{"id":33240,"date":"2026-08-17T20:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T20:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/33240\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T20:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T20:22:10","slug":"belga-share-chinese-online-giant-jd-com-opens-logistics-hub-near-antwerp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/33240\/","title":{"rendered":"Belga Share &#8211; Chinese online giant JD.com opens logistics hub near Antwerp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Willebroek is strategically located between Antwerp and Brussels. The warehouse was built in 2017 for Decathlon. The French sports retailer moved out two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>   According to Montea, the Chinese company is leasing the building to further develop its e-commerce activities in Belgium and Luxembourg. &#8220;The warehouse will be equipped with a high degree of automation,&#8221; it states.<\/p>\n<p>   Earlier this year, JD.com launched its online store Joybuy in Belgium and other European countries. This marks a second attempt by the Chinese group, which previously launched the online supermarket Ochama. Ochama has now been integrated into Joybuy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   The Chinese also own the electronics retailer MediaMarkt.<\/p>\n<p>The initial translation of this content was generated by AI. All facts, context, and language have subsequently been verified and validated by a human editorial team. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/belga.be\/ai-disclaimer-belga-english\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Willebroek is strategically located between Antwerp and Brussels. The warehouse was built in 2017 for Decathlon. The French&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[19,14770,14487,17914,14488,17915,1220],"class_list":["post-33240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-antwerp","tag-antwerp","tag-aviation-and-logistics","tag-belga-english","tag-chinese-online-giant-jd-com-opens-logistics-hub-near-antwerp","tag-economy-and-money","tag-it-and-technology","tag-transport"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/117112716874901632","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}