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Shopping on Haitao

Hangzhou is the third largest spender on Haitao, an online shopping site that sells foreign products, according to its operator Alibaba Group.

Nearly 5,000 Haitao shoppers were polled in a recent survey. About 40 percent of them have shopped on Haitao for at least three years and 10 percent have done so for more than six years. The number of Haitao customers increased 28 percent in the first half of this year. The cross-border shopping site now covers more than 100 countries and sells about 2 million types of products. Young mothers are among the biggest users of Haitao, buying infant formulas and baby products. The survey also found that Shanghai consumers favor foreign chocolates, candies and perfume, while Beijing consumers like to buy air purifiers and Shenzhen customers can鈥檛 seem to resist foreign cookies.


 

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