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Online orders surge after China spring holidays
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IANS | 06 Feb, 2012
Online retailers were overwhelmed by a flood of orders in the week
following the spring holidays in China, a media report said Saturday.
They
were mainly those who were unable to access online stores due to
holiday closures. The spring holidays fall around Chinese Lunar New Year
Jan 23.
Four employees in Shang Feike's store on Taobao, China's
largest online shopping platform, had to work four hours overtime a day
to pack goods and send them by courier.
"We have had about 100
orders every day after the holiday, which is almost double our normal
amount," said Shang, whose store sells skin care products and cosmetics.
The store closed Jan 19 and restarted business Jan 29, the first working day after the holiday, the Global Times reported.
She
said that she usually makes sure the orders placed before 5 p.m. are
sent out on the same day. However, the employees still could not manage
to pack all of the orders despite the extended work hours.
The sudden increase in the number of packages has also kept courier companies busier than usual.
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