Sell at a discount of 15%.
按八五折出售。
That store does not discount at all.
那家商店出售商品一概不打折。
These goods will be sold at a discount.
这些货物将减价出售。
Is honesty at a discount today?
诚实在今天不受重视吗？
The store is having a 20% discount on all clothing this week.
这家店这周所有服装打八折。
I got a 15% discount on my purchase because I'm a loyal customer.
因为我是常客，购买时享受了15%的折扣。
Don't forget to use the coupon for a 10% discount on your next meal.
别忘了使用优惠券，下次用餐可以享受10%的折扣。
The hotel offers a special discount for booking in advance.
酒店对提前预订的客人提供特别折扣。
She scored a big discount on her new laptop, thanks to some online research.
她在网上查了查，买新笔记本电脑时得到了很大的折扣。
The furniture store is running a clearance sale with up to 50% off.
家具店正在进行清仓大甩卖，最高可打五折。
The book is currently on sale with a 30% discount at the local bookstore.
这本书在本地书店正以30%的折扣出售。
Students can enjoy a student discount of 15% on public transportation.
学生在公共交通上可以享受15%的学生折扣。
The company offered a limited-time discount on their new product to boost sales.
为了提高销量，公司对新产品提供了限时折扣。
After negotiating, we were able to secure a 10% discount on the rent.
经过协商，我们成功地将租金砍价10%。
PDD Holdings' growth in the domestic market has outstripped that of competitors such as Alibaba Group Holding and JD, which can be largely attributed to the deep discounts rolled out before the Singles Day shopping spree, industry insiders said.
业内人士表示，PDD控股在国内市场的增长已经超过了阿里巴巴集团控股和京东等竞争对手，这在很大程度上可以归因于光棍节购物狂欢前推出的大幅折扣。
Mo said Chinese online retailers have ramped up efforts to offer steep discounts and adopted low-price strategies to obtain a new breed of users and improve user loyalty and repurchase rates.
莫表示，中国在线零售商加大了提供大幅折扣的力度，并采取了低价策略来获得新一代用户，提高用户忠诚度和复购率。
Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Global Inc apologized for its app malfunction earlier this week and will launch a 10 yuan ($1.4) taxi discount coupon for each user, the company said on its social media account on Wednesday.
中国叫车公司滴滴全球（Didi Global Inc）周三在其社交媒体账户上表示，该公司本周早些时候为其应用程序故障道歉，并将为每位用户推出10元（1.4美元）的打车折扣券。
The company has released an enhanced Loyalty Program, with customers able to sign up for a free silver membership, earn rewards and enjoy discounts on hotel bookings.
该公司发布了一项增强的忠诚度计划，客户可以注册免费的白银会员资格，获得奖励并在酒店预订时享受折扣。
This year's festival has seen major e-commerce platforms provide steep discounts and low-priced products to boost sales, with domestic brands becoming more popular among Chinese consumers.
今年的电影节上，各大电子商务平台提供了大幅折扣和低价产品来提高销售额，国产品牌在中国消费者中越来越受欢迎。
For one thing, it doesn't mean just serving up more of the discounts that have long been a hallmark of Singles Day.
首先，这并不意味着提供更多的折扣，而这些折扣长期以来一直是光棍节的标志。
Chinese e-commerce giant JD said it will kick off the pre-sale for this year's Singles Day shopping carnival at 8 pm on Oct 23, one week earlier than in previous years, and offer steep discounts and shopping coupons on over 800 million products.
中国电子商务巨头京东表示，将于10月23日晚8点开启今年光棍节购物狂欢节的预售，比往年提前一周，并为超过8亿件商品提供大幅折扣和购物优惠券。
"Enhancing user stickiness and cultivating high-quality users are crucial for Chinese online retailers, which have ramped up efforts to offer discounts and subsidies to lure price-conscious customers," Mo said, adding that the focus on low-cost products will be key to obtaining new users, improving user loyalty and repurchase rates, and bolstering sales.
