Website helps local suppliers enter retail stores across China
BEIJING, April 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- eFuture Information Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: EFUT) (“eFuture”), a leading front-end supply chain management software and service company in China and Beijing Wangku Hutong Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Wangku”), one of China’s leading retail business-to-business (“B2B”) e-commerce service providers, today announced the launch of a 100-day public testing pilot of http://www.jindian.com.cn (“China Jindian”), a jointly-designed B2B website for small to medium-size suppliers and retailers.
“In Mandarin Chinese, ‘Jindian’ literally means ‘enter the store,’ which is exactly our goal,” said Mr. Adam Yan, eFuture’s chairman and chief executive officer. “Over 80 percent of local suppliers do business directly with local retailers. With China Jindian, we’re leveraging our strong relationships with China’s retail clients to help local suppliers enter retail stores across the country. This exciting development simplifies the supply chain and will also help our over 700 retail clients, which use over 500,000 suppliers and include many of China’s top 100 retailers, expand their procurement sources, increase procurement efficiency and reduce procurement cost.”
The China Jindian online platform provides a searchable database of subscriber-posted listings focusing on the retail and consumer goods industries. On the website, suppliers can post listings with product descriptions, contact information, location and in some cases videos showcasing the suppliers’ factories. The postings are separated by category, brand and location and searchable by retailers, who can post requests for products and suppliers, store information and details about new store openings.
“Our leading position in e-commerce, team of over 100 partners, which have over 2,000 salespeople, and network of more than 200,000 member clients are an ideal complement to eFuture’s supply chain management capabilities and relationships with China’s top retailers,” said Mr. Haibo Wang, Wangku’s chief executive officer. “There are millions of small to medium-size retailers and suppliers in China that, while wanting to do business in the national retail market, simply don’t have the medium to meet and exchange information with national retailers. China Jindian’s user-friendly and reputable e-commerce platform ensures efficient communication and opens the door for future generations of retailers and suppliers in China to succeed.”
About Wangku Hutong Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Wangku, through its http://www.99114.com.cn website, is a leading provider of B2B e-commerce service solutions focused on helping suppliers to utilize the Internet rather than traditional Industry Yellow Pages. 99114.com.cn is a B2B portal and procurement link connecting manufacturers, distributors, resellers and retailers. Wangku initiated its “Yi Wang Tong” service (a one-stop enterprise B2B e-commerce service package), which integrates the functions of accessing websites, promotion, interaction, authentication and transaction.
As one of the leading B2B e-commerce service enterprises in China, Wangku has received significant industry attention, and has been awarded one of China’s “Top-100 Commercial Websites,” “Top-100 Web 2.0 Websites” and “Top-100 B2B e-Commerce Websites” for its success in the field of e-commerce.
For more information about Wangku, please visit http://www.99114.com.cn/ .
About eFuture Information Technology Inc.
eFuture is a leading provider of front-end supply chain management software and services in China. eFuture provides one-stop-shop software and service solutions to manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, logistics companies and retailers in China’s front-end supply chain market, especially in the retail and Fast Moving Consumer Goods (‘‘FMCG’’) industries. eFuture currently serves more than 900 clients, including Fortune 500 companies, over 700 retailers and over 200 distributors operating in China. eFuture is also one of IBM’s premier business partners in Asia Pacific and is a strategic partner with Oracle, Microsoft, JDA, Motorola and Samsung Network China. The company has over 600 people and 20 branch offices across China.
For more information about eFuture, please visit
http://www.e-future.com.cn/ .
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