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It is estimated that China's ecommerce sales will, for the first time, account for more than 50% of retail sales in 2021. To put things in perspective, the country with the next highest rate of ecommerce as a percentage of total retail sales is South Korea, which is projected to be 28.9%.


However, as the ecommerce market continue to expand in size, more and more regulations from the government are placed on the dominant players. In April of this year, Alibaba was fined 18.2 billion RMB ($2.8billion) for violating antitrust laws, as the company had been exerting great pressure on merchants not to do business with competitors such as JD. This regulation gave brands and sellers a lot more freedom.


In this spotlight session, we are hosting several key players in the ecommerce field to address some important questions that's on everyone's minds:

  • How to protect your best interest when working with ecommerce giants such as Alibaba and JD?
  • Who are the biggest beneficiaries of events such as Double 11, 618, Double 12, etc.?
  • What does the future look like for the ecommerce industry in China? Will it continue to grow steadily? What are some of the business opportunities in this seemingly oversaturated market?


KEY POINTS

  • Ecommerce
  • KYC (Know your customer)
  • Digital
  • Consumer Trends
  • Advertisement & Marketing

Agenda

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Check-in & Networking
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Session
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Q&A and Networking

Speakers

  • William Bao Bean (General Partner | Managing Director of SOSV (Chinaccelerator))

    William Bao Bean

    General Partner | Managing Director of SOSV (Chinaccelerator)

    William is a General Partner at SOSV – The Accelerator VC – with US$700m under management where he is the Managing Director of Chinaccelerator, SOSV’s global Internet accelerator and the first accelerator to launch in Asia, and Managing Director of MOX, the Mobile Only Accelerator with 160m smartphone users on its platform. SOSV is the #1 most active seed investor in the world according to TechCrunch Crunchbase. William joined SOSV from SingTel Innov8 Ventures where he was Managing Director supporting China investments. While at Innov8 he led investments including Yodo1 – mobile games, GMobi – smartmobile platform, DemystData – fintech, Lekan – children’s media platform acquired by Condé Nast, and Massive Impact – mobile adtech acquired by GMobi. Previously, William was a Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings, a venture capital firm backed by Softbank and Cisco, leading investments in China and South East Asia. William spent 11 years as an equity research analyst most recently with Deutsche Bank where he was responsible for Internet and Telecom Equipment in Asia and China technology, media and telecom. Previously he covered Digital Media at Banc of America Securities in San Francisco and PC/Enterprise Hardware at Bear Stearns in New York. William was an active angel investor with 39 investments between 2004 and 2014.

    In 2006 he was ranked #3 All-Asia analyst for Technology/Software and IT Services by Institutional Investor Magazine Asia. In 2005, he was ranked #3 stock picker overall for Hong Kong/China and #1 stock picker in Technology, Media and Telecom by Thomson Reuters Starmine. He currently sits on the boards of advisors/directors for a number of companies including Neonan, Robin8, Yodo1, DYAD, GMobi, Silk Road Telecom, iTalki, and kineticOne as well as organizations including Angelvest, Angelcrunch (天使汇), AAMA Shanghai, Digital Matters, Techyizu and the US China Strong Foundation. He holds a BA from Bowdoin College.

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  • Ted Hopkins (Co-founder and CEO of ARO Entertainment)

    Ted Hopkins

    Co-founder and CEO of ARO Entertainment

    Ted Hopkins is a seasoned e-commerce and agile business leader and is currently the co-founder and CEO of ARO Entertainment, a direct-to-consumer vehicle for entertainment brands and international celebrities to enter, market, and sell to 120 million Chinese fans. With nearly 20 years of technology and data driven management experience in the retail and luxury industries, Ted has previously worked at Walmart and developed 3 digital platforms that acquired more than 50 million customers.

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  • David Feng (Founder & CEO of Uni-Win)

    David Feng

    Founder & CEO of Uni-Win

    In 2018 David founded Uni-Win, a company that provides uni-marketing & e-commerce operation services. It focuses on new brand nuture and growth from zero in China market. With 20 years Fortune 500 FMCG working experience, David is an expert in digital strategy and implementation. His professional journey includes Budweiser, World of Warcraft, Coca-Cola, Pfizer Centrum, Fonterra Anmum, Anchor, Elizabeth Arden, and Walt Disney.

    Uni-Win is a new era 3.0 Uni-Marketing & eCommerce operation service provider founded in 2018, focus on new brand nurture and growth from ZERO in China market. Success incubate ZhiBen, Nursery, e.l.f., somebymi etc. several beauty brands grow over 100M within 3 years.

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Tickets

*Spotlight Sessions are sponsored marketing events. Event sponsors have the right to cancel registrations at any time and to determine who may attend the session.  

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Registration

To register for this event, please RSVP online. For more information, please contact Zoe Zhang at (+86 21) 6169-3011 or email zoe.zhang@amcham-shanghai.org.


Interested in introducing your products or services to AmCham Shanghai members through Spotlight Session? Please contact Zoe Zhang at (+86 21) 6169-3011 or email zoe.zhang@amcham-shanghai.org for detailed information.


What is a Spotlight Session? A Spotlight Session is a promotional platform for companies to introduce products and services to interested AmCham Shanghai members. The sessions are conveniently held at AmCham Shanghai's offices and attendance is FREE.

Venue

SOSV Chinaccelerator Office

Hero Center, Level 1, Building 3, West Entrance, No.28 East Yuyuan Rd., Jing’An District, Shanghai, China 200040
Shanghai, China

If you have any questions please contact Zoe Zhang

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