{"id":179028,"date":"2014-11-12T13:09:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T21:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=179028"},"modified":"2014-11-12T15:15:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T23:15:20","slug":"china-spend-online-rest-world-combined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/11\/china-spend-online-rest-world-combined\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s Online Sales to Surpass Rest of World’s"},"content":{"rendered":"
After breaking U.S. IPO records in September<\/a>,\u00a0Chinese e-commerce\u00a0giant Alibaba this week made U.S.$9.3 billion in sales on November 11<\/a>\u2014”Singles’ Day,” a “Cyber Monday” with Chinese characteristics\u2014shattering the online shopping world record set by the company last year<\/a>. A report from Leo Mirani at Quartz looks at predictions that Chinese e-commerce sales\u00a0will pass\u00a0those of the rest of the world combined by 2018<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n […] Singles Day is just the beginning. Chinese e-commerce is about to get much, much bigger. By 2018 sales from e-commerce in China will exceed\u00a0those in the rest of the world combined, reckons Morgan Stanley.<\/p>\n At the rate e-commerce is growing, it will account for one in every five renminbi spent in China by 2018.<\/p>\n One of the factors that helps drive rising e-commerce sales is consumer confidence.\u00a0The more experience people have with online shopping, the more they spend. […] [Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n E-commerce could do much to help\u00a0spur consumption amid slowing growth in China<\/a>.<\/p>\n