莫说：“增强用户粘性和培养高质量用户对中国在线零售商来说至关重要，他们已经加大了提供折扣和补贴的力度，以吸引有价格意识的客户。”他补充说，关注低成本产品将是获得新用户、提高用户忠诚度和复购率以及提高销售额的关键。
Other outlets offer a 30 percent discount at midnight for college students.
其他商店在午夜为大学生提供30%的折扣。
Meanwhile, online retailer Vipshop said it will directly reduce prices of various products, and consumers would not have to buy several products at the same time to reach a certain value and get discounts.
与此同时，在线零售商唯品会表示，它将直接降低各种产品的价格，消费者不必同时购买几种产品才能达到一定的价值并获得折扣。
The platform will also select some 100 bestselling products daily during the period around June 18 and offer more discounts on those products.
该平台还将在6月18日左右每天挑选约100种最畅销的产品，并为这些产品提供更多折扣。
The e-commerce unit of short-video platform Douyin also said it would adopt a strategy of cross-store purchasing discounts and reduce 25 yuan on each purchase worth 150 yuan, besides launching presale events.
短视频平台抖音的电子商务部门也表示，除了推出预售活动外，还将采取跨店购买折扣的策略，每购买150元商品可减25元。
Buyers don't have to calculate the prices and combine multiple orders to get the discounts," said Mo Daiqing, a senior analyst at domestic consultancy Internet Economy Institute.
国内咨询公司互联网经济研究所的高级分析师莫代青表示：“买家不必计算价格，也不必将多个订单组合在一起就能获得折扣。
For example, Chinese tourists can enjoy a 20 percent discount at selected stores when spending via WeChat Pay.
例如，中国游客在通过微信支付消费时，可以在选定的商店享受20%的折扣。
Fang Yi, an executive of JD's auto business, said the company is therefore partnering with a number of well-known brands including Continental, Goodyear and Bridgestone to meet the growing demand, offering discounts, interest-free financial tools and installation services.
京东汽车业务高管方毅表示，因此，京东正与大陆集团、固特异和普利司通等多个知名品牌合作，提供折扣、免息金融工具和安装服务，以满足日益增长的需求。
Temu offers deep discounts and coupons as part of its strategy to serve price-conscious consumers.
Temu提供深度折扣和优惠券，作为其服务于注重价格的消费者的战略的一部分。
"Speaking of how enterprises should take advantage of the Valentine's Day economy to realize long-term growth, Deng said companies can launch more cost-effective product sets to tap more Gen Z consumers and offer discounts in various ways to increase their sales.
在谈到企业应该如何利用情人节经济实现长期增长时，邓说，企业可以推出更具成本效益的产品集，以吸引更多的Z世代消费者，并通过各种方式提供折扣来提高销售额。
As the first US storefront of Pinduoduo, Temu offers deep discounts on a range of products, mostly shipped directly from factories or warehouses in China.
作为拼多多在美国的第一家店面，特木为一系列产品提供大幅折扣，这些产品大多直接从中国的工厂或仓库发货。
Temu's deep discounts have resonated with US consumers, especially in the recent holiday shopping season, when they were facing the highest inflation in a generation, posing a new challenge to US e-commerce leader Amazon and other Western online stores.
Temu的大幅折扣引起了美国消费者的共鸣，尤其是在最近的假日购物季，他们面临着一代人以来最高的通货膨胀，这对美国电子商务领导者亚马逊和其他西方网店构成了新的挑战。
The platform also provides new users with promotional activities such as first order discounts and free delivery of goods exceeding 10 euros ($10.44).
该平台还为新用户提供促销活动，如首次订购折扣和免费交付超过10欧元（10.44美元）的商品。
Amazon kicked off this year's Black Friday shopping festival on Friday, promising to offer steep discounts on nearly 2 million authentic products covering about 20,000 international brands from four sites in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and Germany.
