This article is part of the first section of an August 2025 update on the Chinese webshop Temu […]
cross-border e-commerce
On June 24th, ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander delivered a keynote in Berlin, returning to the K5 – Future Retail conference, where […]
Video: Keynote ‘The Big China Update’
Cross-border e-commerce from China On June 5th 2025, ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander had the honour and pleasure of presenting […]
Video: Four Little Dragons Going Overseas
On December 9th 2024, Lianne Baaij of Vereniging Nederland China VNC interviewed ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander about Temu, Shein […]
Interview: Christmas Shopping 2.0: Temu, Shein and other Chinese webshops
Op 4 februari 2025 is ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander een van de sprekers op het Retail Reconnect congres in […]
ChinaTalk @ Retail Reconnect – 4 februari 2025, Antwerpen, België
On 21 November 2024 the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce – BCECC organized a panel discussion with ChinaTalk’s Ed […]
Video: panel discussion on The Rise of Temu and Chinese webshops
From the VNC website: The world of e-commerce is evolving at breakneck speed, with China as the pioneer […]
ChinaTalk @ China Café: Chinese Webshops Update – Christmas Shopping 2.0!
This article is the first section of part 2 of an October 2024 update on the Chinese webshop […]
How Shein has diversified its sales models
China’s cross-border e-commerce platforms, such as Temu, Shein and AliExpress have rapidly gained global standing, disrupting traditional retail […]
Webinar: The Rise of Temu and other Chinese cross-border webshops
Enkele weken geleden nam VRT een interview over de Chinese webshop Temu op met ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander. Delen […]
VRT Podcast: ‘Zijn Chinese webshops zoals Temu het nieuwe opium?’
Toen ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander in juli in China was had hij een video call met Nina van Klaveren […]
RetailTrends interview: Dit moet je weten over Temu
After appearing on the Let’s Talk Marketplace podcast in June to discuss Temu, Valerie and Ingrid invited ChinaTalk’s […]
Let’s Talk Marketplace – Temu, Shein and everything else
This article is the first section of an August 2024 update on the Chinese webshop Temu, published by […]
How is Temu developing?
We normally don’t allow for recordings of my keynotes to be immediately shared online. We have made an […]
Video: Temu Demystified keynote @ Score!
In 2024 ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander had the honour and pleasure to be invited to present his keynote ‘Temu […]
Reactions to Temu Demystified Keynotes (update)
In June 2024, ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander was a guest on the Let’s Talk Marketplace podcast. From the host […]
Let’s talk Marketplace Podcast: How Temu works – and why it won’t go away
At the end of a keynote about the reasons for the rise in Chinese webshops in general and […]
Video: The Biggest Danger of Temu
Op 20 juni 2024 was ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander te gast in de Op Weg Naar 20 Miljoen podcast […]
Op Weg Naar 20 Miljoen podcast: Chinese e-commerce, SHEIN en Temu
On June 25th, ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander will be honoured to deliver a keynote address on the main stage […]
ChinaTalk @ K5 Conference
This article is the first chapter of a May 2024 update on the Chinese webshop Temu, published by […]
The current state of Temu
De afgelopen maand staken Olaf Zwijnenburg en Peter van Heerde, sectormanagers retail en groothandel Rabobank, Mathijs de Boer, […]
Rabobank & ChinaTalk – China: van fabriek van de wereld naar retailgrootmacht
De afgelopen weken is ChinaTalk’s Ed sander opnieuw meerdere malen geïnterviewd over de Chinese websop Temu. Een opsomming […]
Temu Interviews
In maart 2024 werd ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander door de Telegraaf geïnterviewd over Temu. Wat is de app? Wie […]
Temu uitgelegd (Telegraaf interview)
Recent werd ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander door een journaliste van de DPG Media group geïnterviewd over Chinese webshop Temu. […]
Temu Interview DPG Media Group
In december 2023 werd ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander door het Financieel Dagblad geïnterviewd over TikTok Shop, de e-commerce integratie […]
Interview Financieel Dagblad: TikTok Shop
Op 30 November 2023 was ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander in de uitzending bij RTL-Z om toe te lichten wie […]
RTL-Z Interview: Wie is die nieuwe webshop Temu?
