ecommerce Archive

alibaba Alibaba will open its first physical mall in China

September 12, 2017 | brian wang |

A five-floor mall is being built near Alibaba’s headquarters in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, according to financial news site Caixin. The Alibaba shopping center reportedly will be called “More Mall” and is set to open in April. The …

china Alibaba, Tencent and China’s fast growing ecommerce economy

August 17, 2017 | brian wang |

Alibaba is now up 89% on the year and valued at $424 billion. Tencent is up 74% and valued at $469 billion. Alibaba’s “China commerce retail” revenue, which covers its giant Taobao and Tmall marketplaces and still accounts for 73% …