亚马逊于周五拉开了今年黑色星期五购物节的序幕，承诺为来自美国、英国、日本和德国四个网站的近200万件正品提供大幅折扣，涵盖约2万个国际品牌。
The company announced at the Wednesday press conference that it has fulfilled that investment target, with which Ikea developed more products and solutions for Chinese consumers, set up an omni-channel distribution network and offered more discounts.
宜家在周三的新闻发布会上宣布，它已经实现了这一投资目标，宜家为中国消费者开发了更多的产品和解决方案，建立了全渠道分销网络，并提供了更多折扣。
Moreover, the volume-based procurement policy, which integrates larger purchasing volumes with discounts for medicines and medical devices, officially extended to the joint implant sector nationwide in September before pilot programs had been implemented in quite a few provinces such as Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Shandong.
此外，在安徽、江苏、浙江、福建和山东等多个省份实施试点项目之前，基于数量的采购政策，将更大的采购量与药品和医疗器械的折扣相结合，于9月正式推广到全国关节植入行业。
As such, the company is busy prepping for the upcoming June 18 or "618" shopping festival, with easier customer access to discounts and preferential loan services dedicated to merchants to boost transactions.
因此，该公司正忙于为即将到来的6月18日或“618”购物节做准备，让客户更容易获得折扣和专门为商家提供的优惠贷款服务，以促进交易。
In early May, China's fourth-largest carrier Hainan Airlines announced that by displaying boarding passes of the 12 domestic carriers affiliated with the HNA Group, consumers can enjoy discounts on performance tickets and fitness cards for certain places in Chongqing, Dalian of Liaoning province, and Shaanxi's Xi'an.
5月初，中国第四大航空公司海南航空宣布，通过展示海航集团旗下12家国内航空公司的登机牌，消费者可以在重庆、辽宁大连和陕西西安的某些地方享受演出门票和健身卡的折扣。
With discounts, the transaction prices are usually lower than catalog prices," said Lin Zhijie, an aviation industry analyst and a columnist at Carnoc, a major civil aviation website in China.
有了折扣，交易价格通常低于目录价格，”中国主要民航网站Carnoc的专栏作家、航空业分析师林志杰说。
A day after Musk's unsolicited offer came, Twitter adopted a so-called poison pill, designed to make it more difficult for Musk to reach more than a 15 percent stake in the company by diluting the stock, or making more shares available at a discount to current holders.
在马斯克主动提出收购要约的第二天，推特采用了一种所谓的毒丸，旨在通过稀释股票或以折扣价向现有持有人提供更多股票，使马斯克更难获得该公司15%以上的股份。
Hong Kong-listed SOHO China has decided sell 32,000 square meters of properties in Beijing and Shanghai at a deep discount of 30 percent, according to the property developer's chairman.
地产开发商SOHO中国有限公司董事长表示，该公司已决定在北京和上海以30%的折扣出售3.2万平方米的房产。
With reduced numbers of flights and falling capacity of belly-hold operations, Hainan Airlines adjusted its cargo transportation price and launched discounts to grab the high demand that emerged before the Spring Festival period.
随着航班数量的减少和腹舱运营能力的下降，海南航空调整了货运价格，并推出了折扣，以抓住春节前出现的高需求。
L'Oreal Paris, a mass market skincare brand under the French company, stirred a public outcry after two influential Chinese livestreamers fell foul of the company, citing a promise of "deepest discounts" which did not materialize.
这家法国公司旗下的大众市场护肤品牌巴黎欧莱雅（L'Oreal Paris）在两位有影响力的中国直播员与该公司发生冲突后，引发了公众的强烈抗议，称其承诺提供“最优惠的折扣”，但并未实现。
Li Jiaqi, known as China's lipstick king for his feat of selling 15,000 lipsticks in just five minutes through livestreaming sessions, said L'Oreal Paris had advertised that customers stand to secure the steepest discount for a facial mask if they tuned in to Li's livestreaming sessions during a pre-sale for the Nov 11 campaign, China's largest shopping spree.
