The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) is being held again in the Swiss ski resort of Davos.
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On January 23, Sina reporters found that searches for the names of wild animals such as civet, muntjac and river deer on Taobao were not returning any results.
China's annual Spring Festival is approaching. On January 11, Taobao announced an exclusive e-commerce partnership with CCTV's Spring Festival Gala.
Chinese e-commerce company Jumei Youpin received a privatization offer from the buyer group represented by Chen Ou, Chairman, CEO and CFO of Jumei International on January 11.
In Episode 58 of Tech Buzz China, our first episode of the new decade, co-hosts Rui Ma and Ying-Ying Lu talk about grocery e-commerce, or buying fresh food over the internet.
Alibaba has invested $10 million into XpressBees, an eCommerce logistics firm based in Pune, India.
Shanghai-based e-commerce giant Pinduoduo is exploring adding a live function to their platform to augment the social nature of their business model.
Amazon is back with plans to open another online store on Pinduoduo, the latest e-commerce disruptor, challenging the industry’s status quo with year-round discounts, group buying and a shrewd focus on China’s underrepresented lower tier cities.
However, when their e-commerce rivals like Alibaba’s Taobao and JD.com were boasting about their inflated GMV numbers during the shopping festival, Pinduoduo took another approach.
China’s 2019 11.11 Global Shopping Festival has once again set new records in terms of GMV.
Alibaba’s annual 11.11 Global Shopping Festival has only just begun and it has already generated $12.0 billion in GMV (84 billion yuan) during the first hour since the event kicked off at midnight.
On November 8, Alibaba Group announced an additional investment of roughly $3.3 billion to increase its equity stake in the logistics company Cainiao they launched in 2013.
Alibaba Group saw a robust total revenue growth of 40% year-on-year and a rise in mobile MAUs (monthly active users) to 785 million.
Alibaba Group might be eyeing a public listing in Hong Kong as early as November to raise up to $15 billion, people familiar with the matter said on October 30.
Episode 54 of TechBuzz China is about the rise of the influencer and idol economies in China, which is a major trend that has created an entirely new ecosystem online.