Deep anatomy of online price war for electronics in China

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In May, China e-commerce has been immersed in the smoke of price war on electronics. Any major B2C player could join this fight is already in, and it seemed the heat has not died down so far. In this issue, we questioned the purpose of the ferocious price war and have a close look at each participnt. Other focuses in this issue: - Dynamics for Chinese group buying market in 2012 Q1 - China’s social media exploding - Silver lining of second-hand luxury consignment - Macy’s invested in Vipstore to tap into China - Taobao bribery scandal exposes flaws in China’s e-commerce regulations This report is issued by L'Atelier BNP Paribas www.atelier.net

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e-Commerce Insider I May

Deep anatomy of online price war for electronics in China

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Strategic alliance between Dangdang and Gome, put pressure on 360buy

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Suning has a burning ambition to take down 360buy and cannot stay calm for its peer Gome’s alliance. So far it has claimed it would devote RMB3 billion to this price war, while forfeiting RMB 400 million profit

Tmall would like to strengthen its position as the true B2C king in China, while its biggest enemy is always 360buy. Proclaim to collaborate with 800 electronics brands on its mallGave away RMB200 million for discount sale

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360buy was dragged into this to be defensive. In order to hold its ground, 360buy decided to fight back; counteracting by spending RMB500 million

Claimed to forfeit RMb300 million to join the war

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Roles played by all B2Cs in the price war

Recently invested by TencentThrew in RMB500 million into the game

Powered by Gome. Recently implemented steep discounts

Ran a 30% price slash on electronics

The first move after the alliance was to launch series of special promotion and discount sale on electronics

More like herd behavior

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Brands & Retailers Strategy Updates

Up-To-Date Market Data – List of graphs & charts on e-commerce

Market share of Chinese key group buying website

Glimpse of main local social media players

Overview of Secoo.com

Overview of Omei.com, run by Jiapin.com

What does Taobao bribery scandal mean for e-commerce industry

Background introduction of key B2C player in online electronics sale

Deep Anatomy of online price war for electronics in China

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Group Buying

B2C Market

Topics covered in this report

Online Luxury

Social Commerc

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Online Shopping

Social Media

Internet company insights

360buy.com Jiapin.com

51buy.com Kaixin001.com

Amazon.cn Newegg.com

Buykee.com Nuomi.com

Coo8.com Omei.com

Dangdang.com Qzone.qq.com

Dianping.com Renren.com

Didatuan.com Secoo.com

Ftuan.com Suning.com

Gome.com Tmall.com

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