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Deep Dive | Why China Will Never Produce a Costco or Walmart in 100 Years, Only 'Small Food Supermarkets' Will Rise
This article analyzes the future of China's supermarket industry over the next decade, arguing that the key opportunity lies in small food supermarkets. It draws parallels with Japan's demographic trends and retail evolution to predict that comprehensive supermarkets will decline in China, while small-format food stores will flourish.
东吴大将司马懿In-Depth: From Alibaba's Heavy Investment in Ubox, Why Tencent Lost the Battle for the 'Water, Electricity, and Coal' of New Retail
After the unmanned retail trend faded, Ubox accepted Alibaba's olive branch. With a massive 1.2 billion yuan investment, Alibaba injected a strong boost into Ubox. This article explores why Ubox partnered with Alibaba, the current state of the unmanned retail industry, and who will prevail in the underlying infrastructure competition between Alibaba and Tencent.
新经销刘少德China's Condiment Industry Total Revenue Expected to Exceed 400 Billion Yuan in Three Years | Industry
In 2010, the annual revenue of China's condiment industry was only 150.6 billion yuan, but by 2017, it had reached 332.21 billion yuan, a 2.2-fold increase in just a few years. This growth data, along with the increase in catering industry revenue, shows that the condiment market is a visible, continuously growing market. As the most traditional FMCG industry, the condiment sector has been slow to embrace e-commerce, with Kantar China data showing that online shopping accounts for less than 5% of condiment purchases in any province, city, or district.
New DistributionGermany's Largest Supermarket Revenue Plunges 430 Billion Yuan! After 23 Years of 'Turning Away Customers', It Finally Caves!
The golden era of foreign supermarkets in China has ended. After Walmart's store closures and Carrefour's partnerships, Germany's Metro, once the world's third-largest retail chain, is now seeking local partners or a potential sale, with Fosun International and Alibaba rumored as interested buyers. After 23 years in China with only 92 stores, Metro's revenue has dropped by two-thirds from its peak, and its market position is under threat.
金错刀When Will Supermarket Entry Fees, Barcode Fees, and Other Channel Costs Be Abolished?
Since 1996, China has entered a buyer's market, where retailers have gained prominence and formed unequal supplier-retailer relationships, with high entry fees and delayed payments burdening suppliers. The practice originated with Carrefour in the 1990s, and despite regulations, it persists, prompting questions about whether such fees should be abolished.
New DistributionIn-Depth: Hema, Doesn't Understand New Retail!
This article traces the evolution of China's new retail landscape, contrasting Hema's heavy-asset store model with Miss Fresh's light-asset front-warehouse strategy, and argues that Hema's approach may be misaligned with the market's direction.
狐狸安Vitasoy International: Backed by Mainland China, Selling HK$6.5 Billion in Soy Milk Annually, Capacity Constraints to Slow Growth
Vitasoy's soy milk, a household name in Hong Kong, has quietly entered key accounts, large supermarkets, and even convenience stores in mainland China, occupying prime shelf space. Mainland China is now Vitasoy International's largest and most important market, contributing over 60% of annual revenue. After selling its North American tofu business and establishing a soy milk joint venture in the Philippines, the company is focusing on mainland China with a 'broader and deeper' strategy. However, with mainland revenue growing over 30% annually, capacity expansion may lag, and the company expects growth to slow slightly.
陈晓京FamilyMart Enters FMCG B2B, Competing with JD and Alibaba for Millions of Small Stores?
As one of the representative foreign convenience store chains, FamilyMart has always been a benchmark for domestic convenience store brands. Now, FamilyMart has officially opened its B2B business to the public. Will this trigger a wave of domestic convenience store enterprises opening B2B businesses? Key points: 1. Why is FamilyMart opening its supply chain to traditional mom-and-pop stores? 2. Why are chain retail enterprises so keen on B2B? 3. Will full industry chain penetration become the standard for FMCG distribution enterprises? Competition among B2B platforms is no longer just between national and regional platforms...
