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Government is mulling e-commerce tax

The departments of finance and taxation are studying the feasibility of taxing goods sold via e-commerce and trying to draft laws for the tax, sources said. Legislation of e-commerce tax is undergoing preliminary research, and the final target [...]

China’s E-Commerce Sales Exceeded $1 Trillion in 2012: Chinese Ministry of Commerce

Home   >   E-Commerce   >   China’s E-Commerce Sales Exceeded $ 1 Trillion in 2012: Chinese Ministry of Commerce By Charlie Sheng on June 4, 2013 A latest report released by the Ministry of Commerce of China showed that the volume [...]

Challenge on the e-commerce front

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Online advertising company IZP Technologies Co is looking at Chinese shoppers’ enthusiasm for overseas products to build a new shopping platform challenging traditional electronic-commerce websites [...]

E-commerce pioneer Dangdang now struggling to survive

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Once described as China’s Amazon, e-commerce website Dangdang is finding itself fighting to stay afloat due to fierce competition. CEO Li Guoqing told the Chinese-language Beijing News that his company [...]

Major e-commerce pioneer Dangdang struggling to survive

Once described as “China’s Amazon,” e-commerce website Dangdang.com is finding itself fighting to stay afloat due to rabid competition. The company started selling leftover stock on May 7 despite of an earlier strategy aimed [...]

E-commerce giants brace for fierce competition

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Chinese e-commerce giants are getting ready for a new round of cutthroat competition after business-to-customer website Dangdang Inc launched a promotional campaign offering discounts as high as 90 percent [...]

E-Commerce Soars in China

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The explosive growth of electronic shopping in China has led to the country’s emergence as one of the world’s busiest online markets, according to a new report. NYT > China

Jack Ma on Alibaba’s Investment in Sina Weibo: We Don’t Want it Transform into A E-commerce Platform

Home   >   Weibo   >   Jack Ma on Alibaba’s Investment in Sina Weibo: We Don’t Want it Transform into A E-commerce Platform By Tracey Xiang on May 6, 2013 Alibaba didn’t want Sina Weibo to transform into an e-commerce platform, Jack [...]

Suning’s E-commerce Revenue Up 134%

Suning Commerce Group published its financial report for the first quarter of 2013, stating that during the reporting period, the group realized operating revenue of CNY27.201 billion, a year-on-year increase of 20.14%; meanwhile, its e-commerce [...]

Baosteel sees e-commerce platform as new growth driver

Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd (Baosteel), the nation’s largest listed steel maker, will launch an e-commerce platform in May as part of its efforts to diversify its business structure amid a sluggish market. The platform, Shanghai Steel [...]

Tencent to integrate e-commerce into WeChat

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Chinese internet giant Tencent is planning to integrate its popular messaging service app WeChat with e-commerce, its regional executive said on Monday. In a concept video clip shown at a forum on branding [...]

E-commerce takes a big toll

[unable to retrieve full-text content] China’s fast-growing e-tailing market could help unleash private consumption and drive the next stage of economic development, with more opportunities lying in less-developed areas where physical [...]

UK Luxury E-commerce Operator Launches Chinese Website

UK’s leading luxury e-commerce operator Net-a-Porter has launched a Chinese-language website, targeting the Asia Pacific market. So far, Net-a-Porter has websites in English, French, German, and Chinese languages. The Chinese Net-a-Porter [...]

China’s Gome Invests CNY1 Billion In Maternity E-commerce Website

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome’s e-commerce website and the maternal and baby products website Qinqinbaby.com have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly operate a maternal and baby products channel. With [...]

Tencent E-commerce CEO On Strategy in 2013

Wu Xiaoguang, one of the masterminds behind Tencent’s core product, the instant messaging software QQ, was appointed CEO of Tencent’s E-commerce Holdings in the company’s restructure back in May. Seven months later, Mr. Wu was interviewed [...]

Report: Chinese Ecommerce Market to Hit 2568B by 2015

Chinese B2C and C2C market size reached RMB 806 billion in 2011, according to a report by Analysis International, a Beijing-based Internet think tank. The report also showed that China’s group buying market reached RMB 23.7 billion in sales [...]

E-commerce finds markets overseas

Source: China Daily While e-commerce companies have plunged into ever-increasing competition in the Chinese domestic market, some are trying their luck outside China to find other ways to fuel growth. A number of Chinese e-commerce players, [...]

Tencent seeks further expansion in e-commerce

Source: Want China Times Chinese internet giant Tencent is looking to expand its operations in the e-commerce sector, an area which has seen explosive growth in the country in recent years, though mounting online sales have been coupled with [...]

China E-Commerce in 2013: An Outlook

E-commerce might be one of the most eye-catching trades in 2012 with all the price wars, spars, and series of good or not-so-good rumors, and it’s evident that in the coming year the industry would be a good play, as long as you placed the [...]