Country for PR: China
Contributor: PR Newswire Asia (China)
Thursday, October 31 2019 - 09:45
AsiaNet
Suning.com Reports Strong Growth with Revenue Over 200 billion Until Q3
NANJING, China, Oct. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

On the evening of October 30, Suning.com (002024.SZ), China's leading O2O smart 
retailer, owned by Suning Holdings Group, released its 2019 Q3 financial 
result. According to the report, the company achieved revenue of RMB 201 
billion in the previous three quarter of 2019; the sales volume of omni-channel 
commodities was RMB 275.9 billion, among which sales volume from online 
platforms was RMB 171.43 billion, increased by 24.27% year-on-year; the net 
income attributed to shareholders was RMB 11.9 billion.

Suning.com continues to enhance the ability to acquire customers online and 
offline. As of September 30, the number of registered members of Suning.com 
retail platform reached 470 million; Suning.com has a total of 8,407 
self-operated and franchised stores. During the reporting period, the number of 
active users of Suning.com increased by 48.29% year-on-year, and Suning.com 
online product orders (excluding Suning.com Tmall flagship store) increased by 
61.83%.

Following the acquisition of Wanda department store and Carrefour China, the 
company further enhanced its full-scenarios layout, and gradually built in the 
most comprehensive business format in retail industry in China.

At the end of September, Suning.com officially completed the acquisition of 80% 
stake of Carrefour China, which marks a milestone of the company's effort in 
complete the supply chain construction in Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) 
sectors. It has now formed a full-scenario network coverage of Suning 
supermarket, offline Carrefour supermarket, SuFresh boutique supermarket and 
Suning Xiaodian (neighborhood convenience store). As a new member of the Suning 
family, 210 stores of Carrefour China nationwide will launch a full upgrade by 
the end of the year. The introduction of Carrefour's supply chain capabilities 
will effectively leverage the advantages of large-scale procurement, and help 
establish an efficient warehouse allocation system to promote the rapid 
development of Suning.com's FMCG categories.

In the previous three quarters of the year, Suning.com continued to increase 
investment in logistics, technology and building of other core capacities to 
lay a solid foundation for growth over the next decade.

In terms of logistics infrastructure, by the end of September 2019, the total 
area of warehousing and related support facilities for Suning Logistics was 
over 11 million square meters. There are 50 logistics bases in 41 cities are 
under operation, and 23 logistics bases are under construction and expansion in 
17 cities. Together with the newly integrated 8 large distribution center of 
Carrefour China, Suning's logistics supply chain competitiveness has been 
greatly enhanced. .

Based on the strong logistics capability of Suning.com, this year's 11/11 
shopping festival, Suning.com announced "One-Hour-Scenario Life Circle" plan to 
enable customers in selected regions to get their purchases delivered within 
half an hour to one hour. 

In terms of technology, Suning strengthened its technology support capabilities 
and built supply cloud, user cloud, marketing cloud, logistics cloud and 
financial cloud to create a smart retail OS, which promoted the rapid 
development of Suning's self-operated business and smart retail capability. 
From January to September this year, Suning invested more than RMB 2.4 billion 
in research and development, saw a year-on-year increase of 61.14%.

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About Suning Holdings Group

Founded in 1990, Suning is one of the leading commercial enterprises in China 
with two public companies in China and Japan. In 2019, Suning Holdings Group 
ranked as the top three brands among the top 500 non-state owned enterprises in 
China with annual revenues of RMB 602.5 billion (approximately EURO 77.24 
billion) and continued to top the list of Internet retailing category. Adhering 
to the enterprise mission of "Leading the Ecosystem across Industries by 
Creating Elite Quality of Life for All", Suning has strengthened and expanded 
its core business as retail through a corporate ecosystem comprised by multiple 
vertical industries, including commercial real estate, financial services and 
sports. Suning.com, the main subsidiary pioneering in online and offline 
retailing, has been listed in the Fortune Global 500 for three successive years 
from 2017 to 2019.

Source: Suning Holdings Group
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