and Gazeley, a leading global developer of logistics warehouses and distribution parks, have announced the commencement of phase two of the Gazeley Beichen Logistics Park development in Tianjin, China. The property is owned by Wal-Mart and is being

13/02/2013 | Logistics, Retail News, Services Time | Read More
Spar opens 215th store in China with new flagship store in Chengdu, Sichuan

Spar opens 215th store in China with new flagship store in Chengdu, Sichuan

Spar has opened a flagship store in Chengdu in the province of Sichuan, China. It is the retailer’s 215th store in the country. Spar unites five independent regional retail chains into the Spar China Group in China. Together, the group

22/01/2013 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Advanced Supply Chain plans new warehouse in China to boost British trade

Advanced Supply Chain plans new warehouse in China to boost British trade

Advanced Supply Chain has announced plans to begin freight forwarding operations to and from a new warehouse in China. It is a move which could open up the country to British businesses eyeing expansion into the world’s fastest-growing economy, the

08/01/2013 | Logistics, Retail News, Services Time, Supply chain | Read More
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