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News briefsAlibaba launches Milano Cortina 2026 line
Alibaba and the IOC have launched Milano Cortina 2026 mascot merchandise and the first Olympic jewelry line, exclusively on Tmall’s Olympic Flagship Store.
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News briefsManagement changes at Alibaba
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has announced the appointment of Eddie Yongming Wu as Group CEO and Chairman of Taobao and Tmall Group with immediate effect. He will also serve as CEO of the two subsidiaries. He replaces Daniel Zhang, who is resigning from the group’s executive positions to focus ...
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ArticleAlibaba’s founder mulls cutting stake
Jack Ma, founder of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, is weighing whether to sell 10 million shares in the company through his family’s trust and re-invest the proceeds in agriculture and public welfare projects. Ma disclosed his potential transaction in a regulatory filing on the same day that Alibaba reported ...
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ArticleAlibaba Group CEO and Chairman resigns to head Alibaba Cloud
Daniel Zhang has unexpectedly resigned as CEO and Chairman of Alibaba Group. He has served as CEO for the past eight years and as Chairman for the past four years. Successors for these two vacant positions have already been determined: Joseph C. Tsai, currently Executive Vice Chairman, will succeed Zhang ...
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News briefsAmazon marketplace far ahead of the competition worldwide
Amazon’s marketplace receives four times as many annual visitors (4.810 billion) as its nearest competitor in the field of third-party sales, eBay, according to Diffusion Sport, which has reviewed several figures from Statista. In fact, the Amazon marketplace’s visitor total is higher than that of its ten biggest competitors combined. ...
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News briefsAlibaba reports improved results despite challenges
Despite softer demand and supply chain and logistics disruptions, Alibaba Group reported revenue and profits for Q3 that exceeded Wall Street estimates. Revenues increased by 2 percent to 247.8 billion yuan renminbi (€34.1b) from RMB 242.6 billion for the period ending Dec. 31. The Chinese e-commerce behemoth said in a ...
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ArticleAlibaba’s operating income increases 68%
Alibaba experienced a 3 percent jump in revenues to 207.2 billion yuan renminbi (€28.1bn) from RMB 200.7 billion for the period ended Sept. 30. The increase occurred despite the Covid-19 resurgence in China that depressed consumer demand, currency volatility, higher logistics costs and slowing cross-border commerce. China sales fell by ...
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News briefsAlibaba cracks mark of 1 billion Chinese consumers
For the last fiscal year, Alibaba reported a record 8,317 billion yuan renminbi (€1,160 billion) in global gross merchandise value. However, revenue in the quarter ended March 31, 2022, climbed only 9 percent year-on-year to RMB 204.1 billion (€28.5 billion). This is the slowest growth ever, which the company attributes ...