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Costco entered China at the right time but can its success last?
Members club warehouse retail is suddenly very big in China, and Costco may have struck gold by offering bulk quantities of high value products that Chinese consumers want to buy.
Weekly Must-Read: TikTok’s Chinese Twin Is Taking On Alibaba and Meituan for E-Commerce Market Share
Like ByteDance’s TikTok, the Douyin video sharing app deploys live-streaming in the competition for consumers in the online marketplace
Alibaba-Backed Fliggy Trains More Female Talents for China's Rural Tourism - Pandaily
Over the past year, Fliggy, a leading online travel service platform under Alibaba Group, has launched a program to train talents for rural tourism with the Alibaba Foundation. This initiative has successfully trained approximately 1,000 female talents to date.
Alibaba targets Bangladeshi manufacturers in push to expand
Chinese e-commerce site looks to draw more sellers from South Asian nation
Alibaba Helps Rural Students in China via Cloud Computers - Pandaily
Alibaba Group donated a batch of cloud computers and cloud computing resources to the China Education Development Foundation. The computers are to be installed in 87 rural primary schools, helping 35,000 rural children to explore advanced technology.
Sui Blockchain Developer Signs Deal With Alibaba Cloud
The cloud tech giant will provide node services and validator infrastructure for testnet developers.
Cloud computing spending to get a boost in Asia this year, Alibaba Cloud finds
More than four-fifths of cloud services users in Asia plan to increase spending this year and plan a full cloud migration in two years, an Alibaba survey showed.
Alibaba Global E-Commerce Challenge Open for Applications to Young Talent Worldwide
/PRNewswire/ -- Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA and HKEX: 9988, "Alibaba" or "Alibaba Group") has launched the 2023 Alibaba Global E-Commerce Challenge to identify...
Cover Story: TikTok’s Chinese Twin Is Taking On Alibaba and Meituan for E-Commerce Market Share
Like ByteDance’s TikTok, the Douyin video sharing app deploys live-streaming in the competition for consumers in the online marketplace
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights Alphabet, Meta Platform, Snap, Alibaba and Baidu
Alphabet, Meta Platform, Snap, Alibaba and Baidu are included in this Analyst Blog.
Looking At Alibaba Group Holding's Recent Unusual Options Activity - Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA)
Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
E-Commerce Troubles Cast Shadow Over Quantgroup IPO Plans - Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA), JD.com (NASDAQ:JD)
Key Takeaways: Profits at Quantgroup Technology have jumped since it launched an e-commerce transactions business But investors could be troubled by a wave of complaints about its Yangxiaomie consumer platform By Lau Ming
Alibaba and Ant venture to launch RISC-V chips for payments
Alibaba Group Holding's chip unit T-Head and Alipay, the payment service under Alibaba's financial affiliate Ant Group, will release computing chips for secure payments based on the RISC-V instruction set architecture, the two entities said. The development comes as Chinese companies continue to invest heavily in chips, in the wake of U.S. export restrictions targeting China's semiconductor sector.
These U.S.-Listed Stocks Surge—Alibaba, Baidu And More—After China’s Economic Rebound
“There’s pent-up savings, and there’s pent-up demand,” says one analyst of China’s growth potential this year.
Susquehanna Maintains Positive on Alibaba Group Holding, Lowers Price Target to $175 - Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA)
Susquehanna analyst Shyam Patil maintains Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) with a Positive and lowers the price target from $185 to $175.
Big box stores are dying and Carrefour China is on its last legs
Shelves are empty, staff are leaving, and Carrefour’s China operations — sold in 2019 by the French retail giant to Chinese white goods conglomerate Suning.com — is ready to breathe its last in China after 28 years. Blame ecommerce and COVID.
Jack Ma will no longer pull the strings at Ant
Billionaire Jack Ma will no longer control fintech powerhouse Ant Group, and a senior official says China’s tech crackdown has ended. These are signs that the ‘previous era of breakneck growth is over,’ Martin Chorzempa, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, told The China Project.
The tech crackdown is officially over
A high ranking official has officially declared the more than two-year tech crackdown to be officially over, and it ended — as it began — with Ant Group.
Chinese video-streaming company Leshi gives staff a short work week
A struggling but famous Chinese internet company with only 400 employees has taken the lead in introducing a 4.5 work week for employees. Is it just hype, or will others in the industry follow suit?
Made in China 2025 is back, with a new name and a focus on database companies
The Chinese government has yet another plan to domesticate the country’s IT infrastructure and to take back control of its data from foreign companies. Chinese investors have taken note.
China’s loss-making cloud companies search for a silver lining
With a saturated market in a challenging macroeconomic environment, Alibaba Cloud and its competitors are desperately seeking new ways to grow.
The Singles Day shopping festival: Not so crazy anymore after all these years
Where’s this year’s sales data? Alibaba and JD.com aren’t saying, and it seems Chinese shoppers are falling out of love with over-hyped online shopping festivals.
Metaverse hype is dying down, but Nreal’s new headset may be the first real gateway to a long-promised virtual world
Has a Chinese headset maker created affordable hardware that will bring the metaverse to the masses?
Pinduoduo had a great quarter, and is sending strong signals that it will expand overseas
Growth in China’s ecommerce market is flattening, but agricultural and low-end goods ecommerce giant Pinduoduo has just reported great results for the second quarter. How long can the company keep expanding without venturing abroad?
With ‘instant retail,’ brick-and-mortar stores are making a comeback
Offline stores are back in the game. Local convenience stores are now delivering groceries, medicines, and clothes faster than Alibaba and JD.com can.
Giant Chinese companies delisting from U.S. exchanges signals the end of an era
Dexter Tiff Robers began reporting on Chinese companies in the 1990s as they first emerged on the world stage and began raising money on Wall Street. But now, as five more SOEs announce NYSE delistings, he thinks China’s corporate giants seem to be departing the U.S. for good.
Offline electronic appliances retailer Gome can’t compete with the ecommerce companies and is facing ruin
Gome and its charismatic founder, Huang Guangyu — who started out as a trash collector — made a fortune by selling discounted electrical appliances at big-box stores. Huang later spent a decade in jail for insider trading, but after he was released in 2020, he promised a return to the glory days.
Hong Kong’s Alibaba-sized gold mine
Embattled tech giant Alibaba recently announced that it will apply for a dual primary listing in Hong Kong. It could be the start of a new gold rush as Chinese firms seek mainland funds amid the looming risk of being delisted from the U.S.
Alibaba sexual assault case finally ends in conviction
After a whirlwind 10 months, a former Alibaba employee has won a high-profile sexual assault case against a former manager, one of the few instances of accountability being served for workplace sexual misconduct.
With data centers and banking, Alibaba is building a global empire
By diversifying its range of services beyond ecommerce, Alibaba is building on its success in China by venturing into global markets from Asia to the Middle East and Europe.
Did this year’s 618 ecommerce festival pull China out of its consumer slump?
Overall growth rates this year are more muted than in the past, but underlying trends point to changes in consumption patterns in the near future.
What the Ant Group IPO reboot means
China’s financial regulators are reportedly holding discussions to allow Ant Group to revive its IPO, two years after it was suspended.
An NFT explosion is taking place in China, but how long will it last?
An NFT can be almost anything, cost any price, and be subject to few if any regulations, and everyone from Alibaba to Moutai is joining the wave.
China’s monopoly buster took on Alibaba, Tencent, and Meituan last year
The State Administration for Market Regulation this year started to exert its authority to address monopolistic behavior by internet platform companies.
