Taobao City: China's #1 Auction Site to open 3-story 300-shop real Shopping Mall

Thread Rating:

0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
1
2
3
4
5

Threaded Mode | Linear Mode

Taobao City: China's #1 Auction Site to open 3-story 300-shop real Shopping Mall

07-11-2006, 07:29 AM,

Post: #1

mandy Offline

Administrator

Posts: 9,932
Likes Given: 0
Likes Received: 6 in 5 posts
Joined: Feb 2011
Reputation: 0

Taobao City: China's #1 Auction Site to open 3-story 300-shop real Shopping Mall

Quote:Taobao...is about to open a real shopping mall...

'TaoBao City' will contain 300 shops and is expected to open in August...

The 12,000 square metre, three-story mall on Shanghai's prestigious Nanjing West Road is operated by a state-owned company which is paying Taobao $1.25m a year to use its name...

Quote:Taobao's motive for backing the mall is part of an experiment to break down the barriers that keep many people away from internet shopping...

The online auction firm, which claims about 20 million members...is concerned that frequent misunderstandings and disputes between buyers and sellers are frightening potential customers away from its online trading service.

Taobao hopes that, by combining online and offline shopping, it can provide a gentle introduction to internet auctions for these customers...

full article: http://www.vnunet.com/2160023

« Next Oldest | Next Newest »

Possibly Related Threads…
Thread		Author	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Alibaba's Export to China Program	mandy	0	5,599	08-05-2008, 10:14 AM Last Post: mandy
	eBay China Killer Taobao says Q1 GMV Doubled, Registered Users Topped 35 Million	mandy	1	3,915	07-18-2007, 07:17 AM Last Post: mandy
	Alibaba's Alipay to charge Fees to non-Taobao users	mandy	0	3,614	01-02-2007, 10:29 AM Last Post: mandy
	Alibaba.com and China Post Sign Cooperation Agreement	Kristijntje	0	3,312	11-27-2006, 03:34 PM Last Post: Kristijntje
	Alibaba expects Yahoo China to turn profit, continued strong growth from Taobao	mandy	0	3,252	09-06-2006, 09:34 AM Last Post: mandy
	Chinese Government launches B2B clone of Alibaba at China.cn	mandy	0	3,112	09-06-2006, 09:31 AM Last Post: mandy
	Jack Ma represents the emergence of China as a source of Web-based innovation.	regic	0	2,968	08-02-2006, 12:26 PM Last Post: regic
	Join Alibaba.com at eBay Live! Free Food, Drink, Prizes, Win a Trip to China!	Kristijntje	10	8,944	06-17-2006, 02:35 AM Last Post: bargainbloodhound
	Alibaba/Yahoo China CEO Jack Ma to be Keynote Speaker at SES 2006 China	amy	3	4,219	04-07-2006, 04:19 PM Last Post: regic
	E-commerce key to China Web growth: Interview w/Alibaba's Jack Ma	mandy	1	3,141	10-20-2005, 11:49 PM Last Post: amy

Forum Jump:

Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)