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CHINA:
~1,500
U.S.:
billion EUR
~600
GERMANY: billion EUR
~100
billion EUR
Largest e-commerce
shopping day (Chinese
Chinese e-Commerce Events
Black Friday)
Apr-05
Jan-01 May-20 Jun-18 Sep-10 Nov-11 Dec-25
Tomb
New Year Wo Ai Ni Dragon Boat Teacher’s Day Single’s Day Christmas
Sweeping
Aug-17
Feb May-01 Jun-01 Oct-01 Dec-12
Valentine’s
Chinese NY Labor Day Children’s Day National Day Double Twelve
Day
Pinduoduo
Vertical specialty platforms
GMV 20’: 54 bln EUR GMV 20’: 1,156 bln EUR GMV 20’: 171 bln EUR
Others
Xiaohongshu 11% Advantages
5%
+ No legal entity in China required
VIP.com
11% + Novelties, product testing and brand
introduction
57% Tmall + Kaola
+ Avoid registration/ certificates (e.g.,
18%
JD Worldwide animal testing, CCC)
+ Less capital required
53.5%
Alibaba and JD –
the “Big Two”:
27.8% ~80% of market
share
7.8% Pinduoduo: The “Rising Star”
3.5%
2.2%
0.4%
Tmall and JD Store options:
0.3% • Flagship store (Tmall + JD)
• JD Self Operated/ Direct Sales
0.3% • Tmall supermarket
Business Model
pinduoduo
Xiaohongshu
Douyin Yunji Beidian Suning Pingou
LIVESTREAMING FEATURES
Integrated into Mimics in-store shopping experiences Highly interactive, social, Often reliant on
various platforms by showing products in context & playful with gamification scarcity & urgency
General eCom
21%
Livestreaming
18%
CBEC
Livestream 13%
9% 5% 11%
WeChat
eCommerce 14% 7%
6% 6%
72%
1%
eCommerce
Platforms Beauty Female Male Electronics
Fashion Fashion
Source: EAC
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