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How Would the New Chinese E-commerce Law Change Taobao?

Jack Ma, co-founder and executive chairman of Alibaba, China’s biggest e-commerce platform, has announced his unexpected retirement as chief executive officer earlier this month. The company’s core to-customer e-commerce platform Taobao, however, may be facing more hiccups.

Third Taobao Maker Festival Kick off in West Lake Area in Hangzhou

Taobao, China’s leading e-commerce platform, developed by Alibaba Group kicked off its third Taobao Maker Festival in Hangzhou, China on Sept. 13.

Alibaba Revenues Soar 61% with Booming E-Commerce on Taobao

Alibaba Group, the Chinese multinational and multi-business conglomerate, announced on Thursday its Q2 earnings report of the quarter ending on June 30, 2018 with a revenue standing at $12,229 million

Starbucks Partners with Alibaba to Start Coffee Delivery Amidst Fierce Competition

In one month, Chinese Starbucks customers will no longer need to wait in line for their cup of coffee as the coffee giant forms new partnership with the Alibaba Group.

Taobao Opens Class to Help Chinese Elderly Better at E-Commerce

Taobao started its senior’s programme named “Taobao College for Seniors” on Monday in Hangzhou, headquarter of the e-commerce giant.

Controversial New Retail: A New Business Opportunity in 2018?

2017 was a year of great changes in China’s retail industry. New retail methods, new industry definitions, new categories and new technologies emerged.

Alibaba: Average Daily Tax Exceeds 100M Yuan in 2017, Creates 33M Jobs

Alibaba recently released its 2017 data related to social responsibility. During 2017, Alibaba paid more than 100 million yuan per day in taxes, drove more than 290 billion yuan in tax payments through upstream and downstream companies and created 33 million jobs.

JD.com Plans to Sell 2B Euro French Goods in Next Two Years

French President Macron is on a state visit to China. Under his witness, JD.com group signed memorandums of understanding with Business France and the French industrial engineering group Fives.

Jack Ma and Hupan University: Cultivating the Next Generation of Chinese Entreprenuers Through Failure Education

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” -Nelson Mandela

Idlefish Speeds Secondhand Sales: Users Allowed ‘Dispatch Upon Receiving Money’

Idlefish is teaming with 50 organizations, including CACE (China Association of Circular Economy), Igooma, Youdemai, Aihuishou, Huishoubao, Yxianypin, Yueren, Souche, Zhima Credit and Ant Forest, in a movement toward an “idle-free society.”

Asia’s First Freight Airport to Open in Ezhou, Hubei, SF Express to Invest 2.3B Yuan

SF Express Holding announced its wholly owned subsidiary Shenzhen SF Tyson Holdings had signed a cooperation agreement with the Hubei Provincial Government. SF will build the world’s fourth and Asia’s first professional freight airport in Ezhou.

PRC State Post Bureau: Post, Courier Services Handles 243M Packages on Double 12

According to official website of the State Post Bureau, monitoring data showed that postal enterprises received 243 million packages on December 12, a 38 percent increase from last year.

CEO Speaks on JD.com’s Decade of Logistics Development

JD.com logistics CEO Wang Zhen-hui said at 2017 NewGen Logistics World Summit on December 11 that due to consumption, industrial upgrades and technological advancements, the logistics industry is entering a new era defined by short chains, smartness and symbiosis.

Jack Ma Just Ate His Own Words

He Swore ‘Never Do Games Business’ While Now Enter Game Industry in High Profile In June 2010, when talking to the then Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma said, “we firmly believe games couldn’t change China. China pursues single-child policy. If children play games all the time, what will our country be like […]

Writing Software Floods the China’s Internet

Yesterday, People’s Daily reported that plagiarism prevails in online novels and that a writer who suspected of plagiarism was found to have used material in writing software. According investigation, there are numerous stores selling writing software in Taobao. And many software storekeepers say that such software is used to assist novel writing but mainly, the […]

A Chinese Startup Argued Alibaba’s Taobao Plagiarized

On September 29, a netizen called Wu Liang released an article titled In Today’s Version of Alibaba Baba and Forty Thieves, Alibaba itself is Forty Thieves on Zhihu, claiming “Alibaba unexpectedly took our technical proposal in the name of the cooperation and completely copied our app.” According to ‘Wu Liang’, the “smart skin quality measurement”（智能测肤） […]

JD.com Officially Enters the Real Estate E-Commerce Business

On September 18, Zeng Fuhu, former VP of Sohu net and GM of Sohu Focus, confirmed to All Whether TMT that he officially joined JD.com at the end of July and served as GM of JD.com real estate department. The department, which was recently formed, is now hiring staff. Jd.com will also add a new […]

Costco Must Overcome Three Challenges to Break into the Chinese Market

In October, 2014, Costco opened up an overseas flagship store on TMall International to give e-commerce in China a shot. On January 23rd, 2016, Costco opened a franchised store in Wuhan to give offline retail a try. On September 8th, 2017, Costco announced the opening of its first store in Shanghai, and confirmed the store […]

Alibaba will establish their own shopping mall—“More Mall”

Jack Ma marked the year 2017 as the first year of Alibaba’s retail business. From 2017, Alibaba business empire expands its territory—involved in the convenience stores with Lingshoutong (零售通), supermarkets with Hema Xiansheng (盒马鲜生) and Bailian (百联), department stores with the privatized Yintai (银泰), and local life service platform with Koubei (口碑). In the whole […]

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