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Pets, tech, fashion, eco-products and subcultures: What China's Gen Z cares about
This week's Alibaba's Maker Festival reflects many of the latest Gen Z consumer trends in China. We ask Gen Z creatives for their input and advice on how brands can respond.
Taobao launches ‘Metaverse Mall’ in time for China’s 618 shopping festival
The etailer joins several global names who are establishing opportunities in virtual ecommerce.
Constancy and change: How the 11.11 global shopping festival is evolving
With input from China ecommerce experts, we look at the global shopping festival's new additions this year, the challenges brands face, such as consumer fatigue and loss of third-party data, and future opportunities including virtual products.
Alibaba doubles investment in sales and marketing as Q1 profit slips
Revenue growth slows and marketing investment grows as the ecommerce giant grapples with competition and a regulatory crackdown.
Alibaba touts $56 billion in sales after 30 minutes of Singles Day
Thirteen brands surpassed US$150 million in sales by 12:35 am on Singles Day, according to Alibaba. Also, see Katy Perry's "appearance" and a new fleet of autonomous delivery robot vehicles.
Douyin to disallow links to external e-commerce sites from livestreams
ByteDance's video-sharing service is taking a step to favour its own e-commerce site rather than those of rivals.
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