李佳琦因其通过直播在五分钟内卖出15000支口红而被称为中国口红之王。他表示，巴黎欧莱雅广告称，如果顾客在11月11日活动（中国最大的购物狂欢）的预售期间收看李的直播，他们将获得面膜的最大折扣。
L'Oreal Paris apologized, attributing it to an overly complex discount mechanism.
巴黎欧莱雅道歉，将其归因于过于复杂的折扣机制。
Brands make themselves heard thanks to influencers' cult following, and influencers who obtain low discounts from brands manage to win the hearts of more followers and reinforce their influence," said Mo Daiqing, a senior analyst at consultancy Internet Economy Institute.
咨询公司互联网经济研究所的高级分析师莫黛青表示：“品牌之所以能让人们听到自己的声音，得益于有影响力的人的狂热追随者，而从品牌中获得低折扣的有影响力的人们能够赢得更多追随者的心，并加强他们的影响力。”。
Chinese e-commerce giant JD said it will kick off the pre-sale on Singles Day shopping carnival at 8 pm on Wednesday, four hours earlier than previously, meaning that customers will not have to stay up late to enjoy the deep discounts this year.
中国电商巨头京东表示，将在周三晚上8点开启双11购物狂欢节的预售，比以往提前了四个小时，这意味着消费者今年不必熬夜享受折扣优惠。
"The risk of a regulatory crackdown around data privacy and the use of consumer data in operations on China's large internet platforms, such as Tencent, Alibaba and Didi, looks set to remain, and could widen, discounts in sector valuations versus global peers,"Bloomberg Intelligence technology analysts Matthew Kanterman and Tiffany Tam wrote in a research note.
Bloomberg Intelligence的技术分析师Matthew Kanterman和Tiffany Tam在一份研究报告中写道：“中国大型互联网平台（如腾讯、阿里巴巴和滴滴）在数据隐私和消费者数据使用方面面临监管打击的风险似乎将持续存在，甚至可能加大该行业相对于全球同行的估值折扣。” 这句话的大意是：根据 Bloomberg Intelligence 的技术分析师 Matthew Kanterman 和 Tiffany Tam 的研究报告，中国大型互联网公司（例如腾讯、阿里巴巴和滴滴）在数据隐私和消费者数据使用方面可能会持续面临监管的严格审查。这种监管风险可能导致该行业的估值相对于全球其他同行出现更大的折价。简而言之，中国互联网巨头可能因数据隐私问题而受到更严格的监管，这将影响其市场估值。
We are especially pleased to see increases in revenue per DTC user and gross margin driven by brand premiumization and disciplined pricing and discount policies," said Huang Jinfeng, founder, chairman and CEO of Yatsen.
“我们特别高兴看到，受品牌高端化以及严谨的价格和折扣策略推动，公司每用户平均收入(ARPU)和毛利率均实现增长，”逸仙电商创始人、董事长兼CEO黄锦峰表示。
Similarly, some of the courses offered by the companies were sold at just 1 yuan, discounts that masked the actual price, said the regulator.
监管部门称，一些公司提供的课程以一元的价格出售，这种折扣掩盖了实际价格。
Among the 13 million items offering discounts during the gala, which in Tmall's case commenced with a presale on May 24, 1.4 million are making their debut, according to Yang Guang, vice-president of Tmall.
阿里巴巴旗下天猫平台的副总裁杨光表示，在这场从5月24日开始预售的盛会中，1300万件打折商品中有140万件是首次亮相。
As Chinese customers normally respond strongly to the special promotions, discounts are there to stay, with merchants trying to make things easier this time.
由于中国消费者通常对特殊促销活动反应积极，折扣优惠将会持续存在，而商家们则试图让这次的优惠变得更加便捷。
Tmall's VIP members stand to receive at least 520 yuan worth of coupons that can be redeemed in later purchases, and additional perks, such as up to 50 percent discounts, are also exclusive to this bloc of customers, offered by 20,000 brands.
天猫的VIP会员至少可以获取价值520元的优惠券，用于后期购物，此外，还有专属优惠，如高达50%的折扣，这些优惠由2万个品牌提供。
Founded in 2015, the e-commerce platform offers bulk purchase deals with big discounts and enjoys a huge consumer base in rural areas and small cities.
