Alibaba Group Holding Limited reported a robust performance for the quarter ending March 31, 2024, showcasing a strategic rebound and growth across its diverse business segments. The e-commerce giant’s focus on enhancing customer experience and strategic investments has resulted in notable year-over-year growth, despite challenging market conditions.
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Over 4,100 brands surpass billion-yuan sales on Alibaba Tmall in 2023
The year 2023 marked a significant milestone for Tmall, one of China’s leading online retail platforms, with the emergence of over 4,100 brands each achieving annual sales exceeding one billion yuan, according to data shared at Tmall’s TopTalk conference. This surge underscores a broader trend of digital marketplace evolution, characterized by innovative sales strategies, substantial […]
Alibaba-Backed Moonshot AI Unveils Kimi Chatbot’s Breakthrough
In a groundbreaking development that is set to redefine digital communication, Kimi, the AI assistant developed by Moonshot AI (backed by Alibaba Group), has announced support for an unprecedented 2 million-character dialogue window. This enhancement, achieved within just six months of its initial release in October 2023, signifies a monumental leap in AI capabilities. The […]
Alibaba’s “Hui Wa”: Future of E-commerce or Mere Hype?
In the evolving landscape of digital commerce, Alibaba’s recent foray into AI-driven e-commerce with the launch of “Hui Wa” marks a significant milestone. As the digital giants of China, including Baidu and ByteDance, pave their paths in AI e-commerce, the question arises: Is AI the new frontier for e-commerce, or is it simply a buzzword? […]
Alibaba Cloud launched SaaS platform to help companies achieve carbon neutrality goals
Alibaba Cloud has launched a software-as-a-service (SaaS) product Energy Expert, a sustainability platform to help customers worldwide measure, analyze and manage the carbon emissions of their business activities and products.
Mobile reach in 2022: Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, ByteDance, Kuaishou
Tencent has the highest reach of internet users in China in 2021 (95%) with 442 mobile apps, followed by Alibaba (88%), Baidu (81%), and ByteDance (73%), according to data from QuestMobile.
Double 11 (Singles’ Day) Shopping Festival 2021: Alibaba Tmall GVM hit US$84.54 billion
Would Double 11, the biggest shopping event in China, remain the most important shopping festival in 2021? The total amount of GMV this year will be twice that of 2019, reaching about US$85 billion, according to App Annie’s forecast.
Alibaba unveiled 5nm Yitian 710, among China’s most advanced chips
Alibaba Cloud unveiled a new in-house processor design for use in its data centers. The server chips, named Yitian 710, are custom-built by Alibaba Group’s chip development business, T-Head.
Mini Program platforms 2021: WeChat vs. Alibaba vs. Baidu (Updated)
Mini Programs (MP) are light applications designed to run on top of a specific mobile app. Top technology companies in China have designed and run their own mini-program framework; and, the most popular ones include WeChat platform, Alibaba (Alipay platform; Taobao platform), Baidu Smart Program, and QuickApp. Lifestyle service is the most popular category on […]
Top 13 global B2C e-commerce companies by GMV, led by Alibaba and Amazon
COVID-19 generated an increase in demand for online sales of physical goods due to quarantine restrictions imposed in many countries.1 Overall retail sales declined by 1% in a group of seven countries in 2020 included in a UN report while online retail grew by 22%.
Alibaba steps up for community group buying market in China
Recently, Alibaba has set up an MMC business unit to focus on the community group buying business, integrating the community group buying business of Lingshoutong and Hema Jishi. The business group leader is a partner at Alibaba Dai Shan, who is the eleventh employee of Alibaba and also the president of Alibaba’s B2B business group. […]
How’s Alibaba Taobao Double 12 different from the Singles’ Day campaign?
Double 11 in November is the largest shopping festival in China and Alibaba promotes it with Tmall platform. Double 12, following Double 11 in December, is also an important annual campaign for e-commerce platforms. Taobao started Double 12 and this year is the 10th year. It has a new proposition: strengthening the user’s mind of Taobao […]
Double 11 2020: Alibaba Tmall, JD Singles’ Day sales exceeded US$116 billion
Jingdong (JD.com) total 11-day sales during Double 11 2020 grew by 32% YoY and reached 271.5 billion yuan (US$41.02 bn) in GMV. Tmall’s 11-day Singles’ Day sales reached 498.2 billion yuan (US$75.27 billion) with an increase of 26% YoY.
Alibaba to transform BMW’s China business
BMW and Alibaba signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a strategic partnership in Beijing this week.
Alibaba acquires controlling stake in Sun Art Retail Group with US$3.6 billion
Alibaba today announced it will invest approximately USD3.6 billion in respect of Sun Art Retail Group Limited (Sun Art), a leading hypermarket and supermarket operator in China, that will raise its aggregate direct and indirect stake to approximately 72% .