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1 week ago | 
insideretail.asia | Casey Hall |Sophie Yu |Brenda Goh |Gerry Doyle
Chinese sellers of items from lunch boxes to appliances have taken to social media platform Rednote to generate sympathy purchases, telling domestic consumers they are offloading stock at bargain prices amid US tariffs. Over the past week, dozens of sellers have broadcast livestreams showing goods produced for US customers, which they said they could no longer sell because of tariff rates of 145 per cent for made-in-China goods imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration.
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3 weeks ago | 
uk.marketscreener.com | Christoph Steitz |Casey Hall |David Gaffen
FRANKFURT/SHANGHAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Businesses around the globe on Thursday faced up to a future of higher prices, trade turmoil and reduced access to the world's largest market after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed their worst fears by instituting broad tariffs worldwide. Trump ramped up his trade war with tariff rates from 10% to nearly 50%.
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1 month ago | 
insideretail.asia | Deborah Mary Sophia |Casey Hall |Celene Ignacio |Tong Van
PDD Holdings, which operates e-commerce platforms Pinduoduo and Temu, missed market estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday, as demand remained weak in China despite deep discounts and government stimulus to boost spending. While government stimulus measures and deep price cuts from retailers have drawn some shoppers, PDD’s sales report indicates persistent weakness in the Chinese economy is still forcing consumers to keep a tight lid on their spending.
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1 month ago | 
insideretail.asia | Nicoco Chan |Casey Hall |Edwina Gibbs |Tamera Francis
Emily Yu, a longtime Beijing-based lingerie designer, has devoted some five years to developing bras and prostheses for women who have had a mastectomy – hoping her products will help them regain confidence. The founder of Ginger Ah, China’s first lingerie brand to develop both bras and the artificial breasts, says they struggle to fit comfortably into clothing post-surgery.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
insideretail.com.au | Casey Hall
Each week, whenever she has time off from her marketing job, Ida Jia can be found at Shanghai Disneyland queuing for hours to spend a few minutes with Linabell, a fluffy pink fox with big blue eyes. The 29-year-old does not go empty handed, bringing pink fox soft toys dressed in ornate custom-made outfits to show the life-sized character, as well as handmade presents as gifts.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
insideretail.com.au | Casey Hall
Since Tera Feng started documenting her enviable Shanghai lifestyle, including visits to art galleries and fashion events on Chinese social media eight years ago, she has built up a following of more than 500,000 people. While that is a drop in the vast ocean of China’s consumer market, Feng and brands she works with have found her audience – mainly financially independent urban Chinese women – is willing to spend.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
streetinsider.com | Eduardo Baptista |Casey Hall
By Eduardo Baptista and Casey Hall BEIJING (Reuters) -Casual wear giant Uniqlo is facing calls for a consumer boycott in China after a BBC report quoted the CEO of its owner as saying the company does not source cotton from China's Xinjiang region, which has faced allegations of forced labour in recent years. Fast Retailing CEO Tadashi Yanai made the comment during an interview in Tokyo with the British Broadcasting Corporation that was published on Thursday.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Casey Hall
Casey HallUpdated 21 November 2024 at 6:13 am·2-min readBy Casey HallSHANGHAI (Reuters) -Alibaba Group will integrate its domestic Chinese and international e-commerce platforms into a single business unit run by one leader for the first time, the company said in a stock exchange filing on Thursday. The Alibaba E-commerce Business Group, as the unit will be called, brings together the Taobao and Tmall Group and the Alibaba International Digital Commerce (AIDC) Group.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
streetinsider.com | Casey Hall
1. FTNT2. NVDA3. WMT4. ACM5. ERII6. BX7. BERY8. APO9. TUYA10. INCY Tweet Share E-mail0 shares FILE PHOTO: People burn incense near floral tributes placed outside a sports centre where a deadly hit-and-run attack took place, in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China November 12, 2024.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
insideretail.com.au | Deborah Mary Sophia |Casey Hall |Anil Prabha
Alibaba Group Holding missed analysts’ estimates for second-quarter sales on Friday, as persistent economic uncertainty sapped consumer spending in China and weighed on the e-commerce group’s domestic business. The company reported an adjusted profit of US$2.08 per American Depository Share, beating estimates of $2.06. Its US-listed shares were down 0.3 per cent at the opening.
