Alibaba

Going “E-Direct” Cross-Border China E-Commerce Strategies

August 20, 2014 by Julia Q.Zhu 0 comments 2443 viewson Alibaba, Cross-border E-commerce, E-Commerce, Insights, Strategy

Australian small business owners can now sell directly in China using e-commerce without holding any inventory within China, hiring local staff, or even establishing a local Chinese entity. This is the result of a new arrangement between Australia Post and Alibaba’s Tmall Global. Australia Post is helping to facilitate e-commerce sales of products such as …
China B2C E-commerce Reaches New Heights in Q1 2014

July 18, 2014 by Julia Q.Zhu 0 comments 3988 viewson Alibaba, Data, E-Commerce

By Cindy L. The total value of retail E-commerce transactions in China was estimated to be 456.4 billion yuan in the first quarter of 2014, with the share of B2C transactions continuously expanding. Specifically, B2C transaction value reached 182.1 billion yuan – growing by 44.6% compared with the same period of 2013 – and accounted …
Alibaba ecommerce maintained its leading position on the mobile end

April 7, 2014 by Julia Q.Zhu 0 comments 2209 viewson Alibaba, Data, E-Commerce, Mobile Commerce

In 2013, China’s mobile commerce (m-commerce) sales reached 167.6 billion Chinese Yuan. Alibaba maintained its leading position on the mobile end. Its Taobao and Tmall accounted for 76.1% of total m-commerce sales. Runner-up JD comprised 5.2% of the transaction share. Tencent came in third place accounting for 1.5% of the transaction share.
Tmall International Opens Doors for Cross-border E-commerce

April 2, 2014 by Julia Q.Zhu 0 comments 7407 viewson Alibaba, Cross-border E-commerce, E-Commerce, Insights

Chinese consumers’ appetite for quality and less extensive branded products overseas has increased rapidly in recent years. According to Alibaba, the market size of cross-border shopping (which mostly involves purchasing products outside mainland China through agents on online marketplace like Taobao or other websites) surpassed 70 billion Chinese yuan in 2013. Eyeing the rising demand and market potential, Alibaba launched Tmall International(天猫国际), which aims to …
Alipay dominates China mobile payment transactions

March 18, 2014 by Julia Q.Zhu 0 comments 3514 viewson Alibaba, Data, E-Commerce, Mobile Commerce

As 2014 is the year that Chinese e-commerce ‘goes mobile’, Mobile payment will undoubtedly be one of the hottest payment trends in China this year. In Q3 2013, the total mobile payment transaction volume came close to 300 billion RMB. Alipay, which is equivalent to PayPal in the US, dominates China’s mobile payment market by accounting for …
Alibaba IPO explained: Expect multiple public offerings from China’s e-commerce giant

November 25, 2013 by Julia Q.Zhu 0 comments 1352 viewson Alibaba, E-Commerce, Insights

Industry insiders expect Alibaba Group’s multi-billion-dollar IPO to be announced imminently — some rumors point to a Q4 2013 listing — but those expecting the entirety of Alibaba to list all at once should rethink their stance. Given the complexity of the company’s business, the future of Alibaba is much more intricate than simply exiting via a …
Alibaba Group’s Changing Organizational Structure

May 28, 2013 by Julia Q.Zhu 3 comments 25906 viewson Alibaba, E-Commerce, Featured

Alibaba group was originally comprised of 5 subsidiaries including Alibaba B2B Operations (Alibaba.com), Taobao, Alipay, Alibaba Cloud Computing and Yahoo! China. Since 2011, Alibaba group has made three major changes to reorganize its organizational structure. In 2011, Alibaba Group reorganized Taobao into three separate companies – Tmall.com, Taobao Marketplace and eTao – to better adapt to China’s fast-growing B2C market for e-commerce …
Alibaba History & Milestones

May 1, 2013 by Julia Q.Zhu 1 comment 6452 viewson Alibaba, Data, E-Commerce

Alibaba History & Milestones 1999 Alibaba Group is officially established by its 18 founders, led by Jack Ma, working out of a Hangzhou apartment. 1999-2000 Alibaba Group raises US$25 million from Softbank, Goldman Sachs, Fidelity, and other institutions. 2002 Alibaba.com becomes profitable. 2003 Consumer e-commerce website Taobao is founded, again in Jack Ma’s apartment. Online …