All Alibaba articles – Page 3

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    Through AliExpress, Alibaba is inviting Spain's retailers to partner with...

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Through AliExpress, Alibaba is inviting Spain's retailers to partner with it to fend off the threat of Amazon. Spain is Alibaba's third-largest market worldwide, after China and Russia. About a year ago, several large retailers in the country signed on to become pick-up points for purchases made on Alibaba's portal. ...

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    The Alibaba Group's charismatic founder and chairman, Jack Ma, has...

    2019-09-17T00:00:00Z

    The Alibaba Group's charismatic founder and chairman, Jack Ma, has retired at the age of 55. Ma, who founded the Chinese online giant 20 years ago, plans to spend more time on philanthropy and education, and with his family. Daniel Zhang, the company's chief executive, will take over the chairman's ...

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    Alibaba pulls a strong quarter despite the ongoing trade war

    2019-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Supported by growth in e-commerce and cloud computing, Alibaba Group Holding's revenues for its first fiscal quarter ended on June 30 topped analysts' expectations. This came despite the difficult trade environment caused by the ongoing U.S.-China dispute, as well as an increasingly competitive e-commerce industry.The Chinese e-tailer's sales increased by ...

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    China slowdown weighs on Alibaba’s sales

    2019-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba Group Holding's revenues for its third fiscal quarter, ended on Dec. 31, grew at their weakest pace in four years, weighed by a slowing Chinese economy, which is being attributed to the ongoing trade war with the U.S.The Chinese e-tailer's sales increased by 41 percent from the year-ago quarter ...

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    The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Alibaba Group have announced...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Alibaba Group have announced the launch of the first-ever Olympic store on Tmall, China's largest business-to-consumer online retail platform, operated by Alibaba. The Olympic e-store will be initially available to Chinese consumers only, with plans to later create an e-commerce platform available globally. The ...

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    Alibaba is setting up an e-commerce trade hub in Belgium...

    2018-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba is setting up an e-commerce trade hub in Belgium

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    Alibaba grows fast, earning less, and expands in Russia

    2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba Group Holding continued to grow fast in the first fiscal quarter ended June 30, but its gross margin fell to 11.0 percent from 29.2 percent in the year-ago period, the lowest level since the leading Chinese e-commerce operator went public in 2014.Due also to extraordinary charges and high investments ...

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    Ispo plans to cooperate with Alibaba

    2018-01-27T00:00:00Z

    The Alibaba Group and Ispo announced that they are exploring a joint strategic collaboration. As part of this initiative, the 4,000-plus clients of Ispo from all over the world would be given an opportunity to expand their e-commerce operations in China through Alibaba's big B2C marketplace, Tmall. They would benefit ...

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    Alibaba breaks new records

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba hit a new record with its Singles Day shopping festival on Nov. 11, generating sales of $25.3 billion, 40 percent above the score reached a year ago. The event is a much bigger replica of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions that are becoming common in the Western ...

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    Alibaba has announced it plans to invest RMB 100 billion,...

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba has announced it plans to invest RMB 100 billion, the equivalent of around $15 billion, over the next three years in a new global research and development program called Alibaba DAMO Academy. The acronym stands for “Discovery, Adventure, Momentum and Outlook.” The academy will start by launching research labs in ...

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    Alibaba posts better-than-expected results

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    The Alibaba Group reported better-than expected revenues for its first fiscal quarter ended June 30, thanks to a strong performance in China. Its total sales increased by 56 percent over the year-ago quarter to 50,180 million yuan (€6.4bn-7.5bn). The Thomson Reuters' consensus was RMB 47,700 million (€6.1bn-$7.2bn).The company's operating margin ...

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    Alibaba seals a strategic tie-up with the IOC

    2017-01-26T00:00:00Z

    The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has sealed a long-term partnership with the Alibaba Group, under which the Chinese online giant will become part of The Olympic Partner, the IOC's global sponsorship program. The deal, which was unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this month, marks a far-reaching ...

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    Alibaba posts higher-than-expected sales

    2016-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba posted sales of 34.3 billion yuan renminbi (€4.6bn-$5.1bn) for the quarter to Sept. 30, representing a 55 percent increase on an annualized basis. For the second consecutive quarter sales exceeded Wall Street's expectations. Income from operations was RMB 9,045 million (€1,201.8m-$1,337.8m) against RMB 6,395 million in the comparable quarter ...

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    Alibaba has unveiled a new online system to help detect...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba has unveiled a new online system to help detect and remove fakes. The announcement was made by the company at the inaugural Rights Holders Collaboration Summit it was hosting in its hometown Hangzhou, China on July 1. The new “IP Joint-Force System” is an online platform designed to make ...

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    Jack Ma, the head of Alibaba, said that Chinese-made counterfeit...

    2016-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Jack Ma, the head of Alibaba, said that Chinese-made counterfeit products are often of a better quality and are cheaper than the genuine articles, complicating the effort to fight counterfeiting on the country's largest e-commerce websites. The declarations, reported by Bloomberg and other media outlets, were made by the tycoon ...

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    Alibaba is the first e-commerce company to become a member...

    2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba is the first e-commerce company to become a member of the International Anticounterfeiting Coalition (IACC), the non-profit organization devoted to combating product counterfeiting and piracy. The Chinese e-tailer has been working with the IACC since 2013 to identify and take down infringing listings on its Taobao and Tmall marketplaces, ...

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    Alibaba Group Holding will promote rugby in China as part...

    2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba Group Holding will promote rugby in China as part of the development and sponsorship deal it signed with World Rugby on April 10. Alisports, the new group's sports division, said it plans to invest millions of U.S. dollars and make a long-term investment in the development of the sport ...

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    Alibaba acquires majority stake in Lazada

    2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba Group Holding has made its largest overseas acquisition to date by buying a controlling stake in Lazada, an e-commerce company headquartered in Singapore, for one billion U.S. dollars. Alibaba will pay $500 million for new shares in the company and purchase an equal amount from the existing investors, which ...

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    Alibaba is likely to overtake Walmart as the world's largest...

    2016-03-25T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba is likely to overtake Walmart as the world's largest retail platform in its fiscal year ending March 31. The Chinese e-commerce giant indicated that it had reached 3 trillion yuan renminbi (€412bn-$462bn) in gross merchandise value (GMV) as of March 21. The figure, achieved on the back of consumption-driven ...