Daughter of former PM opens online store in China

Mothers want what is the best for their children. Now, with the help of e-commerce platforms, Chinese mothers can buy imported infant products hand-chosen by the daughter of a former Australian prime minister.

Jessica Rudd, whose father Kevin Rudd was Australian PM between 2007 and 2010 and again in 2013, recently opened a store on e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's platform.

The store, called Jessica's Suitcase, was set up on Tmall Global, a dedicated online platform helping overseas merchants sell to China, and mainly sells organic baby food and women's goods from Australia, including fruit purees and sanitary pads. The best-selling products for now is paw paw & honey balm with online records showing sales of at least 856 items by last Friday.