Vietnamese e-commerce anchor Luong Thi Hong Thom routinely performs shopping livestreaming in Dongxing, a border city in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, bringing quality products to her Vietnamese fans on TikTok's online sales platform.
The Yangtze River Delta region, a city cluster, houses the most — 26.8 percent — of luxury brands among the Top 30.
Hainan launched a New Year's carnival season on Wednesday for its offshore duty-free shopping. The event, with the aim of "holding events every day, offering discounts every week and having themes every month", will last until Lantern Festival of next year, which falls on Feb 5.
Located on the west coast of Haikou next to Xinhai port, a major transportation hub, with a total building area of over 280,000 square meters, the complex features more than 800 brands.
Consumers are looking for bargains at more platforms for this year's Singles Day shopping spree, as 69 percent of the 3,000 consumers surveyed by market consultancy Bain &Company said they plan to shop at three or more platforms, according to the research firm's report released on Tuesday.