Shopping Archives

Malta Calls for Recall of Children’s Shoes with Excessive Harmful Chemicals Sold on Shein and Temu

The Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority has issued a recall notice for five children's shoe products on the ecommerce platforms Shein and Temu due to concerns about potentially harmful chemicals.

Chinese E-commerce Giants Revise After-sales Rules, Introducing “Refund Only” Policy

Including Pinduoduo, all three major Chinese e-commerce platforms have now adopted the "refund only" policy.

ByteDance’s Content Aggregator Toutiao Adds E-Commerce Channel Linked to Douyin

An independent shopping channel has been set up within Toutiao, a content discovery platform owned by ByteDance. Users of the new service can purchase goods provided by Douyin's e-commerce business in the shopping channel by inputting keywords and placing an order.

JD.com Establishes Eight Teams to Prepare for CCTV Spring Festival Gala

Xu Lei, the president of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, has reportedly been selected to lead the company's "red envelope" project ahead of CCTV's popular Spring Festival Gala held each lunar new year.

Alibaba Kicks Off 2021 11.11 Global Shopping Festival

The year 2021 marks the 13th year for the 11.11 Shopping Festival, with sustainability and inclusiveness as its major themes.

Xiaohongshu to Continue Cracking Down on Ghostwriting Content

The lifestyle sharing platform Xiaohongshu responded on Tuesday to media reports that "shopping notes on Xiaohongshu are ghostwritten and shared by others for only a 4 yuan ($0.63) charge."

China’s First Offline JD Mall to Open in Xi’an on September 30

JD.com announced on Tuesday that its first JD MALL, the company's new offline shopping center, will open on September 30 and be situated in Xi'an, the eastern end of the historical Silk Road.

Foreigners Embracing Shopping Frenzies in China During Double 11

The Double 11 shopping festival is hard to miss. E-commerce platforms put out ads everywhere to boost consumption. Like the locals, foreigners are embracing the shopping frenzies.

Nongfu Spring, China’s Top Bottled Water Producer, Partners with Pinduoduo in Digital Transformation Move

Nongfu Spring and leading e-commerce platform Pinduoduo (PDD), on Aug. 11 announced a strategic cooperation to bring consumers a new shopping experience.

Alibaba’s GMV Surpasses $1 Trillion in Past Fiscal Year

Alibaba Group Holding Limited on Friday released its annual report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, which shows it achieved a record gross merchandise volume (GMV) of $1 trillion while it had 780 million annual active consumers in China in the past fiscal year.