Taobao filing shows the fastest growth rate of household goods
Posted: 2009.08.21 15:22 Source: Shenzhen Evening News
Yesterday baked Taobao first half of 2009 net purchases report: the fastest growth rate of household goods, clothing and mobile phones over to become the first online shopping sales. Online shopping has become a mainstream way of consumer shopping habits, extends to every corner of home life.
Report points out that "mainstream consumer" net share of the most obvious characteristic of the commodity in the home, the residents of this and closely related to daily life goods. Data show that the first half of household household type and amount of product sales volume is more than twice last year. Home daily commodities in the first half for the first time sales charts on board first, and last year jumped by three order of precedence than the first half of an average of 438 per minute in the sales of household items.
As the network has in-depth consumer goods daily life, in the first half of the Chinese online shopping market has clearly shown the consumption characteristics of the economic crisis, "shoppers have increased significantly decreased the amount of single purchase." Data show that Taobao transaction amount in the first half continued to rise, consumers purchase amount in an increase of 184%. However, in the first half year of each transaction unit price decreased by 51.5 yuan.
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The 45th national handicraft, souvenirs & Home Fair News
By the Yangzhou Municipal People's Government, China Arts and Crafts Association, the China Arts and Crafts (Group) co-sponsored the "45th national handicraft, souvenirs & Home Fair" is scheduled for March 25, 2010 -29 days in Yangzhou International Exhibition Centre. This exhibition is a total of from 31 provinces and cities of the nearly 400 exhibitors, 650 booths, 450 more than last year. In the 31 provinces, municipalities, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Zhejiang (including Hangzhou), Jiangsu, Fujian (including Xiamen), Anhui, Hebei, Jiangxi, Heilongjiang, Beijing ranked the first. The exhibition is divided into two halls, one exhibition hall to handicrafts, souvenirs, household goods-based, 450 booths; Second, the simulation of plant specially built museum, more than 300 booths, is the largest term of exhibitors .
"Fair" is the oldest arts and crafts industry, and one of the most influential exhibition. Since its inception in 1974, has been held in 26 cities of 44 consecutive sessions, in the crafts industry has a good reputation and promote the development of the industry. Fair from the day they were established on the establishment and gradually formed its own style and do Hui exhibition purposes, which is to government, business and Masters, exhibition handicrafts, souvenirs and home Yongpinhangye name, superior, special, new products , named outstanding handicraft industry companies, brand names and good works. Arts and Crafts Fair is a trade order will be to focus and meets a variety of arts and crafts and skills of the leader, through the exhibition of arts and crafts products to all over the logistics, in every household.
This exhibition has been at all levels of government departments, provinces and municipalities Arts and Crafts Association, the tour support units. Special thanks to the Business Council, Huangpu District, Shanghai, Chongqing Committee by letter, Hangzhou Municipal Economic Commission, Economic Development Bureau of Xiamen City on the Fair over the years for their support.
The 45th fair has several outstanding highlights. First green plants and flowers in the world, plants of the ocean. Simulation of the main producing country of plants in Guangdong, Tianjin, Hebei and other places more than 100 exhibitors, 300 booths for the audience to the world of artificial flowers. This year, the exhibitors to meet the world economic crisis, more products for the domestic market, thousands of species include the green plants, flowers, fruits, trees and so on. Simulation of plant orders in 2009 reached 1.2 billion yuan, 1.5 billion yuan this year is expected. Second, the development of colorful jade, jade exhibits from around the country more than 80 booths, including Xinjiang and nephrite, Henan Dushan jade, Burmese jadeite, Liaoning Xiuyan, Chang fossils, Shoushan stone, Qingtian stone, Balin Dan, etc.. Jade exhibition this year is characterized by rich, not only many varieties and large quantities, can fully meet the business needs, but also no lack of fine display, hundreds of million piece of bloodstone chapter material, millions of piece of mutton fat jade ornaments, tens of millions piece of jade jewelry, will make a rare collection and enthusiasts. Third, wood carving, antique furniture, mahogany furniture, root carving, boxwood carvings, Dongyang wood carving. Several wood-producing provinces such as Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, bringing the audience a variety of wood in the world. It is worth noting that wood products in the past sessions of the show steadily increasing volume in 2009 reached 2,000 million, reflecting the wood furniture in people beautify the location of the rising, the market is growing. Fourth, ceramics, ceramics in Jingdezhen represented, celadon, Jun porcelain, Dehua porcelain, Liling porcelain, etc., from more than 20 ceramic producing more than 60 booths, merchants and visitors will bring an array of ceramic life products.
During the 45th trade fair exhibitions, various events will be held. First held in 2010, "Golden Phoenix Cup" Innovative Product Design Competition, 2010 "Flowers Yu Yuan Cup" Chinese jade carving of two Excellence awards event; second at the 2010 annual UNESCO "outstanding arts and crafts badge" certification activities. "Badge" project in 2002, the inauguration of the first in Southeast Asia, and gradually extended to South Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, held for two years. Since 2006, our total of 35 fine arts and crafts of the award, part of the winning entries have been sent to Paris, and Tokyo's art exhibition on display. Adjudication will begin in September, when the country's judges on all works of judges. In order to continue the project to the world through the promotion of Chinese culture, arts and crafts implied, UNESCO and the Chinese Arts and Crafts Association, arts and crafts producers and manufacturers are encouraged to actively participate in the 2010 "badge" project. Third, on March 25 at 9:00 am, in Yangzhou International Exhibition Center held a grand opening ceremony, will be invited to the relevant leaders and businessmen all over the country come to visit and guide.