新经销刘少德At the 10-Year Mark: A Mid-Career Retailer Discusses the Past, Present, and Future of FMCG Retail
Having entered the industry in 2003, the author has worked in FMCG retail for 13 years, including 5 years in offline supermarkets and 8 years in e-commerce retail (including O2O). Reflecting on the past 10 years and looking ahead to the next 10, the author suggests that the current moment may be the starting point of a major transformation, where hypermarkets might become scarce or even disappear in a decade, and the unexpected changes will seem inevitable in hindsight.
张陈勇Bestore Dianjia: Full-Chain Service Products Open Up
On November 28, at the 2018 Brand Partner Conference themed 'Smart Retail, Linking the Future', Bestore Dianjia, under Best Group, announced its strategy to open up full-chain service products, leveraging digitalization, AI algorithms, and solutions to collaborate with brand enterprises in supply chain coordination and IT sharing services.
New DistributionFrom Products to Scenarios: What Do Three Squirrels, Master Gao, and Kaola Select Have in Common?
Today, Alibaba Group CEO Daniel Zhang announced an organizational upgrade, upgrading Tmall Supermarket to 'Big Tmall' to drive brand digital transformation and new retail. New Distribution believes this reflects a deeper shift from products to consumption scenarios, as exemplified by Three Squirrels' offline stores, Master Gao's craft beer, and community group buying platforms like Kaola Select.
New DistributionFrom Supply and Marketing Cooperatives to Unmanned Supermarkets: 40 Years of China's Retail Industry in Photos
From ration coupons and supply and marketing cooperatives to facial recognition, mobile payment, and VR shopping, the development of China's retail industry over the past 40 years of reform and opening-up has witnessed how ever-upgrading consumption trends have shaped the vitality of China's economy. China's retail sector is transforming from a 'follower' to a 'leader'.
新华社News | Qian Dama Enters Community Group Buying; Yili Holds Interim Board Meeting; Vietnamese Coffee Brand G7 Enters China...
Qian Dama, a community fresh food convenience store chain with over a thousand stores, has launched a mini-program to enter the community group buying market, currently in testing phase. Yili held an interim board meeting to approve its fifth employee stock ownership plan, while Vietnamese coffee brand G7 (Trung Nguyen) is testing the Chinese market with its premium sub-brand.
New DistributionIn the New Retail Era, Convenience Stores Face Cross-Industry Disruption, and the Industry Is Brewing Major Changes
In the past month, Yun Yangzi shared insights on 'The Great Transformation of Convenience Stores' at Huatai Securities and China Merchants Securities. From an investor's perspective, hundreds of millions of yuan have flowed into the convenience store sector in the past year, indicating capital's optimism. However, new retail supermarkets represented by Hema (led by Hou Yi) are offering 30-minute home delivery services, posing a cross-industry threat to convenience stores. In the new retail era, convenience stores are undergoing significant changes, with both opportunities and crises coexisting.
云阳子Alibaba Retail Link GM Lin Xiaohai: The Most Valuable Asset of a Small Store is Its Location
At the 2018 Double 11 'Look at China' high-end thought forum, Alibaba VP and Retail Link GM Lin Xiaohai delivered a speech on digital transformation of channels and stores. He emphasized that small neighborhood stores, numbering over 6 million nationwide, are here to stay but must evolve. Retail Link aims to digitize the entire distribution chain, empowering these stores with data-driven product selection, supply chain efficiency, and smart store upgrades, ultimately making them more profitable and competitive.
乔芊JD Supermarket 'Breaks Through Channel Ceiling' to Help Brands Achieve Digital Distribution
The national shopping festival 11.11 has come to an end. Among the various platforms and companies releasing their results, one set of data caught our attention: JD Supermarket's final report showed that from November 1 to November 11, it sold over 280 million items. Note, this is not 280 million yuan, but 280 million items. It's worth noting that JD Supermarket was only established a few years ago, and now it has become the largest supermarket in China both online and offline. It is reported that in 2017, JD Supermarket's transaction volume exceeded 100 billion yuan. In the past three years, it has maintained an average compound growth rate of 80%.
