Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best Chinese based Retail companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Retail industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top Chinese Retail Startups
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ZTO Express
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ZTO Express is a logistics company that provides shipping and delivery services to Alibaba.
Miniso
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MINISO is the Japanese fast fashion designer brand.
Ponhu Luxury
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Ponhu Luxury provides a service platform for idle luxury goods.
JD Digits
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JD Digits (formerly JD Finance) works to connect financial and physical industries with digital technology.
Dreame Technology
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Dreame Technology produces premium hairdryers and vacuums in the style of Dyson.
JD.com
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JD.com is an internet company and online consumer electronics retailer in China.
Jollychic
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Jollychic is an e-commerce platform that sells clothing and accessories online.
Bianlifeng
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Bianlifeng is a cashier-free convenience store and smart snack machine operator
Xingsheng Youxuan
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Xingsheng Youxuan is a community shopping platform that offers food and household products for consumers.
Shiji Group
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Shiji Group provides software solutions and services for the hospitality, food service, retail and entertainment industries.
Pop Mart
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Pop Mart is a toy company that designs, produces, distributes, and commercializes art toys.
Yiguo.com
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Yiguo.com, an e-commerce platform owned and run by Shanghai Yiguo E-Commerce, sells fresh food online.
NOME
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NOME is a lifestyle brand based in Guangzhou, China, and creates practical, Swedish-designed consumer products.
Pupumall
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Pupumall develops a platform for instant delivery of fresh produce that covers a broad range of products from supermarkets.
NEIWAI
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NEIWAI is a mid-to-high-end underwear brand that focuses on the comfort of close-fitting clothing.
Secoo
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Secoo is a one-stop comprehensive luxury products and services platform in China.
Clobotics
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Clobotics provides intelligent computer vision solutions for the retail and wind power sectors.
Bingobox
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Bingobox is an unmanned convenience store startup operating in China.
Suning.com
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Suning.com is a Chinese retail and e-commerce conglomerate that sells clothing, snacks, electronic devices, appliances, and more.
Yum! China
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Yum! China is a franchisee of Yum! Brands in Mainland China.
Yonghui Superstores
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Yonghui Superstores is a China-based company, principally engaged in the operation of regular chain supermarkets.
Weipinhui
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Weipinhui is a Chinese online discount retailer for brands.
Nebula Brands
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Nebula is a tech-driven firm with expertise in M&A, online retail, eCommerce, branding, and local supply chain management.
Keruyun
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Keruyun is one of the Top Global O2O & SaaS technology providers in the F&B, Retail and Services industry.
Huitongda
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Huitongda is a Chinese logistics service company providing home appliance supply chain services for the township market.
Dmall
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Dmall is an online-and-offline integration solution for brick-and-mortar retailers.
SandStar
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SandStar is an artificial intelligence platform that provides computer vision technology to the retail industry.
Fanli
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Fanli is a Chinese online shopping site that facilitates third party purchases of various customers.
DeepBlue Technology
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DeepBlue Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd creates smart retail systems using computer vision, AI, and analytics.
Xinshang
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Xinshang is a Chinese customer to customer(C2C) marketplace for secondhand luxury goods.
Cramer
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Cramer is a diamond jewelry brand that offers jewelry products.
Linctex
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Linctex is a digital retail new retail model provider.
GOME
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GOME is a privately-owned enterprise operating electrical appliance retailers in China.
Huimin
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Huimin is a B2B e-commerce platform that focuses on small-scale supermarkets that provides community supermarket websites for communities.
Urban Revivo
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Urban Revivo is a luxury clothing retail chain brand.
Cabana
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Cabana is a furniture store that sells smodern design furniture, lamps and fashion brands from around the world.
Qudian
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Qudian is an installment payment and investment management platform for micro-lending.
Qdama
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Qdama is a fresh agricultural product service provider that focuses on the operation of the fresh meat market.
Lili & Beauty
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Lili & Beauty is Shanghai-based cosmetics e-commerce platform.
Webuy Group
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Webuy/Jingling Group is a social e-commerce company which owns brands including Shaking Baby (甩甩宝宝), Haoyiku (好衣库) and 芝麻云仓.
Trendy International Group
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Trendy International Group is an innovative fashion and lifestyle retail corporation that unites art and business.
Yuntongxun
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Yuntongxun provides cloud communication services to businesses and developers.
Luckin Coffee
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Luckin Coffee is a tech-driven retail model designed to provide coffee and other products.
