Live-streaming channels skyrocketed by 220% during the festival
Taobao Live data shows that merchants’ self-live-streaming GMV accounted for more than 60%, and the number of live-streaming merchants increased by 220%. Taobao live-streaming services drove more than 4 million job opportunities.
During the 2020 global shopping festival, more than 300 celebrities and 400 CEOs entered the live-streaming room. In addition, the two Chinese leading KOLs-Wei Ya and Li Jiaqi ranked first and second in terms of real-time sales.
This year’s shopping festival, Wei Ya has successfully cooperated with Taylor Swift on her live-streaming which has helped the famous KOL gain a lot of traffic.
The most engaged Double 11 since 2009
Tmall announced that this year’s Tmall Double 11 attracted more than 800 million consumers, 250,000 brands, and 5 million merchants to participate, making it the most extensive and highly engaged event since 2009.
The top cities that contributed the most to the Double 11
According to data from Tmall, as of 23:59:59 of 11 November, the top 10 provinces with the highest purchase amounts in China are Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shandong, Beijing, Henan, Sichuan, Fujian, Hubei, and the top cities that contributed the most to the double 11 are Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Suzhou, Nanjing, and Wuhan.
Historical data of Tmall’s Double 11 in the past 11 years
- 2019: The GMV was 268.4 billion yuan.
- 2018: The GMV was 213.5 billion yuan, breaking 200 billion for the first time.
- 2017: The GMV reached 168.2 billion yuan.
- 2016: The GMV reached 120.7 billion yuan.
- 2015: The GMV reached 91.217 billion yuan.
- 2014: The GMV reached 57.1 billion yuan. This year, Alibaba was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- 2013: The GMV reached 36.2 billion yuan, and the newly established Cainiao Logistics debuted this year.
- 2012: The GMV was 19.1 billion yuan. Taobao Mall was officially renamed Tmall this year.
- 2011: The GMV reached 3.36 billion yuan.
- 2010: The GMV was 936 million yuan.
- 2009: The GMV was 52 million yuan and 27 brands participated in the event.
Three destinations generated the most tourism transactions
Foreign capitals bet on the Chinese market with the biggest discount
The year 2020 is just a difficult year for the cosmetic industry, as it is for many other industries. Since COVID-19 is almost under control in China, the country’s economy starts to recover. Many cosmetic brands have experienced the recovery of the Chinese market and made efforts to capture this saving straw.
Undoubtedly, judging from the current data, foreign-invested cosmetics products were the biggest winner of this Double Eleven. From 0:00 on November 1st to 1:00 on the 11th, the real-time transaction list of Tmall beauty brands was released. The top ten are Estée Lauder, Lancôme, L’Oréal, Whoo, Olay, SK-II, Shiseido, Sulwhasoo, La Mer, and Kiehl’s. Local brands were not on the list yet.
The Estée Lauder flagship became the first store on Tmall to enter the “1 billion yuan club” within two hours, becoming the first Tmall beauty brand to exceed 2 billion yuan in sales. Its explosive eye cream sold more than 1 million pieces, becoming the highest-selling eye cream on the entire network.
11.11 2020 To Sum Up
The potential of China’s hyper-scale market and the development of the digital economy have made Double 11 get viral. Behind the ever-increasing turnover figures, we can see the potential of the market, the sound momentum of economic development, and the echo of early exploration.
We have seen the transformation of payment mode, the rise of the live-streaming ecosystem, IoT devices and robots used in logistics scenarios, and a more flexible supply chain… From this year’s shopping festival, maybe What we see is the beginning of the next twelve years.