袁来Giants Battle for Community Convenience Stores
As new retail spreads offline, community convenience stores have become the most fiercely contested battleground, with internet and e-commerce giants like Tencent, Alibaba, JD.com, and Suning, along with traditional retailers, escalating the fight. The question is how the millions of mom-and-pop shops can survive this storm, and what the outcome means for each player.
避难所小子Costco, the Second-Largest U.S. Retailer, Enters China: B2B Before Stores, Competing with Alibaba and JD for Mom-and-Pop Shops?
Costco has quietly launched its B2B business in China before opening its first physical store, signaling its entry into the competitive FMCG B2B market. This move could disrupt the existing landscape, challenging local players and e-commerce giants alike.
新经销刘少德After the Convenience, a Mess
This article, republished with permission from AI Finance and Economics (ID: aicjnews), by Yuan Jingying and edited by Chen Fang, explores the recent turmoil in China's convenience store industry. It highlights how capital influx led to rapid expansion but also caused instability, with several chains like Linjia and Beijing 131 closing due to funding issues, prompting a call for rationality and long-term development.
AI作者On the Eve of the Double 11 Battle, We Surveyed These FMCG Brands' Online Stores and Found...
Tomorrow, November 11, consumers and manufacturers across industries will usher in a shopping frenzy, with many brands' Double 11 transaction volumes set to hit new highs. Behind these dazzling results lies careful planning. To achieve good results on Double 11, food companies are pulling out all the stops to attract consumers. New Distribution has reviewed some of the standout products from this year's Double 11, while also uncovering a shift in brand mentality and innovative approaches... Brand collaborations and 'customized' products have gone wild: Coca-Cola's tribute to Tmall's 10th anniversary...
New DistributionMeiyijia's New Rival: Alibaba Invests 500 Million Yuan in C-Store, Targeting 150,000 Chain Convenience Stores!
After dominating the mainstream supermarket and hypermarket sector, Alibaba has finally set its sights on the convenience store arena. New Distribution has exclusively learned that Alibaba has completed a strategic investment in the well-known convenience store brand C-Store, with an investment of 500 million RMB for a 20%-25% stake, marking Alibaba's official entry into the chain retail sector.
新经销刘少德Zong Qinghou: Help Those Around You Achieve Common Prosperity, and the Wealth You Gain Will Be Respected
Zong Qinghou, founder of Wahaha, rose from a school-run factory in the 1980s to become China's 'beverage king' and the country's richest man in 2010. His success was driven by the first 'consumption upgrade' in the beverage industry during China's economic takeoff, and his entrepreneurial spirit epitomized the Zhejiang merchants of that era.
宗庆后Market Value Plunges 90%, World Retail Giant Files for Bankruptcy: Defeated All Rivals, but Lost to the Times
On October 15, Sears, a retail giant with 132 years of history and sales that once reached 1% of U.S. GDP, officially filed for bankruptcy protection, putting 80,000 jobs at risk. Sears was once the world's largest private retail enterprise, inventing retail formats such as department stores, chain stores, and shopping malls. However, since 2010, Sears has been in a loss-making state, with cumulative losses of $10 billion and debt of $4 billion. In 2017, Sears Canada filed for bankruptcy liquidation, leading to 12,000 job losses.
插坐学院The Lost Community Convenience Stores: Waiting to Be Acquired, or Heading Toward Extinction?
Capital and e-commerce giants are transforming communities. Small grocery stores and mom-and-pop shops, which permeate communities like capillaries, have become prey for capital. They face two paths: join a chain and fight collectively, or accept acquisition by internet giants...
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