Despite a relatively slower momentum, China's online retail sector is estimated to overtake that of the United States, becoming the largest online retail market in the world.
China will be the driver as the Asia-Pacific region becomes the world's largest e-commerce market, according to a report.
Internet retailers might want to give a bit of extra attention to China's educated, middle-class women because they're the future of on-line shopping in the world' s biggest market.
China saw surging online shopping in the second quarter of 2013 with transactions totaling 437.13 billion yuan (about 70.8 billion US dollars), showed new data on Sunday.
As China's traditional Spring Festival is approaching, more Chinese are doing their Spring Festival shopping online, especially for imported goods, the Beijing Morning Post reported.
Lin Li has bought everything from wardrobes to bedside lamps online and estimates she has spent about $300 on e-shopping this week alone.
Those who enjoy shopping without leaving home are clicking onto Taobao, where almost every necessity is catered to on the online platform of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
The revised consumer rights law in China, which includes a seven-day cooling-off period during which shoppers can get a refund for online purchases, may push some small e-retailers out of business, say industry insiders.
New York-based design brand Coach Inc has renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China's largest e-commerce company, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
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The 35 billion yuan in online sales during Singles Day is not a big deal compared with the sale of houses, a leading real estate developer said. Ren Zhiqiang, chairman of Huayuan Group, made the remarks on his micro blog on Wednesday when he was challenged by Ma Yun, board chairman of Alibaba Group, China's biggest e-commerce company. Ma said the Singles Day online buying spree would shock real estate developers.
The city of Dalian's Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau held a conference to discuss an international e-commerce site for the Liaoning province city, on July 31, according to Dalian officials.
Online advertising company IZP Technologies Co is looking at Chinese shoppers' enthusiasm for overseas products to build a new shopping platform challenging traditional electronic-commerce websites such as Tmall.com and Taobao.com.
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