SINT ANTHONIS – Op woensdag 29 november staat Ed Sander bij Cicero Sint Anthonis op het podium. Hij […]
Ed Sander te gast bij Cicero: ‘Hoe Chinese webshops een bedreiging worden’
Onderstaand artikel verscheen in Printmatters op 18 oktober 2023. Chinese crossborder e-commerceplatformen bestormen de wereld. Ook de grafische […]
PrintMatters: 15 boeken voor 40 euro: China is de olifant in de kamer
Original image by OpenIcons. This is a follow-up article about Temu, the cross-border e-commerce platform of China’s 3rd biggest […]
Temu update June 2023 – Part 2: Pressure on staff, merchants and logistics partners
This is a follow-up article about Temu, the cross-border e-commerce platform of China’s 3rd biggest e-commerce company Pinduoduo. […]
Temu update June 2023 – Part 1: From $0 to $400 million monthly GMV in 8 months
Original images by Mohamed Hassan and Clker-Free-Vector-Images. In our previous part of the May 2023 update on Shein, […]
Shein Update May 2023- Part 2: Nearshoring and Amazonian Ambitions
Original images by OpenClipart-Vectors. Ranking based on US market share March 2022. This is a follow-up article to […]
Shein Update May 2023 – Part 1: Success Brings Scrutiny
I have been writing about Temu, the Chinese webshop that launched in the US in September 2022, since […]
First Temu order: good status updates, acceptable delivery time and half Amazon’s pricing
De vlaamse krant De Morgen interviewde ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander over Temu, de Chinese webshop. Het artikel is hier […]
Interview De Morgen over Temu
Mid-February, ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander was interviewed by Bloomberg about Temu, the new Chinese webshop launched in the US […]
Video Series: Temu Interview
In the summer of 2022, I wrote extensively about cross-border e-commerce from China. Since there have been many developments in […]
Cross-Border Update: Pinduoduo’s Temu (part 2)
In the summer of 2022, I wrote extensively about cross-border e-commerce from China. Since there have been many […]
Cross-Border Update: Pinduoduo’s Temu (Part 1)
In the summer of 2022, I wrote extensively about cross-border e-commerce from China. Since there have been many developments in […]
Cross-Border Update: Shein
Original drawing by Oberholster Venita In the summer of 2022, I wrote extensively about cross-border e-commerce from China. […]
Cross-Border Update: JD & Ochama
Original image Gr0gmint, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons In the summer of 2022, I wrote extensively about cross-border e-commerce […]
Cross-Border Update: Bytedance & TikTok
Original image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images In the summer of 2022, I wrote extensively about cross-border e-commerce from China. Since […]
Cross-Border Update: Alibaba
In recent months I have been exploring the world of cross-border e-commerce from China. Many Chinese internet companies like […]
Pinduoduo, China’s third biggest e-commerce company, opens a webshop in the west
Original pictures by Mohamed Hassan and iXimus In the past weeks we have elaborately explored cross-border e-commerce initiatives […]
Challenges for cross-border e-commerce from China
Original images by OpenClipart-Vectors, Sergeyspbphotografer and iXimus. In the previous article in this series on cross-border e-commerce from […]
TikTok’s struggles with (cross-border) e-commerce in western markets
Original image by Mohamed Hassan In the previous three articles in this series we’ve seen how Amazon banned […]
How TikTok moved into (cross-border) e-commerce
Original images by Mohamed Hassan In the first article of this series we read how Amazon aggressively recruited […]
Why cross-border e-commerce from China has become a serious threat
Original images by Clker-Free-Vector-Images and bluebudgie In the first article in this series on cross-border e-commerce from China […]
Cross-Border E-Commerce: Chinese factories have come for your wallet
Original image by Pete Linforth Seven years ago, I was writing about cross-border e-commerce to China. Now I […]