cross-border e-commerce

Mark Hedley explains how to help companies confront the challenges of expanding into China China’s global profile has boomed in the first two decades of the 21st century, drawing attention to its politics, economics and culture. While the growing importance of China and its relationship to the world is often framed as complicated, one thing remains unequivocal – the allure and potential of the enormous Chinese market. The China-Britain Business Council …

For British companies looking to test the Chinese retail market, cross border e-commerce offers low barriers to entry and quick and affordable access. Alessio Casablanca of LehmanBrown explains how to register and set up on China’s e-commerce platforms Businesses looking to expand into the Chinese market are attracted to using cross-border e-commerce as it allows their products and services access to the market without the need to invest in establishing an …

From ‘Millionaire’s Wives’ to ‘Middle aged Fun Dads’, digital marketing company Westwin’s 2020 China Cross-border Consumer Report identifies the most important groups in cross border commerce – here’s what they discovered… Following a series of surveys and interviews with consumers in Chinese first, second, third and fourth tier cities,  Westin’s report discusses different cross-border consumers groups in China, including: Small-town mums with significant leisure time living in third and fourth-tier …

You don’t need to use a Chinese e-commerce platform to reach a large audience in China, as long as you follow these steps, including setting up Chinese payment methods like Alipay and making sure you have the right customs clearances Over the last few decades, the ways and means for British companies to tap into the billion customers of China has evolved rapidly. Originally, local partners would be found to …

These are the five steps needed to build a successful e-commerce business in China The Chinese e-commerce sector has experienced unrivalled development in the last decade, turning China into the largest online marketplace in the world. Online retail, for fashion, groceries and even cars, is becoming part of local consumers’ daily habits thanks to an always-on smartphone-focused approach. It is, therefore, no coincidence that brands and retailers from all over …

The Chinese Ministry of Finance has announced 92 more items to the growing list of products that can be traded on cross-border e-commerce platforms. These new items have been added to the Cross-Border E-Commerce (CBEC) list of commodity goods, as of January 1st 2020. In a further move to promote cross-border import, the Chinese Ministry of Finance announced that foreign companies can now trade 92 more commodities on cross border …

Premier Li Keqiang announced last month, that the new e-commerce law will be introduced on January 1st, 2019 and will expand and improve on the existing cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) policies. It will ensure that the current policies on CBEC retail imports will continue and no requirements in licensing, registration or record-filing for first-time imports will apply to retail imports through CBEC platforms. Instead, these goods will receive more relaxed regulation …