Jun 1, 2020| JD Retail
JD Super Hosts Minions BANANA Festival
by Vivian Yang
The minions are taking over JD Super on International Children’s Day! JD Super, JD’s online supermarket, has partnered with a number of toys and musical instrument brands join the lovely yellow creatures for a “Minions BANANA Festival” during JD’s annual mid-year grand promotion.
Authentic co-branded toys and their new editions have quickly sold out on JD Super as Minions fans are taking advantage of JD’s “buy RMB 199, take RMB 100 off” coupon to indulge their Minion mania.

Lego’s Minions set stood out as its “Minionized” bricks allow users to construct various Minions stories with freedom and creativity.

The Minions are easily adaptable to different products because of its “banana language” termed “Minionese” and expressive behaviors that don’t need any translation, making it easy to reach people of all ages and cultures.
In China, the majority of Minions fans, in fact, are adults in their 20s, known as the post-90 and post-95 generations. Minions answer to their tastes which are increasingly diversified, individualized and sometimes atypical. JD Super wishes to bring the joy of BANANA to more Minions lovers this summer.
Nov 12, 2026| JD Retail
JD.com’s 2026 Singles’ Day Grand Promotion: AI, Services, and Omnichannel Retail
JD.com’s 2026 Singles’ Day Grand Promotion brought customers greater choice and convenience through innovation in AI, services and omnichannel retail. As of 11:59 p.m. on November 11, the event had sold more than 50 million AI products and generated over 300 million service orders. First-time customers participating in the promotion purchased an average of six items each, as consumers explored new products, services and ways to shop.
The shopping festival began at 8 p.m. Beijing time on October 12 and ran through November 11. Highlights from this year’s event include:
AI helped consumers turn everyday conversations into completed tasks. For Lin Yue, a mother holding her baby, a video call with the digital assistant in JD.com’s JoyAI App made it possible to reorder diapers without typing. The assistant recommended the product, confirmed the price and placed the order within seconds. The app’s peak daily active users exceeded five times typical levels during the shopping festival. JoyInside, which brings JD.com’s AI capabilities into devices through partnerships with brands and hardware makers, surpassed 70 million cumulative interactions, becoming an AI companion for a million households. Consultation orders for JINGDONG Health’s AI doctor “Dawei” increased more than 500% year on year.
Demand grew for both AI-enabled devices and access to AI models. Transaction value across categories including AI-enabled PCs, workstations, cameras, glasses and recording devices increased more than 100% year on year. Searches for “Token” rose more than 13 times versus the preceding period, while sales of large language model token packages on JD.com increased by more than ten times the preceding period’s volume.
AI supported physical fulfillment at scale. By 11 p.m. on November 11, JINGDONG Logistics’ “MetaBrain”, a logistics LLM, had performed 320.7 billion order-location checks during the festival. Robotic arms within its LangzuTech proprietary smart logistics tech solutions had handled 15.53 million parcels cumulatively since their introduction, while order volumes processed by its broader robotics fleet increased 45% year on year.
AI digital avatar live streaming brought customers closer to brands and their expertise. At 10 p.m. on November 11, an AI digital avatar representing Lancôme China’s e-commerce president launched a promotional livestream, joining more than 20,000 digital avatars livestreaming across JD.com. Such collaborations with brand leaders reflect JD.com’s close supply chain partnerships and shared commitment to authentic products, expert advice and attentive customer service.
Customers increasingly turned to JD.com for everyday services as well as products. Demand spanned home cleaning, appliance cleaning, moving, pet-hair removal, automotive care, charging-pile installation and at-home health testing. Transaction value for multi-visit home-cleaning packages rose more than 550% year on year, while automotive maintenance service orders increased 167%. JD.com’s moving service expanded to 12 cities, with orders growing nearly 300%.
Established brands and emerging merchants recorded growth across categories. Haier, Midea, Hisense, TCL, Gree, Xiaomi and Roborock each exceeded RMB1 billion (approximately US$150 million) in transaction value. More than 2,000 appliance and home brands doubled their transaction value year on year, while over 1,000 brands at JD Super, the supermarket division, grew more than 100%. At JINGDONG Cross-Border, the cross-border import platform, over 200 overseas brands doubled their transaction value versus the preceding period. In fashion, the number of new merchants exceeding RMB10 million (approximately US$1.5 million) in transaction value rose 125% year on year, and 512 emerging fashion brands ranked among the top 10 in their respective subcategories. More than 6,000 industrial product brands on JD Hardware City, the one-stop procurement platform for hardware and industrial products under JINGDONG Industrials, also recorded transaction value growth of more than 100% year on year.
Customer growth extended across retail, health and enterprise procurement. JD Super recorded double-digit customer growth, the number of customers placing orders through JD Global Sales doubled, and the number of health-checkup customers increased 300% year on year. The number of businesses served by JD.com’s AI procurement assistant rose 42% versus the preceding period. These were among the customer growth highlights across JD.com’s businesses.
Omnichannel retail connected online shopping with in-store experiences and professional services. JD.com’s 34 JD MALL locations, more than 200 JD Appliance City Flagship Stores and nearly 18,000 JD Home Appliance Stores recorded over 13.4 million visits. These locations served as product showrooms and professional service hubs, bringing support closer to consumers. Transaction value on JD NOW, JD.com’s instant retail service, increased 42% year on year.
Joybuy brought the shopping festival to local customers in Europe. JD.com’s European online retail business launched its Singles’ Day Grand Promotion on November 9. Home appliance transaction value increased more than nine times year on year, with brands including TCL, Apple, Samsung, Nintendo, Sony, ECOVACS and Changhong proving popular with local customers.
JD.com continues to create value through its supply chain capabilities and innovative AI applications. Together, these strengths help brands and merchants unlock new growth while providing consumers with quality products and services at competitive prices.
Oct 16, 2026| Global Partners/ Brands, JD Retail
JD.com Joins World Retail Congress’ First World Retail Lab Asia in Hong Kong
This week, JD.com joined retail leaders from across Asia and around the world at the inaugural World Retail Lab Asia, organized by the World Retail Congress in Hong Kong from October 12 to 14. The event brought together senior executives and industry experts to exchange perspectives on the future of retail, emerging technologies, and opportunities for international collaboration.
Dr. Jianguang Shen, Vice President and Chief Economist of JD.com, delivered a keynote presentation titled “AI and the Future of Retail: Where Will the Next Wave of Growth Come From?”