这家电子商务平台成立于2015年，提供大量采购的折扣交易，在农村地区和小城市拥有庞大的消费者基础。
China's major online discount retailer Vipshop Holdings Ltd posted net revenue of 28.4 billion yuan ($4.3 billion) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, maintaining positive net earnings for 34 consecutive quarters, it said in a report on Wednesday.
中国在线折扣零售商唯品会控股有限公司周三发布报告称，2021年第一季度（Q1）实现净营收284亿元人民币（43亿美元），已连续34个季度保持正净利润增长。
As the country's first platform to promote individual carbon reductions with incentive mechanism, including employee benefits and E-mall discount coupons, it will be launched in June among employees of SPIC and further expand to cooperative enterprises and the public soon,xa0Zuxa0Bin, director of SPIC,xa0said during a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday.
作为国内首个以激励机制推动个人碳减排的平台，包括员工福利和电子商城折扣券等，该平台将于6月在国家电投内部员工中率先启动，并将很快扩展到合作企业和公众，国家电投董事长于旭波周二在北京举行的新闻发布会上表示。
Drops in the cost of raw materials and sales of aged inventories, with full provisions already made at a large discount to overseas markets in 2020 were also reasons for the company's gross profit margin increase, according to Sui.
苏还表示，原材料成本下降以及已充分计提折扣后对外销售的陈年库存，也是公司毛利率上升的原因。
The State Administration for Market Regulation, China's top market regulator, has imposed a 3 million yuan ($464,000) fine on online discount retailer Vipshop on Monday for unfair competition.
中国最高市场监管机构国家市场监督管理总局周一对在线折扣零售商唯品会处以300万元人民币(46.4万美元)的罚款，原因是其存在不正当竞争行为。
China's market regulator said on Wednesday it had fined e-commerce giant JD, Alibaba Group's business-to-customer platform Tmall and discount e-retailer Vip.
中国市场监管机构周三表示，已对电商巨头京东、阿里巴巴旗下B2C平台天猫以及折扣电商Vip.com处以罚款。
The State Administration for Market Regulation said in a release on its website that it had made the decision after it received consumer complaints over these companies' pricing strategies, such as raising the price first and then offering discounts, false promotion and inducing consumers to make transactions during the Nov 11 Singles Day online shopping carnival.
市场监管总局在官网发布消息称，作出上述决定是因为接到消费者投诉，这些公司存在诸如先涨价后打折、虚假促销、诱导交易等价格违规行为，尤其是在双十一网购节期间。
At JD, the price of Vinda toilet paper was 79.9 yuan after it offered discounts on Nov 3.
在京东，维达厕纸在11月3日提供折扣后售价为79.9元。
The coffee chain attracted customers by offering massive discounts and sought to reach 10,000 locations by the end of 2021.
这家咖啡连锁店通过提供巨额折扣来吸引顾客，并计划在2021年底达到10,000家门店的目标。
We introduced our trending products for sales to our targeted consumers through livestreaming on Taobao and explained how to use coupons to get the best discounts through both group messages to our store's followers and posts on our WeChat account for subscribers.
我们通过淘宝直播向目标消费者推出了我们的热销产品，并在群消息中以及针对订阅者的微信账号上发布帖子，详细解释了如何使用优惠券以获取最佳折扣。
McCafe has introduced monthly "buy 4, get 1 free" coffee cards and other discount activities on its digital platform, thanks to McDonald's robust global sourcing and supply chain capabilities.
得益于麦当劳强大的全球采购和供应链能力， McCafe现在推出了每月“买4送1”的咖啡卡和其他数字平台上的折扣活动。
Chinese consumers will enjoy discounts on more than 30 million authentic commodities covering over 480,000 international brands from Amazon Global Store, which covered the top destinations of China customers' cross-border shopping during the shopping carnival.
