Sainsbury’s had big plans to generate sales growth in China this week thanks to its involvement in 8.8, Alibaba Tmall’s shopping event for international brands. It’s thought to be one of Tmall Global’s busiest traffic days of the year. So on Monday (8th August 2016), Alibaba’s cross-border shopping site held its annual 8.8 Shopping Festival, showcasing top-selling products from around the world during a live-streamed event on the Tmall mob… (more…)
Alibaba’s marketplace Tmall Global has introduced a cold storage logistics option to make it easier to sell fresh food into China. The end-to-end service, offered via Alibaba’s logistics arm Cainiao, handles shipping for any temperature-sensitive products including fresh food and pharmaceuticals. The service supports refrigeration across warehousing, processing, packaging and transportation. It also offers customs clearance online. Once in China… (more…)
…local warehouse to fulfil the orders. Whilst there is significant appetite for Western brands localisation is vital – and this includes ‘assisted sales’ support integrated within a localised website. Online shopping platform Tmall is the most accessible point of entry for retailers into China. A bit like eBay on steroids Tmall represents over 90% of the marketplace market share housing over 70,000 international brands in 50,000 stores. Every min… (more…)
…thing: sales last year totalled $9.3bn through Alibaba’s Tmall, Taobao and AliExpress retail sites. Could the UK succumb to Singles Day fever? Jinks says he wouldn’t be surprised; Alibaba is moving the event westwards. Tmall particularly has been setting up partnerships with global brands to manage logistics and sales from outside of China and use Tmall largely as a front-end. Consumers should start to see UK-focused bargains appear on the… (more…)
…ckers provide peace of mind that they can pick up their trainers, Lycra shorts and golf balls at their own convenience. We’re intrigued by Sainsbury’s selling tea in China, via Alibaba. The mega trading promotion on Alibaba’s Tmall – 8.8 day- took place on Monday so we’re hoping Sainsbury’s will soon reveal what kind of interest it stirred up. Offering a select ‘Best of British’ range of Taste the Difference jams, teas and baby food, Sainsbury’s… (more…)
…nt? What products and brands are likely to well in China? And how can you hone your supply chain to ensure competitive edge? More about Alibaba Alibaba is China’s biggest online commerce company. Its three main sites, Taobao, Tmall and Alibaba.com, have hundreds of millions of users, and host millions of merchants and businesses. What makes Alibaba unique is the fact that it’s a handles more business than any other e-commerce company. Transaction… (more…)
…say they will provide more holistic and more convenient shopping experiences as well as improving the customer service available to shoppers buying online and via mobile devices. Suning will open a flagship store on Alibaba’s Tmall.com platform, while Alibaba will benefit from Suning’s well developed logistics network, which covers more than 90% of China’s countries and has eight national distribution centres, 57 regional ones, and more than 1,70… (more…)
…say they will provide more holistic and more convenient shopping experiences as well as improving the customer service available to shoppers buying online and via mobile devices. Suning will open a flagship store on Alibaba’s Tmall.com platform, while Alibaba will benefit from Suning’s well developed logistics network, which covers more than 90% of China’s countries and has eight national distribution centres, 57 regional ones, and more than 1,70… (more…)
…ine last year: dwarfing the entire combined US spend for Black Friday and Cyber Monday of $5.8bn, he says. He says the impact will grow rapidly in the UK. “The vast majority of Singles Day sales are made in China on Alibaba’s Tmall site. However, AliExpress, the main sales outlet for Alibaba in the West, is also pushing Singles Day as ‘the world’s biggest global shopping day’. It’s previewing significant discounts on a wide variety of products,”… (more…)
