China’s rural e-commerce market, projected to reach about US$240 billion this year, faces a ‘huge talent gap’, according to a report by the China Agricultural University.

PDD said Covid-19 has unleashed powerful forces that are changing the way we live, work and play.

May 20 is a day of love spawned by the internet – the numerals 520 first gained popularity as online slang for “I love you” in China.

China’s ecommerce platforms help rural residents sell farm products during the Covid-19 pandemic

This week’s wrap of leading stories is focused on a modest ambition of Huawei’s chief executive, changes in China’s online delivery services amid the coronavirus pandemic, and Pinduoduo’s big new bet on rural e-commerce.

Shanghai-based Pinduoduo, China’s third largest e-commerce services provider, plans to initiate online retail programmes that will foster development of 1 million rural online shops on its platform.

Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo invests in electronics retailer Gome as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to shake up the global retail industry

Alibaba, JD.com and Pinduoduo are pushing separate initiatives to aid Hubei, the province at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, in revitalising its agriculture sector after the government lockdown was lifted.

Buyers like the experience of seeing the products in live-streamed video, but they also worry about false marketing and scams

Shanghai-based e-commerce company Pinduoduo’s latest round of fundraising comes at a time of global market volatility due to fears and disruptions linked to the coronavirus pandemic.

Seven of China’s 10 wealthiest people have lost a combined US$28 billion since mid-February based on the sharp decline in their companies’ share prices.

Pinduoduo has opened up its previously internal collaboration platform, Knock, to the public so that partners can communicate with its staff using features such as instant messaging, document sharing and conference calls.

Shanghai-based Pinduoduo plans to direct more resources to support frontline relief efforts, stabilise prices of essential goods, and help its merchants and business partners amid the coronavirus fallout.

Ecommerce platform Pinduoduo gives a glimpse of people’s secluded lives during the Covid-19 epidemic

Tech companies are waiving fees and offering loans to keep online merchants afloat

Growth comes as Alibaba, JD.com and Pinduoduo explore ways to convince people from smaller cities and rural villages to embrace ecommerce

The less-celebrated sibling to Alibaba’s Singles’ Day shopping spree promotes small vendors

A pop-up Amazon store will open on Pinduoduo to offer Thanksgiving sales

Higher sales and marketing expenses for Pinduoduo in the third quarter marked increased competition with larger e-commerce players Alibaba and JD.com in China.

Innovative twists to the shopping experience, augmented by cutting-edge technology and big data analysis, are transforming the traditional retail space into what some consultants call “experiential” shopping.

Singles’ Day is an ecommerce extravaganza that’s far bigger than Black Friday, but it generates millions of tons of packaging waste

Data disclosed by both companies have shown that Pinduoduo is now China’s second-largest e-commerce platform by annual active users.

Shanghai-based e-commerce firm plans a range of services that will ensure faster and more efficient product deliveries.

Pinduoduo seeks to shed its reputation as a destination for cheap knockoff goods

Shanghai-based company posts 169 per cent increase in revenue, while narrowing losses in the second quarter.

The 618 shopping festival in June and the bigger annual Singles’ Day retail extravaganza in November serve as a barometer of consumer spending and retail health in the world’s second largest economy.

A seller used the the image to hawk Chinese medicine as ecommerce platforms are facing tighter oversight from authorities

Forced exclusivity where merchants and customers have to pick sides will hurt industry in the long run, says Pinduoduo founder.