Pinduoduo

Temu-owner PDD Holdings beats profit expectations, outlook uncertain

Adjusted earnings per share of 21.08 yuan (S$3.86) beat analysts’ average forecast of 16.84 yuan

This year, JD.com said the number of users placing orders for the 618 event more than doubled year on year, with over 2.2 billion orders across its online, offline and food delivery platforms.

China’s 618 shopping fest sets record, but daily spending slips

Extended sales period drives record 855.6 billion yuan in gross merchandise value

A tit-for-tat tariff escalation between the US and China has generated widespread uncertainty for global business Temu.

Temu-owner PDD Holdings profit dives as it faces challenges at home and abroad

China’s largest online e-commerce platforms have been scrambling for a greater share of the domestic market, sparking a long-running price war to entice consumers to open their wallets

The higher costs illustrate the impact of President Trump’s tariffs, and they risk changing how Americans shop and disrupting shipments from the likes of Temu and Shein.

US shoppers pay for Trump tariffs on Temu, doubling some prices

[BEIJING] Discount Chinese retail app Temu appears to be passing on nearly all of US President Donald Trump’s new import taxes to US consumers, more than doubling the cost of some products in a move t...

Just over the past week, the five biggest tech firms erased US$41 billion in market value, while a gauge of sector stocks listed in Hong Kong has fallen into bear market territory.

China investors digest another letdown from big tech earnings

FROM Tencent Holdings to Alibaba Group Holding, China’s tech leaders delivered underwhelming numbers for a quarter beset by economic and geopolitical uncertainty. Whether or not they can win back inve...

Zhong Shanshan, 69, and his bottled water company Nongfu Springs have been under heavy pressure thanks to a price war and online personal attacks from nationalistic internet users that wiped billions of dollars off the company’s market value.

China's bottled water billionaire lashes out at Pinduoduo, ByteDance

One of China’s richest people has taken aim at tech firms ByteDance and Pinduoduo for allegedly harming him and Chinese brands.

PDD's revenue reached 99.35 billion yuan (S$18.4 billion) for the three months ended Sep 30.

Temu owner PDD misses revenue and profit estimates as consumers struggle

DISCOUNT e-commerce player PDD Holdings fell short of market estimates for third-quarter revenue and profit on Thursday (Nov 21), as its low prices did not persuade cost-conscious consumers to spend a...

The dispute coincides with an aggressive expansion that’s taken the Temu brand around the world.

Hundreds of China merchants join protest against Temu over fines

HUNDREDS of merchants staged a rally at PDD Holdings’ offices in southern China this week, protesting what they called unfair penalties that Temu’s owner is increasingly levying.

An advertisement campaign featuring former England soccer captain David Beckham will run in conjunction with the Uefa tournament and encourage consumers to “score more with AliExpress”

Alibaba’s AliExpress recruits Beckham to ‘score more’ global sales

ALIEXPRESS, an e-commerce site owned by Chinese giant Alibaba, has signed former England soccer captain David Beckham as a brand ambassador as it plays catch-up with rival PDD Holdings’ Temu in a batt...

Temu, Pinduoduo’s sister app, sells a wide variety of products, many of them made in China, for rock-bottom prices.

Temu-parent PDD Holdings beats first-quarter revenue estimates

PDD Holdings beat first-quarter revenue estimates on Wednesday (May 22), powered by its international shopping site Temu and growing consumer interest in its Chinese discount e-commerce platform Pindu...