Meituan’s Alcohol Sales Surge 18-Fold as Late-Night Instant Retail Booms

A Meituan food delivery worker on motorcycle in the rain in Futian Central Business District, Shenzhen - China. Meituan, founded in 2010 by Wang Xing, is an app that users in China turn to for food delivery, restaurant deals, movie tickets, hotel and travel bookings, and more. (pic: iStock)

China’s delivery giant Meituan, which entered the annual June 18 shopping festival, or 618 festival, for the first time this year, saw total transaction volume on its platform double in the first 24 hours after the campaign launch on May 28.

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