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Retail

Singles Day is world's biggest shopping event

Don-Alvin Adegeest November 9, 2018

The world's biggest shopping extravaganza is not Black Friday or Cyber Monday. Neither is it Christmas, Boxing Day or anything to do with retail giant Amazo

Retail

In Graphs: Impossible Growth of Singles Day in China

Heidi LawNovember 6, 2018

Started as a anti-valentines joke amongst university students, and later on adopted by Alibaba as a sales event to buy themselves a gift to celebrate the beau

Business

Alibaba revenue jumps ahead of shopping bonanza Singles Day

AFPNovember 2, 2018

Alibaba revenue jumps ahead of shopping bonanza Singles Day

Retail

That's (retail) entertainment - the rise of China's Singles Day

Simone PreussNovember 16, 2017

What started as a modest marketing event with just 27 participating merchants, has become one of the world's biggest sales events in just nine years. This is

Business

JD.com raises 19.14 billion US dollars during its Singles' Day sale

Vivian HendrikszNovember 13, 2017

London - Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com gave Alibaba a run for its money during Singles' Day, otherwise known as 11.11, the online shopping sales day. JD.com

Retail

Singles Day breaks all records - again

Simone PreussNovember 13, 2017

Happy faces at Chinese online giant Alibaba: the inventor of Singles Day as a commercial event (now officially called “Global Shopping Festival“) announce

Retail

11.11 to bring in 24 billion dollars, leaving Black Friday in the dust

Vivian HendrikszNovember 10, 2017

London - 11.11, others known as Singles' Day, is set to leave Black Friday, Cyber Monday and even Amazon's Prime Day eating its dust, as becomes the leading

Report

China Alibaba founder says assisting US probe: Xinhua

AFPJune 3, 2016

Alibaba's founder Jack Ma has said the New York-listed Chinese e-commerce giant is "actively assisting" an investigation into its accounting by the US stoc

Business

China Alibaba founder says assisting US probe: Xinhua

AFPJune 3, 2016

Alibaba's founder Jack Ma has said the New York-listed Chinese e-commerce giant is "actively assisting" an investigation into its accounting by the US stoc