{"id":20734,"date":"2021-09-12T02:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T02:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=20734"},"modified":"2021-09-12T02:00:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T02:00:16","slug":"tech-giants-are-squeezing-retailers-with-group-buying-platforms-and-analyst-predicts-tighter-regulations-to-level-playing-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=20734","title":{"rendered":"Tech giants are squeezing retailers with group buying platforms and analyst predicts tighter regulations to level playing field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s technology giants are turning community group buying into a 1.5 trillion yuan (US$232 billion) industry, sending retailers reeling under bulk-discounting onslaught. Could they become a target for regulatory scrutiny?These purchasing platforms, backed by the financial might of Alibaba Group Holding, Tencent Holdings, Meituan and Pinduoduo, among others, have become the go-to buying channels for consumers seeking big rebates, disrupting traditional distribution and pricing systems, some\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/companies\/article\/3148404\/tech-giants-are-squeezing-retailers-group-buying-platforms-and?utm_source=rss_feed\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s technology giants are turning community group buying into a 1.5 trillion yuan (US$232 billion) industry, sending retailers reeling under bulk-discounting onslaught. Could they&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20734"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}