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China E-commerce Growing 25%

by Paul Grey on 26 April 2012 in E-Commerce

Industry analyst firm Forrester in its Asia Pacific Online Retail Forecast, 2011-2012 projects e-commerce in Japan, South Korea and Australia will grow 11-12% each year over the next five years, keeping pace with e-commerce growth in the United States and the developed e-commerce markets of Europe.

This is dwarfed by their projections that e-commerce in China, already Asia’s largest market, will grow by 25% each year. Forrester describes this as ‘unprecedented’, pointing out that it far outstrips the United States when it was at a similar stage.

Anna’s Bee Venom Rated #1 Hot New Release in the USA

by Paul Grey on 25 April 2012 in News

Just last month Anna Wilding contracted World Wide Access to take her Anna’s Pocket Bee Venom face mask cream to the United States. Two weeks ago I reported its first U.S. sale, the order being delivered to the customer from advance stock couriered to market ahead of the first main shipment’s arrival. But that was just [...]

Asia Marketing: Managing your Online Reputation

by Alister Gates on 23 April 2012 in E-Commerce

Managing a brand in New Zealand for any company can be challenging enough with the plethora of social networking, micro blogs and websites all eager to stand, say something and be different – sometimes at your cost. Now take that challenge and multiply it by 100 when dealing with managing your brand in Japan or China.

Product Reviews By Consumers A Key To Online Selling Success

by Paul Grey on 23 April 2012 in E-Commerce

A potential customer hears about your product, and finds it online. What will encourage them to make a purchase?

Trust is one of the key factors at this online selling moment of truth. Trust that the product is as good as it seems. Trust that they’re getting a good price. Trust that the merchant will deliver once they hand over their money.