Today's Chinese online shoppers prefer to turn to both online channels and offline channels for product information when shopping online, according to Nielsen's recent Online Shopping Behavior Research Report.
The first special trains for e-commerce freight delivery services between Shanghai and Beijing will start running on Friday, marking the initial step of opening up rail services to commercial clients, China Railway Corp said Thursday.
China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is reportedly in talks to provide funding to US messaging company Snapchat, further adding to the Hangzhou-based company's string of investments in American companies leading up to its IPO debut in the United States.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission will streamline procedures for the issue of asset-backed securities by brokerage firms, the National Business News reported on Thursday.
Sinotech Minerals Exploration Co Ltd and Power Capital LLC announced on Thursday that they will establish a mining fund totaling 1 billion yuan ($161.9 million), which will seek opportunities among fast-growing small and medium-sized mines.
Suning Commerce Co Ltd reported a first-half net loss of 749 million yuan ($121.4 million), the first interim loss for the appliance retailer in a decade.
Soybean imports will shrink in the second half as demand declines, the result of a slowdown in meat demand and high import volumes in the first six months.
A television expose showing improper meat handling by a supplier caused "significant, negative" damage to sales at its KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants in China over the past 10 days, US-based Yum Brands Inc said on Wednesday.
London, Chicago, San Francisco top locations for $5.4b from China
The stars of the gaming industry shone on Wednesday at the 2014 China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference in Shanghai, with Microsoft Corp announcing the launch of its game console Xbox One on Sept 23.
Travel agencies have reported brisk sales of flight-delay insurance policies in the past two weeks, especially on routes in the eastern and central parts of China, as a result of an increasing number of flight delays.
Safety concerns, better travel options help lesser-known destinations gain an edge over once-popular locales, reports Wang Wen.
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