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An independent JD Logistics should work with JD’s rivals
This article, written by WPIC CEO Jacob Cooke, originally ran on TechNode on June 4, 2021. In China’s fiercely competitive e-commerce market, JD.com has aimed to differentiate itself through high-speed delivery. The company says that about 90% of its orders were delivered on the same or next day in 2020. That’s because of JD Logistics, the company’s logistics […]
Op-ed: China’s e-commerce giants are about to overtake US logistics
This opinion piece, authored by WPIC Co-founder and CEO, Jacob Cooke, originally ran on news website TechNode on August 21, 2020. China’s e-commerce giants have long understood that speed is the top priority when it comes to delivery—and have invested accordingly. America’s e-commerce kings, for their part, also expressed interest in lightning quick delivery times. Amazon, the undisputed […]
How COVID-19 has affected online retail in China
This article, written by WPIC CEO Jacob Cooke, originally ran on TechNode on April 7, 2020. Thousand-point stock market losses, extensive media coverage, and a steady increase of never-before-seen disease. You would be forgiven thinking this was a Hollywood movie. If it were, the next act might involve global calamity and dire, permanent consequences. In real […]
TechNode: Pinduoduo’s growth, by the numbers
Pinduoduo’s growth, by the numbers By: Sally Zhang Sally Zhang is a Certified Lecturer at Alibaba’s Taobao University. In that role, which is not compensated, she teaches International Brand Communication in professional management classes across Asia and Australia. Her employer, WPIC, is an approved partner of Tmall and Pinduoduo. The organization has been approved by various e-commerce […]