Feb 9, 2017|
Imported Fresh Food Sales Explode During Spring Festival
The Year of the Rooster began with a bang at JD.com, with total sales and fulfilled orders during the Spring Festival period both doubling compared to last year. Imported fresh produce was a major breakout category with sales increasing 14-fold compared with 2016. Powered by JD’s cold chain logistics network, the company delivered diverse produce from around the world, including lobsters from North America, kiwifruit from Australia and avocados from Mexico to dining tables across the country for the biggest Chinese holiday of the year.
In the months leading up to the Spring Festival, JD.com’s sourcing team of almost 200 experts worked tirelessly to seek out the best produce from around the world. Fresh imported cherries were a major draw. To source the best cherries, which are at their peak in the Southern Hemisphere, the team worked extensively with top-tier cherry farms in Chile, Australia and New Zealand. As a result, JD.com’s Cherry Super Product Day on January 13 saw over 10 million cherries from the three countries sold on that day alone.
Other popular imported fresh produce sold during the Spring Festival included shrimp and beef, which accounted for nearly half of total imported fresh produce sales. Premium prawns from Argentina and Ecuador were especially prized by customers. Beef from Australia, New Zealand and Uruguay also all proved exceptionally popular.
“Chinese Spring Festival is always a time for traditional food, but there has been a huge surge in families looking to add international variety to their tables,” said Xiaosong Wang, President of JD.com’s Fresh Food Business Unit. “In the three weeks leading up to this year’s Spring Festival, sales of fresh produce from the US increased eight-fold versus a year ago, with sales of American lobsters up over 15-fold. This year, JD.com’s sourcing team will continue to travel the world to bring even more exciting imported food to Chinese tables.”
JD.com’s efficient logistics network operated without interruption throughout the Spring Festival holiday, providing same and next-day delivery service in 110 cities and fresh produce in 69 cities nationwide, reaching Heihe city of Heilongjiang province bordered by Russia in the north and Sansha City in the southern Hainan Province.
The company expects to see a continued boom in imported food sales as Chinese palates become more sophisticated, and customers become increasingly aware of the breadth of JD.com’s free food offering.
Oct 17, 2019|
JD.com helps China’s new “Smart Airport” be even Smarter
Beijing’s newly opened Daxing Airport is poised to bring the global travel experience to a new level. Behind the scenes, JD’s logistics capabilities are making sure travelers get what they need without a hitch.
For one, as the logistics service provider for the airport’s restaurants, JD Logistics will leverage its warehousing and delivery capabilities for the integrated logistics services including storage, transportation and delivery in the airport, for categories like fresh food and ice cream. This is made possible by a cold chain warehouse near the airport, and JD’s leading cold chain delivery capabilities to ensure quality. JD will handle warehousing and delivery for other businesses in the airport, including but not limited to offline stores of all shapes and sizes as well as vending machines.
What’s more, JD’s unparalleled logistics system will power innovative delivery services within the airport. For individuals, two conveniently located JD delivery stations will help travelers ship products from the airport to anywhere in China. This is particularly convenient if travelers realize that their bags have items that they can’t carry on at the last minute (like an oversized shampoo container) or if their luggage is overweight (and they don’t want to pay overweight fees). Furthermore, JD Logistics offers a special service to repackage luggage to ensure that fragile items in check-in luggage will not get damaged during a flight.
JD’s smart store offerings will also help enhance the shopping experience for travelers. Two JD Retail Experience Shops in the airport will offer products such as computers, cameras, and smart devices as well as cosmetics and personal care items. Leveraging JD’s omnichannel capabilities, the store will offer the option to take items right away or to scan a QR code on the products’ price tags to have them shipped via JD Logistics to an address of choice within China. Technology in the store includes things such as a smart shelf that will provide an introduction of the product when customers pick it up.
JD Digits, a leading digital technology company, will also help resolve a key hassle for flyers around the world: parking. JD Digits, in partnership with hardware provider Shougang Fund S-PARK, has implemented a smart parking system at Daxing airport. Once fully installed, the system will allow drivers to easily locate the most suitable parking space for their car via an app, while also providing convenient in-app payment.
“It’s our honor to leverage our capabilities for Beijing’s new Daxing airport,” said Zhenzhen Rao, Head of JD Retail Experience Shops, JD Retail Innovation. “Using our logistics and retail capabilities to enhance the travel experience is just the type of initiative that our opening up strategy was intended to service.”
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