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More Data, Still Can't Understand Customers? Meiyijia, with 3.5 Million+ Daily Footfall, Tries Something New
Meiyijia, based on its membership system and leveraging mini-programs, is opening a community platform offering comprehensive services including products, services, entertainment, consulting, and logistics to provide richer services for members. More and more physical retail enterprises are shifting from serving stores to serving customers—Meiyijia, with over 10,000 stores, has even made this strategic adjustment. For Meiyijia, membership seems even more significant. With over 11,200 stores nationwide, it serves more than 3.5 million customers daily, who not only bring sales but also generate massive data for Meiyijia...
小扣柴扉New Player in B2B E-commerce: How Does Guoan e-Shop Connect the Industry Chain?
On October 27, Guoan e-Shop held its launch conference in Xuzhou, themed 'Building an Innovative New Retail Supply Chain Platform.' The platform aims to integrate the industry chain, empower small and medium retail terminals, and facilitate efficient distribution for brands and distributors.
New DistributionThe Death of Xin Yi Jia: From 18 Billion Yuan Annual Revenue to Founder Fleeing with 1 Billion Yuan Debt—Who Is to Blame?
As one of the former 'Big Three' supermarkets in Guangdong, Xin Yi Jia seized the opportunity of the industry's booming development but fell before the wave of new retail. Over 22 years, what elegy did it sing for the traditional retail industry? Xin Yi Jia ultimately met one of the most humiliating endings in the wave of supermarket closures. Before foreign supermarkets like Walmart and Carrefour entered China, Xin Yi Jia, which opened its first store in Shenzhen in 1995, was already a representative of discount supermarkets. At its peak, its annual sales reached 18 billion yuan, once ranking alongside China Resources Vanguard and Renrenle as one of Guangdong's supermarket giants.
梁楚童@广州Procter & Gamble Reports Latest Quarterly Results: China E-commerce Sales Surge 60% YoY
US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble Co. reported its fiscal 2017/2018 first-quarter results, with sales slightly below analyst expectations but strong performance in China, where e-commerce sales grew 60% year-over-year. Executives revealed that P&G's annual e-commerce sales in China have exceeded $1 billion.
宋凡夫Walmart China's E-commerce Struggles: From Dismissal to Heavy Investment to Compromise—What's the Point?!
Building its own e-commerce business has clearly not worked out for Walmart. Walmart and JD.com are now trying to open physical stores together, with four co-branded stores currently in operation: three Walmart JD Home stores and one Walmart JD Exclusive Store. The question remains: what kind of fruit can such a shallow level of cooperation bear? The day after Walmart announced a projected 40% growth in U.S. online sales for the next fiscal year ending January 2019, Chen Wenyuan, who had been president of Walmart's hypermarket business in China for just over six months, disclosed in a media interview the innovations and adjustments in Walmart's China hypermarket business, with deep integration with JD.com to bridge online and offline as a top priority, along with efforts in new formats like compact stores.
楚不留香Online and Offline Reintegration: A New Wave of Retail Is Coming
Author: Mr. Muyi Source: Hong Kong Stocks (hkstocks) Once upon a time, department stores felt ancient and unfamiliar. Investments in them were avoided, while e-commerce was the darling of investors. However, contrary to expectations that e-commerce would shutter physical stores, the two have now come together, signaling a new wave of retail.
木易先生Are Distributors and E-commerce Platforms Destined to Perish Together?
E-commerce cannot easily kill distributors unless there is a major change in the form of production organization. Even if the C2B and C2M era arrives, it would not only be a disaster for distributors but also for e-commerce platforms, leading to mutual destruction. Currently, e-commerce has indeed removed some intermediate links, but e-commerce itself is essentially an intermediate link. Distributors play four cards: time, space, price, and quantity, each essentially about differences. In nicer terms, it's supply chain management plus supply chain finance.
李海平From Selling Old Rock Sugar to the Nationally Known Hualong Instant Noodles, Now the Brand Value Reaches 8 Billion!
He founded a nationally renowned food enterprise group. Over fifteen years, he expanded Jinmailang Group's scale and comprehensive strength by more than 1,000 times, creating the astonishing 'Hualong Speed' which the economic community dubbed the 'Hualong Phenomenon'. He is the founder of the former Hualong Group and the current chairman of Jinmailang - Fan Xianguo.
New DistributionAnalysis: After Stumbling, Can Blue Moon Regain Its Former Glory?
Three years after publicly breaking with major physical hypermarkets to focus on e-commerce, Blue Moon has quietly returned to some hypermarkets. Recently, it has also faced allegations of pyramid scheme involvement. China Business Journal learned from 51job that Blue Moon's recruitment account was suspended due to complaints questioning it as a pyramid scheme and using recruitment to sell products. Blue Moon did not respond to interview requests.
吴容Deep Dive: Traditional Distributors Transforming to B2B Is Not Just Moving Online!
Why haven't you made a profit after doing B2B e-commerce for so long? China's FMCG B2B sector began exploring business models from late 2014 to early 2015, reaching explosive growth by 2016. In this turf war, over 2,000 B2B companies are dividing the market, with more than 8,000 urban sites (including direct, franchise, and joint operations). In first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, hundreds or even thousands of B2B projects operate simultaneously, including numerous fresh food, beverage, and urban distribution ventures.
赵渤亮Is Spring Coming for Localized B2B E-commerce?
New Distribution's recent survey of the top 40 Chinese cities by economic output reveals a wave of localized B2B e-commerce platforms outperforming national players. These platforms, often founded by local distributors, leverage shared warehousing and distribution to gain traction, signaling a potential shift in the FMCG distribution landscape.
