Posts Tagged: QQ Buy


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Mobile Commerce Worth $4.29 Billion in Q1 in China, But One Company Dominates

By Steven Millward

We know that mobile commerce in China was worth $7.8 billion in 2012 – and is expected to rise to $41.4 billion in 2015 – but wh...

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  • May 21, 2013
  • at 5:43 pm
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Tencent to Ditch “QQ” Brand For Its Struggling E-Commerce Site?

By Steven Millward

Tencent’s (HKG:0700) “QQ” brand might be China’s first household name that emerged from the web – along with i...

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  • November 26, 2012
  • at 8:10 pm
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China’s Online Retailers Tap Convenience Stores for Package Pick-Ups

By Steven Millward

Although Chinese consumers are hot for the nation’s e-commerce sites – with one in seven urbanites shopping online each month &#...

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  • October 25, 2012
  • at 2:15 pm
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See Who Rules China’s B2C E-Commerce Market as It Nears $100 Billion in Value [CHART]

By Steven Millward

New statistics for China’s B2C e-commerce sector in 2012 Q2 show that the market leader, Tmall, has extended its lead even further in ...

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  • July 25, 2012
  • at 9:00 pm
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Dangdang To Launch Exclusive Book Channel on Tencent’s QQ Buy

By Willis Wee

Update on July 2, Monday: A Tencent rep told us that the partnership with Dangdang started on 29 Jun 2012 last Friday. She also confirmed th...

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  • June 29, 2012
  • at 10:26 pm
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QQ Buy Launches Today, China’s E-Commerce Sector Gets Even More Fierce

By Steven Millward

Bang on schedule, Tencent’s (HKG:0700) major play in the B2C e-commerce marketplace opened this morning. Called QQ Buy, it’s the...

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  • October 11, 2011
  • at 12:30 pm
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Tencent’s B2C Open Platform Gets Name – QQ Buy – and a Launch Date

By Steven Millward

Tencent’s (HKG:0700) upcoming B2C open platform now has a name, URL, and firm launch date. Dubbed QQ Buy, and for the moment at the se...

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  • September 22, 2011
  • at 12:30 pm
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By 2016, China Will Have 423 Million E-Commerce Shoppers Spending $457 Billion [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Steven Millward

Regular readers will already know that there are now over 200 million Chinese e-commerce shoppers who are spending about $40,000 per second....

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  • February 12, 2013
  • at 5:03 pm
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China’s E-Commerce Sales Day Tomorrow Looks Set to be Bigger Than America’s Cyber Monday

By Steven Millward

November 11th became a bizarre and jokey Single’s Day in China in the 1990s, celebrated as a sort of anti-Valentine’s day. But b...

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  • November 10, 2012
  • at 1:00 pm
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Revenues Up 56% at Tencent, China’s Biggest Web Company

By Steven Millward

China’s biggest tech company in terms of revenue, Tencent (HKG:0700), has just revealed its 2012 Q2 and half-year financial results. T...

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  • August 15, 2012
  • at 5:25 pm
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Report: QQ Buy to Open E-Commerce Platform to 1,000 Businesses

By Steven Millward

Tencent’s (HKG:0700) big push into e-commerce is continuing with the rumors in Chinese media that the company is opening up its QQ Buy...

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  • July 20, 2012
  • at 4:48 pm
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Tencent’s E-Commerce Subsidiary Ready to IPO, But First Needs More Customers

By Steven Millward

Tencent (HKG:0700), one of China’s largest and oldest web companies, got restructured into six separate units last week so as to make ...

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  • May 22, 2012
  • at 4:31 pm
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Rumor: E-Commerce Fashion Site Vancl Preps for Q4 US IPO

By Steven Millward

There are reports emerging this afternoon that Chinese e-commerce site Vancl will file its US IPO prospectus in October with a view towards ...

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  • September 28, 2011
  • at 4:00 pm
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