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Alibaba Cloud Unit CEO Steps Down; Freshippo IPO Reportedly Delayed

Alibaba’s former Chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang has stepped down from his roles with the company. Zhang, who had been named CEO…

Q2 Results Roundup: Walmart and TJX Shine, Target and Home Depot Stumble

The nation’s two biggest big-box retailers, Walmart and Target, reported markedly different results for their second quarters. For the three-month period ending…

Alibaba Boosts Q2 Revenue 14%

For the first three-month period following its March 2023 corporate restructuring into six distinct businesses, Alibaba Group increased Q2 revenue 14% year-over-year…

The Dragon’s Discount: How Chinese Shopping Apps Are Breathing Fire on Amazon’s Market Share

Need to save some money from too much shopping on Amazon? Check out Temu! Temu, the latest shopping app to shoot up…

Alibaba Shares Soar on Expectation that New $982M Fine Signals End of China’s Tech Crackdown

Fintech firm Ant Group, an affiliate of Chinese ecommerce behemoth Alibaba, has been fined 7.1 billion yuan (approximately $982 million) by Chinese…

Update: Alibaba’s Freshippo Plans to Open Additional Stores as it Preps for IPO

Alibaba has opened 12 new Freshippo supermarkets in eight Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Earlier in June, Freshippo executives met…

AI in Retail: We had Questions; Human Experts (not ChatGPT) Provided the Answers

Editor’s note: This is the fifth and final article in our series on AI in retail (though we’ll continue to cover the…

Reports: Alibaba Planning to Launch ChatGPT-Like Chatbot for Business Partners

Alibaba is reportedly looking for partner companies to test its Tongyi Qianwen AI chatbot, according to Reuters. A formal launch is expected…

The Face-Off Between Amazon and ‘Alternative Marketplaces’ is Shaping the Next Era of Ecommerce

“Omnichannel” has been an aspiration for brands for many years now, but while it used to refer to the merging of a…

Facebook Parent Meta to Lay Off 10,000 Employees, Close 5,000 Open Job Postings

Following layoffs of 11,000 workers in November 2022, Facebook parent company Meta announced on March 14 that it would let go of…

With Growth Top-of-Mind, Luxury Brands Focus on Digital Goods and Virtual Experiences

Macroeconomic forces — from inflation to corporate layoffs and the unknown impacts of a recession — are creating uncertainty throughout the retail…

Holiday Leftovers? Here are 4 Ways Sellers can Minimize Excess Inventory

The past year presented a plethora of challenges for retailers. Among them were unpredictable shipment of supplies and waning consumer demand that…

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alibaba

Alibaba Cloud Unit CEO Steps Down; Freshippo IPO Reportedly Delayed

Q2 Results Roundup: Walmart and TJX Shine, Target and Home Depot Stumble

Alibaba Boosts Q2 Revenue 14%

The Dragon’s Discount: How Chinese Shopping Apps Are Breathing Fire on Amazon’s Market Share

Alibaba Shares Soar on Expectation that New $982M Fine Signals End of China’s Tech Crackdown

Update: Alibaba’s Freshippo Plans to Open Additional Stores as it Preps for IPO

AI in Retail: We had Questions; Human Experts (not ChatGPT) Provided the Answers

Reports: Alibaba Planning to Launch ChatGPT-Like Chatbot for Business Partners

The Face-Off Between Amazon and ‘Alternative Marketplaces’ is Shaping the Next Era of Ecommerce

Facebook Parent Meta to Lay Off 10,000 Employees, Close 5,000 Open Job Postings

With Growth Top-of-Mind, Luxury Brands Focus on Digital Goods and Virtual Experiences

Holiday Leftovers? Here are 4 Ways Sellers can Minimize Excess Inventory

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