Category: chinese e-commerce

Chinese Company Temu’s Expansion Sparks New Concerns About Data Privacy

New Analysis Chinese e-commerce giant PPD Holdings Inc. launched its shopping site Temu in the United States recently, waging a price war with major online retailers and building on its success with “Shop Like a Billionaire” theme Super Bowl ads. Behind the scenes, the explosive success of the shopping app has sparked major concerns about…


Alibaba Slashes Sales Outlook as Competition Bites, Demand Slows

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. slashed its forecast for annual revenue growth on increased competition and a regulatory clampdown, sending its stock tumbling 11 percent. Alibaba now expects revenue for the year ending in March to rise between 20 and 23 percent, the slowest pace since its 2014 stock market debut and down…


Amazon Suspends Chinese Merchants for Falsifying Customer Reviews

In recent months, Amazon has been shutting down numerous Chinese e-commerce accounts for non-compliant operations. Cindy Tai, vice president of Amazon global and head of Amazon global store Asia Pacific region, confirmed at a recent event in Hangzhou that during the past six months they had suspended the sales rights of 600 Chinese brands affecting nearly 3,000 merchant accounts,…


Retailers Bringing Chinese Livestream Shopping Events to Americans

News analysis U.S. companies are beginning to adopt an online retail model widely used in China: livestreaming e-commerce. Livestreaming e-commerce is the live promotion and selling of products via social media influencers either on their own channels or on the channel of an e-commerce platform. In China, it is mostly held on a channel hosted…