Alibaba’s Joint Venture in South Korea: A Clever Move
This article was written on December 30, 2024 for the Chinese blog of Momentum Works on the Wechat platform, and was translated into English...
“Those who do not like Pinduoduo have never tried it”: mentor...
You might already know that Duan Yongping, a Chinese business and investment guru, has been a mentor of Pinduoduo founder Colin Huang.
Duan founded consumer...
Will TikTok survive in the US? | Impulso E107
So, TikTok went dark after the US ban, for about 14 hours. Then, it was back online, with a message crediting its return to...
How will TikTok’s fortunes in the US evolve from here?
This article was originally published in Chinese on Momentum Works Wechat content platform, translated into English by the MW team.
Today (January 20th) marks Donald...
TikTok Shop GMV in 2024 surpassed US$30 billion
TikTok Shop’s global GMV reached about US$32.6 billion, according to numbers tabulated by video commerce data analytics firm Tabcut.com. The US became the biggest...
E104 – The Impulso Podcast – 11.11 Singles’ Day: the backstory
Originally dubbed Singles Day by 4 university students, 11.11 has transformed into one of the world’s largest shopping festivals.
In 2009, Alibaba launched the first...
Our thoughts on Vietnam suspending Temu’s operations
This article was originally published in Chinese on Momentum Works’s Wechat platform, translated into English by Phyllis Pe from the MW team.
Last Thursday, the...
What 11.11 Singles’ Day sales no longer say about China’s economy
This commentary first appeared on ChannelNewsAsia (CNA). Republished here with permission. You can access the other commentaries from Jianggan Li on CNA as well.
On Nov 12, 2020,...
The impact of SHEIN’s slowdown
SHEIN has been a success in reforming the apparel supply chain and offering consumers across the world a vast selection at very low prices....
E102 – The Impulso Podcast – Behind Pinduoduo’s ¥10 billion merchant...
On 21 November, two stories rocked China’s ecommerce scene, with global implications.
(In the previous episode, we discussed the first story: Alibaba’s merger of its...
