It would seem the hype in the lead-up to Singles Day was justified, with Alibaba posting a record $17.8 billion in online sales, easily surpassing the $14 billion record set in 2015. A startling ...

The gist of O2O is that, while a large part of traditional brick-and-mortar retail sales can be replaced by e-commerce, there are elements to physical shopping that cannot (or should not) be ...

According to HSBC, the Chinese O2O (online to offline) market is more than $150 billion in size with just 4% internet penetration. The online portion of this market surged 80% year on year to $47 ...

(Yicai) Dec. 10 -- The Chinese fast-moving consumer goods market, which has stabilized after a sluggish last year, is ...

Online to offline (“O2O”) commerce is all the buzz right now. Last year, when Alibaba invested over $3 billion in the technology, the media took note and journalists around the world began discussing ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China’s e-commerce industry is no longer just about selling goods on the internet. As internet penetration has ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Consumer demand for convenience and restaurateur demand for low-cost marketing should underpin long-term growth ...

The term “Unicorn” has become one of the top tech buzzwords of the year. It refers to a short list of companies who have a valuation of over a billion dollars. The list actually contains nearly 50 ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

LAS VEGAS — Tire dealerships concerned about competition with online tire sales should look at the trend as an opportunity to build in-store traffic by developing an O2O (online-to-offline) strategy.