赵波Moutai Moves 2,800 Distributors Online with 'Moutai Cloud Merchant': Is Manufacturer-Distributor Direct E-commerce Reliable?
Moutai Group announced the full launch of its e-commerce platform 'Moutai Cloud Merchant' on September 9, inviting its 2,800 distributors and exclusive stores nationwide to join. The platform, which began trial operations in December 2015 and officially launched in June 2016, has attracted over 2,800 distributors and 250,000 members, with cumulative sales exceeding 4 billion yuan.
赵波What Supports the Survival of Japan's Physical Retail?
Compared to China's booming e-commerce, Japan's physical retail seems quieter, yet it thrives. This article explores the reasons behind Japan's successful physical retail, including quality assurance, customer respect, coexistence with e-commerce, tax policies, and craftsmanship, offering lessons for China's physical retail.
New DistributionHow Should County-Level Distributors Transform in the Face of Internet Impact? Is E-commerce the Best Way Out?
After visiting several county-level distributors in East China, the author found that many are anxious about internet giants encroaching on their business with diverse products, flexible promotions, and one-stop procurement. They wonder if they must transform to e-commerce to survive, but the author argues that B2B in county markets is not yet mature and suggests more measured improvements rather than radical changes.
赵波Will 30-Minute Express Delivery Become the New Retail Trend?
If the cost of 30-minute delivery drops below 3 yuan per order, express delivery will become the mainstream shopping method; if express delivery shopping becomes mainstream, the retail industry will be reshaped.
张陈勇Will Food Delivery Defeat Instant Noodles?
Consumption upgrade will not kill instant noodles; it will only eliminate outdated products and drive structural upgrades in the industry. Only companies daring to change can enter the next era of instant noodles.
郑栾When Will the Alcohol Industry Escape Its E-commerce Development Dilemma?
The alcohol industry was among the early adopters of e-commerce, yet despite years of exploration, many producers remain hesitant, with only a few like 1919 and Jiuxian.com succeeding. This article argues that social e-commerce is the inevitable path forward, leveraging the industry's social attributes and mobile internet to build structured relationships and drive transactions.
谭长春Kantar E-commerce Consulting Director Zhang Chi: The Present and Future of China's FMCG B2B
Kantar E-commerce Consulting Director Zhang Chi delivered a speech at the Second China 'Internet + FMCG' Summit Forum on July 15-16, outlining five major trends in the FMCG B2B market: large players seeking terminal control, the evolution to B2B2C, blurring boundaries between self-operated and matchmaking models, private label and customized products, and supply chain finance.
张弛[Recommended for Collection] Live Broadcast Transcript: What Impact Does Retail Link's POS Integration Have on Small Stores? How Should Distributors Transform in the Future?
On July 5, Retail Link quietly launched a system called 'Super Member' and announced it on its official WeChat account on July 11. After New Distribution reported this, it sparked widespread discussion in the industry, with many distributors realizing that having no stores to supply might become a reality. To explore this, New Distribution invited Chen Qinghong, Deputy General Manager of Hd; Bao Yuezhong, a renowned retail expert; Lu Dexing, CEO of Yunduan Xinlian; and Shen Xin, Chief Strategy Officer of Wanyuan Yigou, to discuss the impact of Retail Link's POS integration on small stores and how distributors should transform in the future.
New DistributionLiu Qiangdong: The Fourth Retail Revolution Will Surpass the Internet
The retail industry has recognized three revolutions: department stores, chain stores, and supermarkets. The fourth retail revolution, built on the foundation of internet e-commerce but surpassing it, will usher humanity into the era of intelligent commerce. The essence of retail remains cost, efficiency, and experience, but the ways of creating and realizing value will inevitably change.
刘强东Express Delivery Series: The Next-Generation Retail Format That Will Eliminate Supermarkets and E-commerce
This article explores how drones and autonomous driving could replace manual delivery, reducing costs and increasing speed, and argues that if express delivery costs drop to 1-3 yuan and delivery time to 10-30 minutes, it will become the mainstream shopping method, reshaping retail and creating a comprehensive express delivery platform that will surpass supermarkets and e-commerce.
张陈勇Eighth B-end E-commerce Study Tour: This Time We're Going to Japan, with a Focus on New Retail!
In August this year, we decided to organize an in-depth study tour of Japan's retail industry, with the theme of cross-border innovation. Why study Japanese retail? Because Japan's social structure and consumption habits are closer to China's; Japanese retail companies such as Muji, 7-Eleven, and Aeon have performed well in the Chinese market and offer many lessons for domestic retailers. Japanese retailers are years ahead of China in food operations, fresh food preparation, lean management, and thematic merchandising. From the perspective of retail development, today's Japan is tomorrow's China.
New DistributionB2B E-commerce Study Tour Visits Heading, Exploring New Ideas for Distributor Transformation and Upgrading
On June 21, the seventh B2B e-commerce study tour organized by New Distribution visited Heading for exchange, with a team of nearly 100 people. Heading shared its distribution solutions with distributors and explored development paths together.
New DistributionUnveiling JD New Route's 618 Street: Exploring the Future of E-commerce
On May 25, JD.com launched its 618 mid-year shopping festival, with over 30,000 small and medium stores nationwide displaying banners for the event. New Distribution interviewed retail expert Bao Yuezhong, who highlighted three key aspects of JD New Route's 'Crazy 618' promotion, including brand manufacturers' increasing focus on B2B distribution, the expanding reach of small retail stores, and the seamless integration of online and offline consumer experiences.
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