O2O

or O-to-O, ��·2��, o-to-o

[ oh-too-oh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

abbreviation for

online-to-offline (denoting business transactions in which the consumer finds and pays for a product or service online but receives it at the store or other business).
offline-to-online (denoting business transactions in which the consumer finds and receives a product or service at a store or other business but pays for it online, as with a smartphone).

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Word History and Origins

Origin of O2O¹

Patterned on B2B, B2C

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Example Sentences

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The value of O2O transactions in China jumped 72 percent last year to $146 billion, according to Chinese research firm Analysys.

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“Alibaba and Meituan are the two main companies that can offer comprehensive O2O services,” said Mo Jia, a Shanghai-based research analyst with technology consultancy Canalys.

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And these shops are themselves the showiest elements of a bid by Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce emporium that handles more transactions than Amazon and eBay combined, to master “online-to-offline”, or O2O, retailing, in which customers use digital channels to buy from physical businesses.

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Walmart’s China stores will be listed as a preferred retailer on JD.com’s crowd-sourced platform, O2O JV Dada.

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"This kind of craziness can't go on forever," said Liu Jun, who heads Baidu's efforts in O2O and sits on the board of Uber's China unit.

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