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JD.com or Jingdong Mall (), formerly 360buy,〔(China's B2C E-commmerce Giant 360buy Rebrands ), Retrieved December 3, 2013〕 is a Chinese electronic commerce company headquartered in Beijing. It is one of the largest B2C online retailers in China by transaction volume.〔(Lessons from an early failure ), FT.com, Retrieved December 3, 2013〕 Its English website, for worldwide shipping, launched on October 18, 2012. The company was founded by Liu Qiangdong (a.k.a. Richard Liu) in July 1998, and its B2C platform went online in 2004. It started as an online magneto-optical store, but soon diversified, selling electronics, mobile phones, computers, etc. Jingdong Mall changed the domain name to 360buy.com in June 2007, and to JD.com in 2013. == History == * June 1998 - The company was founded as Jingdong Century Trading Co., Ltd selling magneto-optical in Beijing, China. * January 2004 - The company’s B2C site went online as jdlaser.com * January 2006 - Shanghai subsidiary established * January 2007 - Guangzhou subsidiary established * June 2007 - began using the domain name 360buy.com, and the company name was changed to Jingdong Mall. * December 2010 - 360buy.com started online bookstore. CDs, DVDs and ebooks were added in the following months. * April 2011 - 360buy.com launched platform named “POP” for brand owners. * October 2012 - en.360buy.com was launched for the international market * March 2013 - the company's domain name was changed to JD.com. * March 2014 - Tencent acquires a 15% stake in JD.com by paying cash and handing over its e-commerce businesses Paipai, QQ Wanggou and a stake in Yixun to JD.com, in order to build a stronger competitor to Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.〔(Tencent to Buy 15% Stake in JD.com to Boost E-Commerce ) // Bloomberg, March 10, 2014 〕 * April 2014 - Subsidiary's Lawsuit Against JD.com Accepted By Court 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「JD.com」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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