The buy button India never got, keeping social platforms stuck in window-shopping modeIndia's social media platforms are powerful marketing tools but not yet retail destinations. Billions scroll and swipe daily, but few buy d...
10 Dec, 2025, 03.16 PM IST
Alibaba starts selling Quark AI glasses in China, enters global wearables raceAlibaba has entered the AI wearables market with its Quark glasses, aiming to challenge Meta's dominance. Priced from 1,899 yuan, these gla...
27 Nov, 2025, 11.31 AM IST
Alibaba’s main AI app debuts strongly in effort to rival ChatGPTAlibaba's Qwen app has seen a massive surge, crossing 10 million downloads post-relaunch, signaling a strong contender against OpenAI's Cha...
24 Nov, 2025, 10.57 AM IST
Alibaba's new 'instant commerce' portal passes 40 million daily ordersChinese ecommerce giant Alibaba announced that its new Taobao Instant Commerce portal has surpassed 40 million daily orders within a month ...
26 May, 2025, 02.37 PM IST
Chinese ecommerce giants make expensive bets on fast deliveriesThe new turf war focused on speed is coming at a high cost in the short term as the ecommerce giants look to entice consumers with hefty di...
13 May, 2025, 10.41 AM IST
Alibaba, RedNote in tie-up as China ecommerce competition intensifiesThe broadening of the strategic partnership between Alibaba and RedNote comes as China's ecommerce giants vie for market share on multiple ...
07 May, 2025, 03.22 PM IST
Trump taking shots at a rival, but Americans are flocking to its shopping appsAmerican shoppers are increasingly turning to Chinese e-commerce apps like DHgate, Taobao, and Shein for deeply discounted goods, driven by...
17 Apr, 2025, 07.38 PM IST
Live commerce startup Shopr.tv raises $1.7 million from Y-Combinator, Kunal ShahThe startup, founded in 2021 by entrepreneurs Akhil Suhag, Akshay Suhag, Mukul Anand, and Tushar Dhara, said it will invest the money in it...
18 Oct, 2022, 03.47 PM IST
A super app from Tatas is ready to take on Mukesh Ambani’s consumer digital empireThe kind of super-app that has succeeded in China and Southeast Asia requires a reason for customers to visit it regularly. Commerce is inc...
07 Apr, 2022, 10.49 AM IST
Social ecommerce platform Coutloot boosts income of over 6 lakh sellersThe company built on the lines of Taobao said an average seller earns Rs 16,000 on the platform every month compared to Rs 2,300 at the sta...
28 Dec, 2021, 04.59 PM 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
InMobi's Roposo pivots to live commerce from short videoUsers on the Roposo platform will now be able to discover products recommended by creators on live streams and shop from hundreds of creato...
13 Oct, 2021, 06.07 PM IST
China sets rules on computer codes that guide consumersThe measures are part of a broader crackdown by Beijing on the tech sector and mega-apps including gaming, personal finance and ride-hailin...
27 Aug, 2021, 11.40 AM IST
Government bans 43 more Chinese apps, SnackVideo and AliExpress on the listThe government had earlier banned apps such as ByteDance-owned TikTok, Helo along with WeChat, CamScanner and PUBG.
25 Nov, 2020, 08.55 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'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