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Alibaba Sets Global Ambition With New English Site

26 June 2019 • By Bloomberg

26 June 2019 • By Bloomberg

The e-commerce giant hopes to double the number of foreign brands on Tmall Global to 40,000 in three years with the help of its new English-language portal.

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Alibaba Sets Global Ambition With New English Site

The e-commerce giant hopes to double the number of foreign brands on Tmall Global to 40,000 in three years with the help of its new English-language portal.

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Alibaba Bets on Frenchman to Lead High-Stakes Southeast Asia Expansion

3 March 2019 • By Bloomberg

3 March 2019 • By Bloomberg

Unusual choice Pierre Poignant named third CEO in nine months of Lazada, the subsidiary spearheading Alibaba's high-stakes Southeast Asia expansion.

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Alibaba Bets on Frenchman to Lead High-Stakes Southeast Asia Expansion

Unusual choice Pierre Poignant named third CEO in nine months of Lazada, the subsidiary spearheading Alibaba's high-stakes Southeast Asia expansion.

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Alibaba Stock Rallies on Handsome Profit Beat

31 January 2019 • By Reuters

31 January 2019 • By Reuters

Shares went up 6 percent as the e-commerce giant reported quarterly profit far above market expectations and played down worries of Chinese economic slowdown and US tariffs.

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Alibaba Stock Rallies on Handsome Profit Beat

Shares went up 6 percent as the e-commerce giant reported quarterly profit far above market expectations and played down worries of Chinese economic slowdown and US tariffs.

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Alibaba Shows Signs of Strain as China's Economy Shudders

28 January 2019 • By Bloomberg

28 January 2019 • By Bloomberg

The e-commerce giant shed about $120 billion of market value through Friday since peaking in June.

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Alibaba Shows Signs of Strain as China's Economy Shudders

The e-commerce giant shed about $120 billion of market value through Friday since peaking in June.

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Alibaba Sales Miss Estimates

2 November 2018 • By Bloomberg

2 November 2018 • By Bloomberg

While revenue rose 54 percent to $12.3 billion the company trimmed its annual forecast, underscoring the extent to which escalating tensions with the US are hurting the Chinese economy.

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Alibaba Sales Miss Estimates

While revenue rose 54 percent to $12.3 billion the company trimmed its annual forecast, underscoring the extent to which escalating tensions with the US are hurting the Chinese economy.

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Alibaba's Jack Ma, China's Richest Man, to Retire

8 September 2018 • By Bloomberg

8 September 2018 • By Bloomberg

The Chinese entrepreneur discusses his plans for a future after Alibaba.

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Alibaba's Jack Ma, China's Richest Man, to Retire

The Chinese entrepreneur discusses his plans for a future after Alibaba.

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Alibaba's Revenue Jumps 61 Percent

23 August 2018 • By Bloomberg

23 August 2018 • By Bloomberg

Heavy spending in new areas has helped spur growth at the expense of profit margins as Alibaba reduces its reliance on a core e-commerce business facing increased competition from JD.com and Pinduoduo.

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Alibaba's Revenue Jumps 61 Percent

Heavy spending in new areas has helped spur growth at the expense of profit margins as Alibaba reduces its reliance on a core e-commerce business facing increased competition from JD.com and Pinduoduo.

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Alibaba to Take $486 Million Stake in China Retail Data Firm

8 February 2018 • By Reuters

8 February 2018 • By Reuters

Alibaba has been beefing up its retail presence with more than $10 billion of investments into brick-and-mortar outlets amid rising competition from Tencent.

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Alibaba to Take $486 Million Stake in China Retail Data Firm

Alibaba has been beefing up its retail presence with more than $10 billion of investments into brick-and-mortar outlets amid rising competition from Tencent.

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Alibaba Prepares a Grand Retail Experiment for Singles' Day

8 November 2017 • By Bloomberg

8 November 2017 • By Bloomberg

The e-commerce titan has enlisted 10 percent of China’s convenience stores, about 600,000 outlets, to hawk goods and get billions of parcels shipped to customers nationwide.

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Alibaba Prepares a Grand Retail Experiment for Singles' Day

The e-commerce titan has enlisted 10 percent of China’s convenience stores, about 600,000 outlets, to hawk goods and get billions of parcels shipped to customers nationwide.

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Alibaba Has to Change Mindset for Global Expansion

14 September 2017 • By Bloomberg

14 September 2017 • By Bloomberg

Alibaba switches focus to brick-and-mortar shops in the department store sector as part of global expansion, weeks after Amazon closes deal with Whole Foods Ltd.

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Alibaba Has to Change Mindset for Global Expansion

Alibaba switches focus to brick-and-mortar shops in the department store sector as part of global expansion, weeks after Amazon closes deal with Whole Foods Ltd.