According to HSBC, the Chinese O2O (online to offline) market is more than $150 billion in size with just 4% internet penetration. The online portion of this market surged 80% year on year to $47 ...

Just two years ago, "online to offline (O2O)" was merely a concept in China, but now, the mode is regarded as the new trend of the entire retail industry and is expected to become most influential on ...

It would seem the hype in the lead-up to Singles Day was justified, with Alibaba posting a record $17.8 billion in online sales, easily surpassing the $14 billion record set in 2015. A startling ...

The worldwide lockdown has increased online purchases as compared to previous years. In 2020, about 42% of the U.S. population bought groceries online because of Covid-19, which is nearly twice the ...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) has been promoting its recent $4.63 billion investment in consumer electronics retailer Suning Commerce Group Co Ltd as its latest push toward “O2O.” O2O is a ...

Online to offline (“O2O”) commerce is all the buzz right now. Last year, when Alibaba invested over $3 billion in the technology, the media took note and journalists around the world began discussing ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China’s e-commerce industry is no longer just about selling goods on the internet. As internet penetration has ...

O2O commerce allows you to go after both ecommerce and retail markets at the same time. Instead of brick-and-mortar retailers reaching just one type of shopper (those within close proximity to the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Consumer demand for convenience and restaurateur demand for low-cost marketing should underpin long-term growth ...