Posted by: Tom Telford on Nov 13 2009

Business-to-business (B2B) service provider HC International (8292.HK) recorded a net loss of RMB 3.56 million in the first nine months of this year, compared with profit of RMB 6.49 million in the same period last year...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Nov 04 2009

Alibaba Group plans to release its business-to-consumer (B2C) online mall service Taobao Mall as well as its business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce site Alibaba.com (1688.HK) paid services TrustPass and Gold Supplier Starter Pack in Taiwan next year, Sina reported quoting Alibaba.com CEO David Wei on November 3...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Oct 29 2009

Hangzhou-based business-to-business e-commerce company Alibaba.com (1688.HK) formally set up its educational "Ali-Institute" division on October 28, reports People.com.cn. Ali-Institute will focus on training staff and managers of e-commerce-focused small and medium-sized enterprises, said Alibaba.com CEO David Wei...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Oct 21 2009

E-commerce retailer Dangdang.com recorded net profit of 1% between March and September and expects this number to grow to between 3-5% in the future, approaching the same net profit rate as traditional and online retailers, reports Beijing Youth Daily quoting Li Guoqing, co-president of the Beijing-based business-to-consumer site...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Oct 20 2009

Alibaba's consumer-focused e-commerce site Taobao.com has launched its search engine at search.taobao.com, Sina reported October 20. Taobao.com denied rumors that it had partnered with Google (Nasdaq:GOOG) on the platform, according to the report...

Posted by: Jessica Jin on Sep 24 2009

HC International's (8292.HK) business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce site HC360.com has launched an animal husbandry channel at chinabreed.hc360.com, ccidnet.com reports. The channel provides information on animal husbandry techniques, analysis of related markets and interviews.

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Sep 14 2009

China's second online merchant trade fair generated RMB 26.59 million in spot transactions and RMB 197 million in orders over three days of trading ending September 13, Beijing Business Today reports. Alibaba Group's business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce site Alibaba.com (1688.HK) CEO David Wei said that Alibaba Group spent about RMB 20 million on the Hangzhou fair and plans to invest RMB 30 million for the next fair in Chengdu...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Sep 14 2009

Alibaba Group's business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce site Alibaba.com (1688.HK) CEO David Wei said he expects negotiations for an Indian joint venture (JV) to be complete in a few months and that the company hopes to unveil the JV within a year, Sohu reported September 11...

Posted by: Melody Jiang on Sep 08 2009

Beijing-based business-to-consumer (B2C) shopping site Qianxun.com recently launched its business-to-business (B2B) service, "Qian Xun Wholesale," through its partnership with Korean company Dongdaemon Wholesale, China.com reported September 8...

Posted by: Melody Jiang on Aug 25 2009

Nanjing-based business-to-business e-commerce site Made-in-China.com and Jiangsu province's Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation Department will establish an online international trading platform between October 1 and November 30, reports Jiangnan Times quoting a department source...

Posted by: Ana Swanson on Aug 17 2009

Business-to-business trade company Global Sources (Nasdaq:GSOL) reported Monday that net income fell to $5.1 million in the second quarter of 2009, down from $8.4 million in the year-ago period, as the decline in mainland and Asian exports continued to impact its business...

Posted by: Ana Swanson on Aug 13 2009

Business-to-business e-commerce company Alibaba.com Ltd (1688.HK) booked RMB 260.7 million ($38.2 million) in net profit attributable to equity holders in the second quarter of 2009, down 16.9% year-on-year, while revenues grew 23.6% year-on-year and 12.6% quarter-on-quarter to RMB 908.3 million ($133 million)...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Jul 10 2009

Beijing-based business-to-business e-commerce site DHgate.com recorded transaction volume of RMB 1 billion in the first half of 2009, and the site currently has 400,000 domestic sellers and nearly 3 million buyers from 230 countries and regions, reports China Securities Journal.

DHgate.com signed an agreement with United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) on July 9, said the report...

Posted by: Sophia Fu on Jul 08 2009

Business-to-business e-commerce clothing site efu.com.cn confirmed that it has acquired 51% stake in Shenzhen-based fashion industry community EEFF.cn, reports Sina. Zhejiang Netsun Toocle (002095.SZ) spent more than RMB 10 million in June 2007 for a 51% stake in efu.com.cn, which was established in 2001, said the report...

Posted by: Sophia Fu on Jul 08 2009

An unnamed source says Tianji Media Group (TMG) is internally discussing a merger between its web portal Yesky.com and its business-to-business e-commerce site it365.com, reports DoNews. A TMG marketing department employee said that TMG has no current plans to merge the sites, but the two sites have joint editorial and marketing staff, and TMG's web portal ChinaByte and IT site ctocio.com.cn have merged their marketing departments...