Alibaba Group

Singles’ Day Sales Growth Slows, but Cross-Border Commerce and Livestreaming Shine On

Alibaba Group declined to release the exact results for its 14th annual 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, also known as Singles’ Day, instead…

Simon and Shop Premium Outlets Team Up with Tmall for Livestream Events Linked to 11.11 Festival

Simon and Shop Premium Outlets (SPO) are partnering with Alibaba Group’s Tmall Global to launch a series of live shopping events in…

Alibaba Leverages the Metaverse to Offer ‘Multi-Dimensional Interactions’ to Luxury Customers

With China set to become the world’s largest luxury market by 2025, Alibaba is intent on building out the immersive digital experience…

Reports: Alibaba Lays Off 10,000 as New Lockdowns Dampen Chinese Recovery

Ecommerce juggernaut Alibaba isn’t immune to the economic forces weighing down other retailers, particularly as new lockdowns in mainland China dampen hopes…

NRF Big Show 2022 Returns to In-Person Format Despite COVID Challenges

Against daunting odds, the 2022 National Retail Federation Big Show once again brought retailers and suppliers face to face IRL from Jan….

Alibaba Separates International and Domestic Commerce Operations, Names New CFO

Alibaba Group has reorganized its consumer and wholesale commerce divisions and named current Deputy CFO Toby Xu to succeed Maggie Wu as…

Singles’ Day Broke Sales Records Again, but That’s Not the Whole Story

The 13th annual 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, also known as Singles’ Day, has once again broken its own sales records. Alibaba itself…

How U.S. Brands Can Get a Piece of the $115B+ Singles’ Day Opportunity

First off, it seems the term “Singles’ Day” is a bit passé. The more contemporary appellation for the massive Chinese shopping extravaganza…

Alibaba Shares Up Following Historic Antitrust Fine of $2.75B

Chinese regulators have fined ecommerce giant Alibaba a record 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion) for monopolistic practices, after finding that the site…

Maisonette Raises $30M in Series B Funding, Appoints Alibaba Exec to Board

Children’s goods marketplace Maisonette has raised $30 million in Series B funding and added Pierre Poignant, Co-founder of Lazada and Special Assistant to the CEO…