Sales of cars go online, but shops close the deal
By Li Fusheng | China Daily | Updated: 2014-11-17 07:21
Online shopping is now a way of life for millions in China and they are buying ever-larger and more expensive items - sometimes even cars.
During the nation's busiest online shopping period of the year, the heavily promoted Singles' Day on Nov 11, auto portal bitauto.com received 15,796 orders with a combined retail value of 1.87 billion yuan ($305 million).
On the same day, autohome.com.cn recorded 37,117 orders worth over 6 billion yuan, more than double the orders it received on the same day in 2013.
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