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How China’s E-commerce Boom Pushes Automation to the Next Level

January 8, 2019 By Dominic Morgan

Compared to other sectors, Chinese e-commerce firms are among the first batches of firms to embrace automation. China accounts for nearly half of global demand for AGVs, enabling one warehouse to process up to 100,000 orders a day with a staff of 20 human workers, work that previously would have required 300-600 people, according to Beijing-based startup Geek+, a leading domestic robot maker in logistics industry. Other tech giants, like Alibaba and JD.com, have also announced plans to invest billions of dollars to roll out next-generation technologies including totally unmanned warehouses and last-mile delivery robots and drones.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, eCommerce, Logistics

In the Express Lane: Interview with President of FedEx China Eddy Chan

December 13, 2018 By Dominic Morgan

Economic changes taking place in China are rippling across the world, causing rapid upheaval in global supply chains. Manufacturers are moving to lower-wage economies, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is creating a new web of trade flows and the rise of cross-border e-commerce is accelerating demand for goods from across the world. And then, of course, there is a possible global trade war to factor into the equation. Dealing with all this uncertainty requires ice-cool pragmatism, as FedEx’s China head, Eddy Chan, has learned.

Filed Under: C-Suite Interview, Conversations, Digital Economy, Logistics

Special Delivery: A Glance at China’s Logistics Industry

August 29, 2018 By Liu Sha

China’s logistics industry is on the fast track to a bright future. The country’s delivery firms are already posting impressive growth figures, and rapidly rising consumer spending is set to send demand soaring further. Read our infographic to learn more.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Chinese Economy, Infographics, Logistics

SF Express Vies for Greater Market Share

July 26, 2017 By Chris Russell

China’s business world is littered with rags-to-riches entrepreneurs—Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group, was an English teacher before starting Alibaba. Not all such magnates are equal, however, and joining Ma in the upper echelons of China’s rich list was Wang Wei, chairman of delivery and logistics company SF Express, who initially started out by lugging packages between Hong Kong and mainland China, operating in a legal gray zone as he did so. But now SF Express has grown to become the most successful logistics company in China. Listed in Shenzhen Stock Exchange in early 2017, the company has many competitive advantages over its counterparts.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Know China, Logistics Tagged With: Alibaba, Logistics, SF Express, Wanda Group

Chinese E-commerce Companies Head to the Countryside

April 22, 2015 By Nicole Sy

Chinese e-commerce companies like Alibaba and JD.com are finding a lucrative opportunity in rural areas. But what kind of strategies will work there?

Filed Under: All Articles, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Know China, Logistics, Retail Tagged With: Alibaba, Jack Ma, JD.com, Logistics, Retail, rural life, Slider, Urbanization

China Data: A Milestone for RMB Internationalization

March 9, 2015 By CKGSB Knowledge

Essential numbers on China: from the RMB internationalization to the contraction in the luxury market, growth in e-commerce transaction value, and more

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, Best Practice, Consumers, Finance, Infographics, Know China, Logistics, Retail Tagged With: Chinese Outbound Investment, Infographic, Logistics, Luxury Goods, Peugeot, Retail, Slider, Telecommunications, Wanda, ZTE

China Round-up: More Chinese IPOs in the US; Alibaba Buys UCWeb; and Inflation Woes

June 13, 2014 By Major Tian

The week that was: Alibaba continued to make waves with its UCWeb buy and China Post tie-up; Baidu tied up with Vanke; and expect more Chinese IPOs in the US. Alibaba Remains Active Before IPO China’s dominant e-commerce giant Alibaba continues to make headlines this week, as the company buys out UCWeb for an undisclosed […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Chinese Economy, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Finance, Know China, Logistics, Real Estate, Stock Exchange, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, Baidu, Chinese Economy, Dianping.com, eCommerce, Inflation, IPOs, Mobile Payments, Morgan Stanley, PBOC, Slider, Vanke

China Roundup: Rules on Foreign Investment in China’s Healthcare Sector Eased and Alibaba’s SingPost stake

May 30, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan

  The week that was: Government eases regulation on foreign investment in China’s healthcare sector; Alibaba picks up a 10.35% stake in Singapore Post; and the government’s pricing and corruption crackdown squeezes profits of pharmaceutical companies in China. Mending China’s Healthcare System China’s healthcare system is in urgent need of an overhaul (for a detailed […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Finance, Joint Ventures, Know China, Logistics, Policy and Law, Winning in China Tagged With: Alibaba, China's Healthcare System, Corruption, E-Commerce, Foreign Investment, Government Control, Logistics, Pharmaceuticals, Slider, Tmall

Ferrari in China: Turbo Brand

May 14, 2014 By Suzanne Edwards

In the face of luxury push-back from China’s government and hyper competition for luxury car consumers, how is Ferrari tuning its China message? 2013 was not luxury’s finest year in China. The government shamed any and all ostentatious displays of wealth and decadence, and Chinese con­sumers are now backing off the luxury buying frenzy that […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, Best Practice, Branding, C-Suite Interview, Consumers, Conversations, ExpertSpeak, Know China, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketing Tagged With: Automobiles, China Strategy, Chinese Car Market, Chinese Market, Consumers, Edwin Fenech, Ferrari, Formula 1, Manufacturing, Rolls Royce, Slider

Global E-Commerce: China’s Jingdong Steps Out

August 26, 2013 By Neelima Mahajan and Iris Mir

Jingdong, China’s second-largest business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce site, recently went global. It debuted its English-language global site in October 2012. The company ships to 35 countries across the world, including places in Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Americas. Shi Tao, Vice President (Retail), Jingdong, hopes that in 2-3 years, the company will clock yearly revenues […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, C-Suite Interview, Connections, Conversations, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Globalization, Know China, Logistics, Strategy, Videos Tagged With: 360buy.com, JD.com, Jingdong, Shi Tao, Slider

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