Alibaba Reports 300% Surge in Imported Fresh Food for Chinese New Year, with Hema Store Sales up 50%
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [daily.cnnb] Translated by Amy Zhong March 2, 2018
Imported seafood volumes surged on Alibaba's 10 platforms in the huge Chinese market during the New Year Festival.
With the ending of Chinese’s New Year, eager consumers return to work and peace also gradually returns to supermarkets and stores there. This is a very important holiday for Chinese people and maybe more so for sellers who can’t wait to compete for consumers during the crazy shopping season. So who wins in this cut-throat competition?
One big winner is imported seafood, according to the statistics from Alibaba’s 10-odd platforms.
The consumption of fresh food, especially imported seafood, has ballooned during this holiday. As the statistics from T-mall of Alibaba show, the sales volume of imported fresh food has skyrocketed by nearly 300% from that of last year.
Consumers show a preference to Chilean king crabs, Boston lobsters, fish from New Zealand, Canadian northern prawns and Vietnamese black tiger shrimps while shopping for their big meals...
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