Dr. Shen shared how AI is reshaping the retail value chain, from helping consumers make better purchasing decisions and improving merchant productivity to making physical supply chains more intelligent and efficient. “The next wave of retail growth will not come simply from more traffic or more products. It will come from AI reshaping the entire retail value chain,” he said.
A key part of this transformation is physical AI — taking AI beyond the screen and into real-world environments such as stores, warehouses, delivery networks and services. With more than two decades of experience across retail, logistics, healthcare and more, JD.com is exploring how AI can connect digital intelligence with real-world operations, turning predictions into decisions and actions across the supply chain.
Hong Kong offers a tangible example of this approach. Alongside JD MALL, JD.com is building deeper connections with local consumers through Kai Bo, which operates more than 100 stores across Hong Kong, while JD Logistics provides supply chain and logistics capabilities in the market. JD.com also aims to help Hong Kong brands connect more efficiently with consumers in the Chinese mainland and other global markets through its retail, logistics and supply chain network.
During World Retail Lab Asia, international retail delegates also visited JD MALL in Hong Kong as part of the program’s retail tours, offering an opportunity to see firsthand JD.com’s approach to integrated online and offline retail.

Through its participation in World Retail Lab Asia, JD.com continues to engage with the global retail community, sharing practical insights from its retail and supply chain operations while learning from peers across markets. As AI increasingly connects the digital and physical worlds, JD.com looks forward to working with retailers and partners in Hong Kong and globally to explore the next wave of retail innovation.
(vivian.yang@jd,com)
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