Alibaba banks on aggressive Singles Day pricing to recoup sales mojoWhile Alibaba has announced that it will offer 80 million products at their lowest prices this year during Singles Day, which began in late...
31 Oct, 2023, 04.44 PM IST
'India needs to took at Chinese e-commerce for effective taxation and integrating rural economy'Arun Kumar, speaking at a book launch in Delhi, said that "India needs to follow the Chinese model of e-commerce. They were implemented in ...
22 Oct, 2022, 09.27 AM IST
Meesho is building a livestreaming platform to counter Flipkart, MyntraMeesho, for its livestreaming platform, is looking to bring on board influencers, who will have access to sellers and companies while Meesh...
20 Dec, 2021, 06.59 AM IST
Open Sesame: A look into Alibaba’s vision for the futureJack Ma’s New Retail is the driving force behind the rising trend of digitising supermarkets, hospitality, and retail stores.
26 Sep, 2019, 09.57 AM IST
China e-comm story: There is little you can't buy on Alibaba’s Taobao appEvery month, some 63.4 crore consumers, nearly half of China's population, use this app on their smartphones.
28 Jul, 2019, 05.13 PM IST
Alibaba planning to bring its China retail playbook to IndiaFirm looks to bring AR, personalised experiences and customer analytics to offline stores in India
02 Oct, 2018, 08.09 AM IST
He's a debt-laden property mogul. Meet China's own Donald TrumpHui, whose net worth is about $7.4 billion, has started disposing of some, listing Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club and selling th...
03 Jan, 2017, 01.58 PM IST
Alibaba again named 'notorious market' in blow to overseas pushAlibaba makes money from Taobao through advertising, with third-party merchants posting products for sale such as toys, food and medical eq...
22 Dec, 2016, 11.15 AM IST
Rise in e-commerce could create net of 12 million jobs in the country over a decadeBut building India’s physical and digital infrastructure is a necessary condition for enabling e-commerce networks to spread and also raise...
27 Jul, 2016, 08.12 PM IST
How Alibaba won and lost a friend in WashingtonAlibaba began 17 years ago in the modest living room of a gutsy man with a history of failure. Jack Ma struggled in school, and even Kentuc...
27 May, 2016, 12.21 PM IST
Alibaba likely to surpass Walmart as world's top retailerWalmart posted net sales of $478.6 bn for its fiscal year ending Jan 31, while latest trading volume figure for Alibaba amounted to 3 tn yu...
22 Mar, 2016, 09.11 AM IST
Chinese online sales breaks record on Singles DayLast year, it took 38 minutes to hit the 10 billion yuan mark and the company is expected to easily break last year's one-day sales record ...
11 Nov, 2015, 01.18 PM IST
Alibaba's Jack Ma may invest in Paytm; here's why Indian e-commerce will never be the same againJack Ma, founder of the world’s largest e-tailer Alibaba, readies to make his first big investment in India in the largest m-commerce platf...
18 Jan, 2015, 11.59 AM IST
China Singles Day online shoppers spend almost $ 6 billionThe most popular items sold on Singles' Day included underwear, diapers, baby milk formula, mobile phones, cars, diamond rings and home app...
12 Nov, 2013, 04.28 PM IST
- China, Japan launch world's biggest online marketplace
China's largest retail website Taobao and Yahoo! Japan launched a joint service on Tuesday in a deal expected to create the world's biggest...
01 Jun, 2010, 05.35 PM IST
- China's Taobao and Yahoo! Japan unveil retail partnership
Taobao, China's largest retail website, and Yahoo! Japan on Monday announced new online platforms that will allow merchants on their respec...
10 May, 2010, 01.32 PM IST
- PayPal to tie up with Chinese partner
China's top provider of electronic payment services will tie up with online payment platform PayPal, the two companies said, in a move that...
18 Mar, 2010, 03.11 PM IST