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E-Commerce is Booming in China Says Alibaba Head of Marketing

Linda Kozlowski heads marketing and customer experience globally for Alibaba.com the world’s leading business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform. Alibaba.com is headquartered in Hangzhou, China with operations in more than 240 countries and 23 million users worldwide. I asked Linda what are … Continue reading

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Armani: Expanding Customer Reach from Retail to E-Tail in China

The Armani Group designs, manufactures, distributes and retails lifestyle and fashion products around the world. Armani first entered China with its 1,100 square meter Shanghai flagship store in 2004, and has sinc

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Chinese Online Retailers to Grow in Importance During 2012

In 2012, e-commerce will continue to develop at a rapid pace in the Middle Kingdom. More importantly the composition of China’s online retailers will evolve as the marketplace grows more mature. Retailers will establish online stores to compete wit

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INFOGRAPHIC: China as a Global Consumer of Luxury Goods

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Digitizing a Chinese Export Center for E-Commerce

“Foreigners have an out-dated misconception about Chinese-made products,” Mr. Li begins as I lean forward in his car to listen closely. “Foreigners believe that all Chinese products are poor quality and inexpensive. But this just isn’t th

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E-Commerce & China Internet Search – WSJ.com

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VANCL & E-Commerce in China: Latest on ReadWriteWeb

There are currently 420 million Internet users in China, with roughly half of this total comprised of the teenager to young-adult segment. While Chinese are often thought of

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Connecting Chinese Businesses with Global Consumers | Interview with Alan Tien, GM of PayPal China

China’s e-commerce market represents a $38.5 billion dollar opportunity. In particular, the B2C market is experiencing tremendous growth.

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What are China’s luxury consumers buying? (Updated)

China’s consumer confidence has reached record levels this past quarter. According to a joint study conducted by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and Nielsen

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Which Chinese cities spend the most online? Here are the top 10

Alibaba Group’s Taobao.com just released a report outlining the varying levels of e-commerce spend in China’s cities. I translated one of the graphs into English above, but for my Chin

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