While Chinese consumers do much of their shopping with the click of a mouse or a fingertip, some foreign products aren't so easily obtained.
A flurry of online trading platforms have been launched as Chinese steel companies hope that branching into the Internet sphere will boost sales and help them weather the hard days.
China's largest steel trader, China Minmetals Corp. (CMC), on Tuesday opened its e-commerce platform to other dealers to help the sector handle overcapacity and a credit crunch.
Alipay, the popular third-party payment service affiliated with China's Alibaba Group, on Monday announced a tie-up with Japan's leading e-commerce company Rakuten.
Over 100 freighter aircraft and countless high-speed rail carriages and vehicles are gearing up to shuttle around Chinese cities for the shopping carnival of Singles Day on Monday.
E-commerce giant Alibaba has purchased 18 percent stake of China's popular microblogging service Sina Weibo for 586 million U.S. dollars, Sina Corp. announced Monday.
China's e-commerce giant Jingdong Mall announced Saturday that it has secured 700 million U.S. dollars in its latest fundraising effort.
As shopping malls in Beijing were gearing up for the Christmas sales with dazzling decorations and price promotions,an increasing number of consumers, however, turn to online shopping. With just a mouse click, one can buy high-quality stuff online at much cheaper prices. In the first 11 months of 2012, China's two biggest e-commerce platforms reaped over 1 trillion yuan in revenue. E-commerce is now bringing revoluation to the lifestyle every Chinese...
Festivals have become online retailers' favorite days of the year to get sales skyrocketing in China, with tempting promotions...