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<ul><li>With a low base, YoY growth in online physical goods GMV in April jumped to 20.8% (March: 10.9%), but the two-year CAGR of 7.0% only demonstrated a slight improvement from 6.8% in March, indicating a mild and gradual sequential recovery trend.</li><li>Looking ahead, robust consumption data from Brand and Quality shopping festival and Labour Day (LD) holiday likely heralds a constant mild recovery for online retail sales in May.</li><li>The beat on JD’s 1Q23 earnings likely indicates a better than feared evolvement of competitive landscape for e-commerce industry in the near term, although industry competition remains fierce. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

With a low base, YoY growth in online physical goods GMV in April jumped to 20.8% (March: 10.9%), but the two-year CAGR of 7.0% only demonstrated a slight improvement from 6.8% in March, indicating a mild and gradual sequential recovery trend.Looking ahead, robust consumption data from Brand and Quality shopping festival and Labour Day (LD) holiday likely heralds a constant mild recovery for online retail sales in May.The beat on JD’s 1Q23 earnings likely indicates a better than feared evolvement of competitive landscape for e-commerce industry in the near term, although industry competition remains fierce. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Internet – April online retail sales recap