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China's e-commerce giants stopped reporting Singles Day GMV in 2022 during the pandemic. Singles Day GMV this year as of Oct. 30 was 845 billion yuan ($119.1 billion), according to research firm Syntun. Subsidies boost appliancesHelping boost sales this Singles Day are China's subsidies for trade-ins of home appliances, launched in late July. They predict 4% to 5% growth in Singles Day GMV, with sales in the home appliance category supported by the trade-in program. "Something that kind of came out of nowhere, into all of a sudden really, really big numbers."
Persons: Alibaba, Jacob Cooke, JD's, ByteDance's Douyin, Cooke, Louis Vuitton, we've, UOB Kay Hian, JD.com, Dave Xie, Oliver Wyman, Xie, There's, Liang, Chiikawa, Taobao, Tmall Organizations: Visual China, Getty, Alibaba, Technologies, CNBC, Louis Locations: Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, BEIJING, Asia, Alibaba, British
Comparable store sales, a key measure for the restaurant industry, were down 14% in its most recent quarter. Sales slumpStarbucks' comparable store sales in China have been incredibly volatile over the past five years. But in recent months, they've been hit by cautious consumer spending and increased competition, then-CEO Laxman Narasimhan told investors in July. Luckin Coffee, Starbucks' biggest rival in China, has nearly three times as many stores as Starbucks in the country after monumental unit growth. "We're not interested in entering the price war," Starbucks China CEO Belinda Wong told investors in January.
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"For 618, generally of course brands will be trying, but compared to before it's a bit more tired," said Ashley Dudarenok, founder of ChoZan, a China marketing consultancy. In the first quarter, the median disposable income of urban residents in China was officially 12,175 Chinese yuan ($1,739), up 3.9% from a year ago. A focus on affordabilitySluggish economic growth and uncertainty about future income have weighed on Chinese consumer spending since the Covid-19 pandemic. watch nowBrands are keen to spend more on ByteDance's Douyin, likely taking away from ad spending on Alibaba's Taobao and Tmall e-commerce platforms, Oliver Wyman's Xie said. And for brands spending on Douyin, he said the return on investment per ad dollar was getting lower.
Persons: Jade Gao, Ashley Dudarenok, Dudarenok, let's, Microsoft's Bing, Dave Xie, Oliver Wyman, Douyin, Oliver Wyman's Xie, ByteDance isn't, doesn't, Pinduoduo, Sun Hao, Sun, didn't, Trip.com, Kelly Shi Organizations: Afp, Getty, Baidu, Retail, Brands, Growth, Nestle, Netflix Locations: Beijing, BEIJING, China
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