Baidu-backed Chinese online travel agency Qunar sees mobile travel bookings as a crucial part of its strategy to keep grabbing market share and remain China’s most-visited online travel website. Qunar — the name means “Where are you going?” in Chinese — is 61% owned by Baidu (BIDU), China’s No. 1 search engine. Jenna Qian, deputy general manager of Beijing-based Qunar Cayman Islands (QUNR), told IBD that Qunar, which raised $167 million in a
When Apple unveiled its first iPad tablet in April 2010, the company was creating one of the top holiday gift categories for years to come, and 2013 will be no different. But the tablet category is far more than just Apple, of course. Here are some tablet and tablet accessory gift ideas sure to bring smiles. The Sero 7 LT, by China-based HiSense, is available at Wal-Mart (WMT) for a mere $79. Sure, it lacks some of the features of the $300-plus
Cyber cash registers are ringing often in the early days of the holiday shopping season. U.S. online sales were on track for nearly 20% growth on Cyber Monday — the first full workday after Thanksgiving and always one of the biggest online shopping days. As of 3 p.m. ET, online sales for Monday were up 18.7% vs. the year-earlier span, according to a unit of IBM (IBM). The growth is outpacing projections. Research firms ComScore and Forrester