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The turnover of online retailer, AliExpress Russia, grew 36 percent in the first half of 2021, compared to the same period last year, reaching 133.3 billion roubles ($1.8 billion).
This elevates AliExpress Russia to one of the three biggest e-commerce companies in Russia by turnover volume. Though the company’s first half net losses also widened significantly to almost a billion roubles (around $13 million) against 533 million roubles ($7.2 million) for the same period in 2020.
The platform’s number of active customers over the year grew to 27.9 million people and AliExpress Russia now boasts more than 20,000 pick-up points across Russia.
AliExpress Russia was created in October 2019 as a joint venture of the Chinese Alibaba Group, Russian telecom company MegaFon, Internet giant Mail.ru Group and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).
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