中国消费者将能够享受来自亚马逊全球商店超过3000万件正品商品的折扣，这些商品覆盖了48万个国际品牌，涵盖了中国消费者跨境购物的热门目的地。在这场购物狂欢中，消费者可以尽情挑选。
It features the highest discounts all year round and serves as a bonanza for brick-and-mortar retailers, e-commerce players and consumers from around the world.
它全年提供最高折扣，对实体零售商、电子商务企业和全球消费者来说都是一场盛宴。
Chinese e-commerce giant JD said it will offer 50 percent discounts on more than 200 million commodities, launch more than 300 million new products and give subsidies and consumption coupons worth more than 20 billion yuan ($3 billion) during this year's Singles Day shopping carnival.
Miniso Group Holding, a leading discount retailer in China, filed for an initial public offering on Thursday to raise up to $100 million on the US stock market.
As the residential market enters its traditional golden season for sales, Evergrande launched a campaign for its properties nationwide by offering a historic low discount of 30 percent as its solution to deal with the tightening of credit lines and impacts brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, industry experts said.
During a group marketing conference, Xu Jiayin, chairman of real estate giant Evergrande Group, announced they are going to provide a 30 percent discount for home projects across the nation between Sept 7 and Oct 8 to achieve its target of 200 billion yuan ($29.3 billion) in sales in the coming two months, the National Business Daily reported.
Tourists from the Chinese mainland stand to snap up 50 percent discount coupons on Macao hotels by making an appointment through a dedicated mini program on the trip to Macao.
Other perks, such as discounts at offline shopping avenues, are also up for grabs, as long as customers follow the official WeChat Public account of Macao's tourism bureau, where it disseminates information and engages in customer management.
Founded in 2015, the e-commerce platform is known for offering bulk purchase deals with big discounts and enjoys a huge consumer base in rural areas and small cities.
Their earnings double on June 18 and Nov 11, the biggest shopping discount days in the country.
It has also provided free Didi Food deliveries and discounts in conjunction with restaurants and launched the "Didi Hero" program, which offers certified healthcare workers rides at half price.
In order to stimulate mobile phone consumption, Apple launched its first discount campaign during the "June 18" shopping festival via its official store at Tmall, China's biggest e-commerce platform.
Within five hours of the discount campaign kick-off, iPhone sales recorded 500 million yuan, surpassing the mobile phone's whole-day transaction volume in the Chinese market, a Tmall official said.
The company's stock price has nearly doubled during the past two months boosted by its promotion campaigns including offering coupons to customers, big discounts and group purchasing mode.
We hope the government will introduce more supportive policies in promotion, discount and resource integration for tourism scenic spots and service industries, to help us to recover swiftly from the epidemic.
At a studio promoting products made in China, Dong, together with livestreaming celebrity Li Jiaqi, showcased a Gree Electric air conditioner at a discount price of 3,699 yuan, 700 yuan lower than its original price.
The reopening also arrives as the metropolis has just kicked off a series of consumption-boosting events, including massive discounts and new product launches by many international consumer brands.
International sports brands have also joined promotional campaigns which offer major discounts online to stimulate their sales and reduce their inventories of goods.
But Adam Zhang, founder of Key-Solution Sports Consulting Company, said the discounts offered by international brands have gradually squeezed the market share of domestic sportswear brands.
In addition to providing coupons, it also ran other interactive promotions, including three livestreaming events with over 700,000 viewers, where participants received products, exclusive vouchers and other discounts on snacks and drinks, and dairy and personal care products.
The spillovers have led to concerns that Chinese firms could face difficulty selling their shares and may have to discount future IPOs in the US market as trust in Chinese firms takes a hit.
During the shopping festival, consumers can receive different types of coupons such as those for 100 or 50 percent off, other discounts and free shipping, which could be used as a deduction when they make orders at JD Daojia's platform.
China's fast-growing online group discounter Pinduoduo on Tuesday launched 300 million yuan ($42.86 million) in discounts on farm supplies to ensure this year's spring plowing.
