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Group buying to digitise Chinese agriculture

Just 2.5% of China’s agricultural goods were distributed online last year

August 24, 2020
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TechCrunch reports on Pinduoduo, launched in China in 2015 as a group-buying service for fruits.

The company believes its “pin” or “group-buying” approach can help standardise growing practices and bring economies of scale to small farms.

Just 2.5% of China’s agricultural goods were distributed online last year, with over half through traditional wet markets and about a third through supermarkets, said a report from research firm iiMedia.

Working to turn a profit and shake off its fake-goods reputation, Pinduoduo set itself an ambitious goal for 2025: surpass 1 trillion yuan or $145 billion annual gross merchandise volume of agricultural products.

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