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Thursday, August 20 2020 - 22:45
AsiaNet
The Upgrade from 'Smart Retailer' to 'Smart Retail Service Provider' Boosts Suning.com's 818 Shopping Festival Sales
NANJING, China, Aug. 20, 2019/PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

Suning.com (002024.SZ), China's leading O2O smart retail provider owned by 
Suning Holdings Group, which has been featured on the Fortune Global 500 list 
for the fourth consecutive year since 2017, completed its annual 818 shopping 
festival yesterday. 

At the 818 shopping festival Cloud Conference, Gu Wei, vice president of 
Suning.com announced that the next ten years will be defined as "a decade of 
scenario retail services". Suning.com will upgrade from "smart retailer" to 
"smart retail service provider".

During its 818 shopping festival, Suning promised price protection for 60 days. 
If the purchase price is higher, it will compensate the customer the price 
difference; delivery, distribution, and after-sales services were guaranteed on 
time, and the users will be compensated if there for delays; for fully protect 
the rights and interests of users, Suning.com implemented rapid review and 
rapid refund to ensure worry-free returns. In addition, Suning.com's 
transaction services, contract performance services, and experience services 
were improved.

In the previous 618 mid-year shopping festival, Suning's "J-10%" money-saving 
plan saw impressive growth, and for the 818 shopping festival this year, Suning 
has expanded the product range of the "J-10%" money-saving plan. In order to 
bring more benefits to consumers, Suning's price advantages will become the 
norm.

During the 818 shopping festival, online sales performance increased by 107% 
year-on-year. Among them, the online sales performance of home appliances 
increased by 129% year-on-year, online orders for home improvement categories 
increased by 330% year-on-year, orders from Suning supermarkets increased by 
141% year-on-year, and more than 1 million VIP memberships were added.

"No matter where we are, no matter where we are going, Suning will always fight 
for users and always insist on doing a good job. Retail is a marathon without 
an end. If only we stay steady, we will definitely win," said Zhang Jindong, 
Chairman of Suning Holdings Group. Suning has experience in retail, chain 
retail, and Internet retail; from "smart retailer" to "smart retail service 
provider", no matter how Suning's role changes, the original intention of 
service won't change.

About Suning

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 four successive years 
from 2017 to 2020.

SOURCE: Suning Holdings Group
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