China's online sales surge to $176.1 billion in H12014-07-30
Consumers bought a total of 1.1 trillion yuan ($176.1 billion) worth of goods from China's online retailers in the first half of this year, a surge of 33.4 percent year-on-year, data from the Ministry of Commerce(MOFCOM) showed Tuesday, even though sales of counterfeit goods continue to afflict some online platforms in China.
No-questions-asked refunds for online goods2014-07-23
Online shoppers will be entitled to no-questions-asked refunds within seven days of purchase, under a new local law proposed by legislators.Then they will give final approval.
VC keeps faith with e-commerce companies2014-07-22
If venture capital fund managers compare themselves to experimenters, their lab is the entire economy-especially where seeds germinate and new industries grow.
JD cultivating rural customers2014-07-18
After raising$1.78 billion in a high-profile initial public offering on Wall Street in May, e-commerce giant JD.com Inc is eyeing China's vast rural areas for growth potential.
Web retailers urged to heed consumers' refund rights2014-07-11
Online retailers are being urged by authorities and consumer rights groups to do a better job of implementing the seven-day cooling-off period in the new consumer rights law amid a rising number of disputes with merchants.
E-commerce giants go rural2014-07-09
Shopping websites have brought their competition to rural areas, where the walls of buildings have become advertising battlgrounds for the country's leading e-commerce companies.
China's rural areas outpace cities in online shopping2014-07-03
However, the online transactions generated by counties and villages in North China, Central China and South China, have shown stronger growth momentums, accounting for 30 percent of the overall online transactions made by counties and villages in China.
New customs rules boost e-commerce2014-06-24
E-commerce is expected to prop up China's sluggish exports under a new customs arrangement in the southern city of Shenzhen that facilitates easy foreign exchange settlement and export rebate.
Online shopping boom set to stay2014-06-18
Chinese consumers are increasingly dependent on online shopping, and they shop online in their spare time, during working hours, on public transportation and in the office, according to a latest report released on Tuesday by Nielsen.
Muji, Tmall tie hands2014-06-18
Ryohin Keikaku Co Ltd, the operator of household goods and apparel store Muji, announced on Tuesday that it will cooperate with Tmall, the business-to-consumer subsidiary of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.
E-commerce firms set foot on land circulation2014-06-10
For the past 50 years, Hu Shaobai has been toiling on a piece of farmland, planting rice and rapeseed."Finally I can get a rest, he said, as he has recently transferred the land to an e-commerce company.
E-commerce potential still robust in most Chinese cities2014-06-05
Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Hangzhou are the top three e-commerce cities in China, according to a report by AliResearch, a research organization affiliated with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, that was released on Wednesday.
