How Alibaba's six main new business units stack upAlibaba Group Holding's former CEO, Daniel Zhang, has unexpectedly left the company's cloud computing unit, raising concerns about its spin...
Apple expands retail presence in China, opens store on WeChat platformThe move by Apple comes as Chinese consumers increasingly turn to social media platforms such as WeChat and ByteDance's Douyin, the Chinese...
Brands focus on stories in refining China livestreaming to boost profitsWhen tech giant Apple joined China's livestreaming frenzy, a major driving force of the e-commerce boom in the world's second biggest econo...
How Chinese tech giant Alibaba's six new business units stack upThe e-commerce giant announced in March it will split into six business units, each with its own CEO and board of directors, and adopt a ho...
China proposes measures to manage generative AI servicesThe rules drafted by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) come as several governments are considering how to mitigate the dangers o...
Alibaba shows off its generative AI tech, to roll out Tongyi Qianwen in all appsCalled Tongyi Qianwen, the AI large language model drafted invitation letters, planned trip itineraries and advised shoppers on types of ma...
Alibaba unveils Tongyi Qianwen, an AI model similar to GPTIt will first be integrated into DingTalk, Alibaba's workplace messaging app and can be used to summarise meeting notes, write emails and d...
How Alibaba's six new business units stack upAlibaba has long relied on e-commerce as its core business, with smaller divisions in sectors such as cloud computing and entertainment. Th...
After the split, here's how Alibaba's six new business units stack upThe company's CEO Daniel Zhang said the business units will each be free to pursue funding and IPOs independently, which points to a possib...
Alibaba’s grocery chain Freshippo considers funding at $10 billion valueThe separate fundraising raises the prospect that Alibaba may consider spinning off the chain as a separate business, unlocking some of the...
China regulators should act further to free up apps' access to rivals' links: State paperAccording to the Economic Information Daily, this showed companies could not be relied on to carry out "self rectification", and government...
China tech crackdown: Tencent to allows WeChat users access to rivals' linksWeChat will implement the changes in phases—starting with allowing users to access links in private, one-to-one chats once they upgraded to...
Gucci joins Alibaba's luxury e-commerce site to woo Chinese consumersFashion label Gucci will open two flagship stores on Alibaba's online luxury shopping platform, underscoring the importance of the Chinese ...
Alibaba kicks off 2019 11.11 global shopping festival with a concerted focus on 'green action'The 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, which culminates on November 11, taps a global supply chain to meet the growing demand of Chinese consu...
Paytm launches separate smartphone app, website for e-marketplace businessThe platform called Paytm Mall will focus on structured categories and brand-authorised stores with a focus on electronics, top fashion bra...
How Alibaba turns wealthy shopaholics into a marketing squadRolled out about two years ago, APASS has helped Alibaba persuade the well-heeled shoppers trolling its Tmall and Taobao shopping emporiums...
Paytm to hive off original wallet business into separate appFounder Vijay Shekhar Sharma said the payments market has reached the long-tail of Indian consumers where the app requirements are differen...