Yangzhou old times, has a long history and splendid culture; Yangzhou City, rich resources and a unique culture and characteristics of food products; Yangzhou courtesy comprehensive, so that the audience feel at home there and linger. Welcome merchants all over the country, buyers, collectors at the 45th fair, welcome news to the press and the coverage of the 45th fair.
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"Low carbon" household goods Selling Well Expo
2010 Source: Beijing Business Today
In the "low carbon" rage, when, as an essential household goods, sandals have begun to try to "low-carbon." Expo 2010 Shanghai China slippers brand appearance, Baofeng Shoes from Hong Kong on the use of biodegradable materials for products to meet low carbon features, as Selling Well commodities.
"Dual branding, sub-channels" business model Baofeng Shoes currently has the "treasure" and "Echo Peak," the two sub-brands, each targeted at the high fashion market and home life slippers slippers market. Designers Union by hand in Asia, is currently working on designing fashion slippers, slippers from the traditional home to get out of life, into a can "out" house, appeared in public in front of the fashion life and culture.
"Clothing and more election cotton, linen and silk, not only are stylish, durable, and environmental protection; footwear soles should be used as a raw material of natural rubber, shoes themselves are using organic cotton and other agricultural production materials, production process, which is quite popular on the network wide 'carbon of the original' low-carbon Recently one of our new goal. "shoe area, according to Bo Fung, due to natural selection, a low-carbon production, Bo Fung's products not only into the Expo, has been spending persons of all ages. "150 square meters in the World Expo in Baofeng shoe store, selling hundreds of pairs of at least one day."
It is learned that in order to "treasure" and slippers, for example, used in all primary health EVA, leather materials, wear cool, comfortable, healthy, not harmful to the skin. Primary health EVA is a plastic material by the ethylene (E) and vinyl acetate (VA) is composed. The higher content of vinyl acetate, its transparency, flexibility and toughness might raise. Compared with ordinary PEVA, a light weight, no odor, no heavy metal, biodegradable and so on. Chinese Commercial News reporter Wang Ge
(This article Source: Beijing Business Daily)
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China (Shanghai) International Fashion Home Show, Interior Lifestyle China is theonly service domestic trade market, positioning in high-end household goods to business exhibition. European and local brands gather together: beautiful booth layout, overwhelmed by new product launches, innovative designers of the concept of work ... 
are all around the country to attract department store retailer, agent or marketing firm, interior designers and the media after another, is appreciate the development of the domestic household sector should not miss the annual event!
2010 Exhibition
Show Date: October 2010 13 to 15 (Open Day visitors)
October 16, 2010 (professional and public open days)
Venue: Shanghai Exhibition Center (No. 1000 Yan'an Road)
Exhibition area: 15,000 square meters
Exhibitors quotient: 250 exhibitors
Attendance: 14,500 professional buyers and the public
Audience Type: Trading Company, importers, wholesalers, retailers, specialty stores, department stores, wholesale, mail order companies, designers, architectural design firms, real estate developers, hotel restaurant, professional media
Category: Kitchenware, gifts miscellaneous items, home decoration
Participation Fee: Light to the cost (minimum 30 square meters onwards)
A (excellent exhibition): RMB 2,185 yuan / per square meter
B District (General exhibition): RMB 1,680 yuan / per square meter
Standard booth fee (minimum 9 sqm onwards)
A (excellent exhibition): RMB 2,985 yuan / per square meter
B District (General exhibition): RMB 1,980 yuan / per square meter
Admission: 50 yuan or online pre-registration
Contact: Messe Frankfurt (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China Shanghai Pudong South Road, 999 Union Square 32 floor, 200,120
Tel: +86 2161608555
Fax: +86 2158769332
Contact: Miss Bin wrong, Miss Chen Zheng, Mr. Kai Lok
E-mail: interior@china.messefrankfurt.com
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Peking University, Beijing, March 31st, 2009: On the evening of March 27th, the May 4th Multi-function Hall was filled with fervor as students from Harvard University and Peking University batted in the final game of the 5th Annual PKU—Harvard Chess Match. The competition was intense as members well-matched each other. PKU finally won with the total score of 6-4.
After the match, team members from both universities held entertainment activities. Harvard Chess Team President Sebastian, sponsor teacher Prof. Blitzstein, as well as Zhu Kai, Director of PKU Youth League Committee for Culture and Sport all spoke at the event. They said that the Annual Chess Match is more than sharing chess skills but also cultural exchanges; not simply competition but also collaboration. Harvard University has already eagerly invited PKU to the 2010 Chess Match to be held on the Harvard campus. Miss. Zhao Xue and Huang Xi, world champions of Women’s Chess, had a friendly chess match with students from Harvard. In this special manner was the four-day PKU-Harvard Chess Match concluded.
PKU—Harvard Chess Match was launched in 2005 and since then the two universities held this match in turn. It is a traditional competition through which students from PKU and Harvard practice their skills and enhance their friendship. Last October when PKU chess team was at Harvard University for the chess match, The Harvard Crimson published a detailed front page report on the games. As a longstanding excellent team, the Harvard Chess Team has preformed outstandingly in past matches. Last year they received the champion title in the Ivy League Chess Match as well as the 103rd Harvard—Yale Chess Match. In the past five years, the games between Harvard and PKU have been very intense, both teams have taken victories.
Harvard University is now on spring vacation in March this year. Seven members from Harvard have arrived in Beijing for this year’s games. Other than the matches on Wednesday and Friday night, PKU volunteers accompanied Harvard students to visit the campus and share the Chinese culture through trips to the Great Wall, Summer Palace, Forbidden City and other famous tourist sites.
Edited By : Cai Ying
Translated By : Zhang Kangning
Source : Beida news (Chinese)