BOCOM International: Q3 e-commerce recovery is in line with expectations. The Double 11 Shopping Festival may boost demand
In Q3, after adjustment, the online retail sales of physical goods increased by 7.1% year-on-year (3% compared with Q2), showing a monthly recovery trend.Offline consumption, especially catering recovery, was under pressure.In September, catering consumption fell 1.7% year on year.
The increasing trend of e-commerce platform profit margin will continue.It is expected that in Q3, the decline of Alibaba's mainland e-commerce GMV will narrow to 2%, and the pace of recovery will be consistent with the overall market; The performance of$JD.com (JD.US)$Supermarket category is resilient, with a year-on-year increase of8%in self support;$PDD Holdings (PDD.US)$is expected to maintaindouble-digit growthby virtue of its cost-effective user mentality and more demanding category structure;$KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK)$GMV increased by26%, and the commission rate may slightly increase compared with the same period.