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…
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The number of active users on Alibaba Group’s ecommerce platforms topped 1 billion for the first time in…
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Alibaba Group recorded revenue of RMB 221 billion ($33.9 billion USD) in Q3 2020, a period that included…
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Chinese social media giant Tencent has agreed to take a financial stake in Carrefour China. The French retailer…
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