Alibaba.com's September Procurement Festival Gets Off to a Strong Start in First Week: Buyer-Driven GMV Rises Nearly 20% YoY

September 9 news: As the global peak procurement season kicks off, the first week of Alibaba.com's September Procurement Festival has delivered strong performance, with buyer-driven GMV up nearly 20% year-on-year and high-quality business leads rising 25.4% year-on-year. Nearly 90% of sectors achieved positive growth, covering multiple categories including consumer electronics, beauty and personal care, machinery, new energy, packaging and printing. Unlike short-term concentrated surges in single markets or categories, demand at this year's procurement festival shows a multi-polar release trend. Markets such as the U.S., Canada, Spain and the UK all maintain rapid growth, with the U.S. market delivering the most outstanding performance, where order volume increased 31.6% year-on-year. Taking the U.S. market as an example, overall orders in the security and access control category more than tripled year-on-year, reflecting local small and medium-sized enterprises and households' procurement demand for smart security upgrades; orders in the sports and entertainment category rose 125%, as the popularity of home fitness consumption remains sustained; orders for gifts and handicrafts increased nearly 60%, indicating that advance stocking for year-end festival gifts has started ahead of schedule. This article was first published on the official website of Ebrun. [Source: Ebrun Go, an automated writing robot developed by Ebrun that delivers e-commerce industry intelligence to you via algorithms as soon as possible. This tool is still in its early stages, please contact run@ebrun.com or leave a message to help it improve.]