Pinduoduo, popular among Chinese consumers for its discounts, sent "reminders" whenever other sellers dropped their prices below hers. When...

The article discusses ecommerce in India, recounting a 2014 conversation about its benefits. Piyush Goyal expressed concerns about its soci...

On Wednesday, U.S. stocks saw modest gains as investors reacted to a major payroll data revision and awaited minutes from the latest Federa...

This year the shopping festival failed to stir up much excitement among shoppers, industry experts said, even as major platforms extended o...

Originally a 24-hour online shopping event held on November 11 each year in China, the 'Singles Day' festival - a nod to the digits in the ...

This year marked the second time Alibaba has not disclosed the actual yuan value of its sales for its landmark festival, which this year ce...

Originally a 24-hour online shopping event held on Nov. 11 each year in China, the 'Singles Day' festival - a nod to the digits in the date...

This year's festival is being more closely watched than ever as a gauge of consumer confidence as China flirts with deflation and has ident...

The S&P 500 opened higher by 2.14 points, or 0.05%, at 4,517.01, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 22.23 points, or 0.16%, to 14,041.54 at ...

The 618 festival, named after the founding date of JD.com but embraced by all platforms and running from late May until June 18, is a key t...

CHINA-CONSUMPTION-China's JD.com posts slowest growth ever in '618' shopping event

The separate fundraising raises the prospect that Alibaba may consider spinning off the chain as a separate business, unlocking some of the...

Pulling out of Chinese e-commerce represents a setback for the company in the world’s largest retail market.

The shopping carnival saw online markets doing business exceeding $30 billion as millions of consumers bought a wide range of goods, most o...

Alibaba Group, during its Double 11 (also called 11.11 sale), surpassed its last year's "Single's Day" sales of USD 18 billion, netting abo...

Such is the show's impact that in recent years firms have increasingly prepared for shocks by buttering up consumers.

The Reliance group can also tout prior experience; it was an early investor in India’s first ever online retailer, Fabmart.com.