The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “China’s Online Retail Sales Passed $300 Billion in 2013”.

Kelland Willis says, “We recently published an online retail forecast for Asia Pacific, followed by an online forecast specific to China. The numbers are staggering! To give you an indication of the speed at which eCommerce is taking off in China, consider that recent figures from the State Post Bureau of China indicate that more than 6 billion packages were shipped in the first three quarters of 2013 – an increase of 61% from the same period in 2012. Factors contributing to China’s massive eCommerce market and rapid growth include:

  • The Alibaba Group. Unlike our U.S. and European forecasts, Forrester’s online retail forecast for China includes both B2C and C2C online sales (the other forecasts include only B2C). In China, B2C and C2C online sales are strongly influenced by the Alibaba Group’s websites Tmall and Taobao. Tmall, which became a platform independent from Taobao in 2011“.

China’s Online Retail Sales Passed $300 Billion in 2013

The Forrester Blog

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