Founded in 2015, Pinduoduo is known for offering bulk purchase deals with big discounts and enjoys a huge consumer base in rural areas and small cities.
Vendors applying for the 12-month loan stand to enjoy a 20 percent discount from the current interest rate level.
Suning Logistics has offered a 50 percent discount on distribution charges for retailers who sell such products.
Under the partnership, members of Migu-Wanda will enjoy not only various discounts when buying movie tickets and the right to watch online video content, but also preferential showtimes for movies, as well as the chance to get immersive viewing experiences powered by cutting-edge technology such as 4D, Imax and ScreenX.
Luckin said that its snack and beverage vending machine－Luckin Pop－offers lower prices than its competitors by working closely with global suppliers and receiving discounts through large volume procurement.
Luckin claims that its snack and beverage vending machinexa0– Luckin pop – offers lower prices than its competitors by working closely with global suppliers and receiving discounts through large volume procurement.
Other incentives include a performance-based commission rebate system, as well as a membership card system that can give guests an 8 percent discount and conduct personalized marketing based on customer profiles.
It will empower catering merchants to upgrade their digital solutions and help these vendors to improve online offerings, such as online membership management, smart ordering and discount bookings during off-peak hours.
Deeper discounts on generic products stoke group-buying, boost e-shoppingWu Weidong was never much of an online shopper.
But the success of Pinduoduo's model, which offers users deeper discounts on mostly generic products if they buy in groups, and encourages them to share purchases through messaging app WeChat, is driving Alibaba and JD to make a fresh push into China's lower-tier cities.
Pinduoduo's model encourages users to recommend products to friends and family to gain discounts, and heavily leverages WeChat, China's dominant messaging service, which is owned by Pinduoduo-backer Tencent Holdings.
Last year, it launched a mobile app called Taobao Tejia, or Taobao Discounts, which offers rock bottom bargain deals.
Black Friday, the start of the Christmas shopping season, is a major shopping day featuring the highest discounts all year round and serves as a bonanza for brick-and-mortar retailers, e-commerce players and consumers from around the world.
Black Friday, the start of the Christmas shopping season, is a major shopping day featuring the highest discounts all year round and is a bonanza for brick-and-mortar retailers, e-commerce players and consumers from around the world.
JD also invested in online discount retailer Vipshop Holdings Ltd to tap more female shoppers in 2017.
Vipshop Holdings Ltd, China's major online discount retailer, has already opened about 300 brickand-mortar stores across the nation.
"Through this highly strategic transaction, we will gain presence in the offline outlet business in China, which further enhances our ecosystem and fortifies our leading position in China's discount retail segment," said Eric Shen, chairman and CEO of Vipshop.
Chinese e-commerce company Pinduoduo, a four-year-old startup, gained popularity via its group-buying business model, which offers discounts to users who persuade friends on social media platforms to buy an item with them to get a lower price.
"But the retail demand on Friday remains lukewarm, mostly because Alibaba doesn't sell its shares at a discount.
The group had enquired some HK-based institutional investors with a 4 percent stock pricing discount based on the price in the New York Stock Exchange, which stood at $186.66 as of Nov 7.
Some investors were not satisfied with the proposed discount, hoping at the discount to be at least 8 to 10 percent.
Alibaba responded it was willing to expand the discount to around 5 percent.
Some said they will decide whether to apply purchase credits after the discount is confirmed as they hold shares of Alibaba in the US market.
The week-long promotion offers heavy discounts on 14 big items which could allow customers to save more than 10,000 yuan ($1,416) in total, according to the club.
As the majority of passengers traveling by air between the major hubs of Beijing and Shanghai are business travelers, they are "insensitive" to fares, and airlines rarely offer tickets at a discount on this route, said Cheng Zhiwei, a researcher at the National Development and Reform Commission's Institute of Transportation Research.
Chinese e-commerce giant JD said it will launch 100 million new products and C2M (customer-to-manufacturer) commodities within the next three years, and offer discounts and coupons worth more than 100 billion yuan ($14.1 billion) during this year's Singles Day shopping gala.