The e-commerce war of attrition

2012-08-31 10:44

When China's biggest online electronics retailer 360buy.com claimed it had booked sales of 350 million yuan ($55 million, 44 million euros) in a day in a price war of home appliances on Aug 15, Mike Chou, president of Newegg.com.cn, the Chinese arm of the US online electronics retailer Newegg Inc, did not seem fazed.

Bitten by the baijiu bug

2012-08-31 10:44

Kenneth Macpherson is a man with fire in his belly. He is keen to tell anyone who will listen about what he considers one of the world's biggest secrets.

Delivery industry's wings keep growing

2012-08-24 09:23

The e-commerce boom has given a new burst of life to an already thriving business.

Engines of express

2012-08-24 09:23

There are more than 214 million online shoppers in China, with orders of clothes, electronics and cosmetics criss-crossing the nation at break-neck speed. But in a country with a bent on consumerism, getting people to shop hasn't been the problem - getting the packages delivered has been the major headache.

Quotable

2012-08-24 09:23

IN BRIEF (Page 14)

2012-08-24 09:23

A new package of services

2012-08-24 09:23

With their hands forced by China's red-hot e-commerce market and recent moves by foreign competitors to expand in the Middle Kingdom, Chinese express delivery carriers are hoping to meet the nation's soaring demands by taking to the air.

Taken in by the Chinese copycat

2012-08-24 09:23

If it's schnapps at the lakeside by moonlight, we must be in Austria. No we aren't.

Homes from home

2012-08-24 09:16

Sometimes in China, you can be forgiven for thinking you are somewhere else.

British postal operator comes calling

2012-08-24 09:16

Britain's state-owned postal operator Royal Mail Group Ltd has joined hands with the Chinese company ZJS Express Co Ltd to start a business-to-business parcel delivery service from China to Europe.

Wanted: Cowboys in China

2012-08-24 09:16

Tyrel Hotchkiss has just ridden into town to make a fresh start. The young cowboy from South Carolina is a stranger in these parts, but the territory is no stranger to horsemen and horses.

Time-worn ways of a sole trader

2012-08-24 09:16

Early shoemaker had an idea or two that foreshadowed modern business methods. Zhao Ting was a man obviously well ahead of his time.

Cementing a strong business in China

2012-08-24 09:16

Nearly all the companies that our grandparents admired have disappeared because of the fast pace of change in today's world.

Electric glide on easy street

2012-08-17 11:12

China's popular e-bikes are effortlessly rolling into europe, US.

Chinese cyclists in high-end gear change

2012-08-17 11:12

Chinese cyclists are getting an image upgrade as high-end bike manufacturers target the "Kingdom of Bicycles".

Quotable

2012-08-17 11:12

"A true change in the old economic development model relying heavily on investment and exports will only be possible if the credit-hungry economy is adjusted."

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2012-08-17 11:12

Pedals with the mettle

2012-08-17 11:12

Approaching bicycle retailers in the early 1990s to encourage them to sell electric bikes, Frank Jamerson says he was often met with the response "Get the hell out of here".

A city of two tales

2012-08-17 11:12

A glance at the ships traveling to and from Shanghai International Port makes it clear that the city is approaching its goal of growing into a global shipping hub by 2015.

Global woes may sink shipbuilders

2012-08-17 11:12

The specters of the global financial crisis and the European debt crisis still haunt shipbuilders in the Yangtze River Delta region, who have had no respite from economic choppiness since 2008.