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Walmart and JD Promote Second Annual Shopping Holiday to Millions of Customers

Walmart China and ecommerce retailer JD today staged their second annual “August 8 Shopping Festival”. The promotion was tangible evidence of Walmart’s strategy of strengthening its capabilities in what in China is called O2O (Online to Offline).

August 08, 2018
Dan Siekman

A Promotional Banner from the JD.com touts total discounts of up to 50%.

Hasfarm Holding's Pan-Asian Flower Power

Since the founding of Dalat Hasfarm with one hectare of wooden greenhouses growing roses in Dalat, Vietnam in 1994, Hasfarm Holdings through organic growth and a series of smart acquisitions today operates across Asia and Oceana, and is held up by many in the industry as the standard for a modern and well-managed floriculture operation in Asia.

July 23, 2018
Dan Siekman
Inside Flowerplus, China's Flower Ecommerce Pioneer

Many inside China’s flower industry, growers in main production region of Yunnan province for example, are pinning their hopes on subscription offerings from Flowerplus and its competitors to drive the growth of fresh cut flower consumption in China over coming years.

July 23, 2018
Dan Siekman

The Flowerplus website homepage.

Bringing Modern Floriculture to China in Yunnan's Luxi County

The new greenhouses in Luxi county are part of a government-invested production cluster that features more than 1,600 hectares of closely-packed land devoted to flower production.

July 19, 2018
Dan Siekman

New greenhouses being constructed in Luxi by Brighten Group.

Photos: The Kunming International Flower Expo

Professionals from all parts of the floral supply chain congregated in Kunming, China from this past Friday and through the weekend. The exhibitors and visitors were attending the Kunming International Flower Expo (KIFE), along with several concurrent events, including the China Floriculture Retail Forum and the China Home Gardening Expo.

July 16, 2018
Dan Siekman
INTERPOMA CHINA 2018 International Congress & Exhibition Successfully Concluded in Weihai, Shandong

The 2nd INTERPOMA CHINA International Congress & Exhibition was successfully held from June 28-29, 2018 in Weihai, Shandong Province. During the two trade show days, 1000 professionals, including researchers, experts and renowned companies, visited Interpoma China, and 650 delegates participated in the Congress, which featured a series of speakers from China and overseas on the topics of apple cultivation, storage and marketing. Two tours have been organized to showcase the fast development of modern orchards in Weihai with the support of the local government authorities.

July 08, 2018
Dan Siekman
Bringing Jaguar's Dutch Conference Pears to China

Jaguar is a major supplier of conference pears and was among the first Dutch fruit companies to be certified to export to China.

July 01, 2018
Dan Siekman
FloraHolland Brings Global Cut Flowers to China

FloraHolland transacts more than 12.5b plant and flower items each year with 2017 revenue of EUR 4.7b, and runs the world’s largest flower auction at Aalsmeer. Whereas FloraHolland’s traditional role involves helping suppliers to find buyers for their flowers, “in China, we want to focus on the market side and adopt the newest ecommerce techniques,” says country director, Martijn van Os.

June 26, 2018
Dan Siekman
Latest US-China Trade Tensions Will Impact US Produce Trade

The Chinese retaliatory tariff came in the form of a list of more than 500 US products that starting on July 6 will be subject to a 25% tariff on top of any existing tariffs.

June 18, 2018
Dan Siekman

A US soybean farmer. Soy is the biggest target of the new tariffs, but some producers of fruit and nuts will also feel the pain.

Gypsophila Helps Ecuador Lead the Way in Flower Exports to China

In 2017, Ecuador surpassed Thailand to become China’s top supplier of fresh cut flowers by value, according to China customs statistics.

June 13, 2018
Dan Siekman

Gypsophila take a prominent position in a floral display at a Spring Florist location in Shanghai.

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