Womai
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Womai net is a business-to-consumer healthy food shopping website in China.
Gemii
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Gemii is a provider of social marketing and new retail services.
Muse Technology
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Muse Technology is a one-stop online furniture retail and e-commerce platform for the purchase of indoor furniture.
Ganji
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Ganji.com is a Chinese domestic classifieds website where users publish and exchange local information such as used cars, jobs, and more.
KargoCard
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KargoCard is the leading prepaid gift card distribution and processing platform in China.
Natural Melody
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Natural Melody is a cosmetics brand that offers skin-care products.
Loho Eyewear
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Loho Eyewear Lifestyle offers an all-in-one service including eyewear design, production, sales, and customer support.
Yunwang Wandian
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Yunwang Wandian is an eCommerce and online retail service.
Intime Retail
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Intime Commercial is a retail department store, shopping, e-commerce.
Alfilo Brands
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Alfilo Brands is a consumer products company that holds licensing rights to art, cultural, fashion, and entertainment properties.
Xingbianli
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Xingbianli is a cashier-free convenience store operator which offers snack bars for offices.
Suning Sports
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Suning Sports is the sports arm of Suning’s group of companies that aims to offer the best-in-class products and services to sports fans.
JX Luxventure
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JX Luxventure is a casual menswear company, designs, markets, and sells fashion menswear products.
INMAN
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INMAN is a Chinese online retail brand for clothes such as cotton-linen articles for daily use.
Sinopharm Online
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Sinopharm Online is a pharmaceutical retail platform.
BottlesXO International
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We disrupt the value chain of the wine-, beer- and spirits-industry as an on-demand solution directly connecting consumers with producers.
BESTORE
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BESTORE is an e-commerce platform and online food community that provides high-end snacks.
Forty-nine union
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Forty-nine union is a brand sells food and other wines brands.
Beequick
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Beequick Beijing-based online community services O2O
Xiaoqule
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Xiaoqule is a Chinese community-focused e-commerce platform.
AliExpress
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AliExpress is an online retail service owned by Alibaba.
Dianjia
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Dianjia is an IT company specialized in developing retail service platform to provide O2O solutions.
Xiaomai
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Xiaomai is a cashier-free convenience store operator and provide customers with safe and quality products and convenient warm service.
Zailouxia
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Zailouxia operates an unmanned convenience store, which offers snacks, fresh produce, and groceries.
Quentin Technology
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Quentin Technology is a cosmetics brand service provider.
Zhou Liu Fu
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Zhou Liu Fu is an e-commerce site for jewelry products.
AUTOST.
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AUTOST. is a retail and used car auction platform.
GUANGLI
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GUANGLI is a company that provides smart optic glasses.
CARNEX
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CARNEX is a second-hand car trading service provider company.
Wanwu Store
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Wanwu Store is an Operator of an e-commerce platform that offers maternal and child supplies.
OP Retail
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OP Retail is an intelligent chain stores operation solution provider.
Vinehoo.com
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Vinehoo.com is an e-commerce and discovery platform that sells wine.
CCFT Group
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CCFT Group specializes in the import and export of a variety of products and a provider of professional services.
Moko
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Moko is an online platform that serves a China-based online marketplace for models.
Aixuedai
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Aixuedai is an online payment platform that allows students to buy items using monthly installment plans.
Volcan Craft
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Volcan Craft (Kaishan) is a new liquor brand.
Club Factory
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Club Factory is a cross-border e-commerce corporation.
Dr Plant
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Plant Doctor is a plant skin care brand offers selection of raw materials alpine plant extracts.
China National Gold Group Gold Jewellery Co., Ltd
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China National Gold Group Gold Jewellery Co., Ltd is a manufacturer of gold investment bars.
HIHEY.COM
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HIHEY.COM is a pioneering online art market, featuring art consulting, trade and other related services.
Citybox
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Citybox is a China-based smart vending machine operator.
273 Ershou Che Jiaoyiwang
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273 Ershou Che Jiaoyiwang is a used car O2O trading platform in China.
FIELDS CHINA
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Fields China is an online grocery store providing fruits, vegetables, meat, fish and seafood, organic food, and beverages.
Wuye Banmian
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Wuye Banmian produces retail products such as instant noodles, hot and sour powder, and cold noodles.
Star Chain E-Commerce
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Star Chain E-Commerce is an O2O integrated service platform.
YTSF
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YTSF is a wholesaler and retailer of vehicle auto parts.
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