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Alibaba's core commerce business rising nearly 19% to 93.87 billion yuan ($13.16 billion) in the fourth quarter

Alibaba's sales surge as more people shop online

Business / 22 May

IKEA has started selling its products on Alibaba's Chinese e-commerce platform Tmall

IKEA to sell through 3rd party for first time in China

Business / 10 Mar

Alibaba said the delayed return to work after the Lunar New Year due to the coronavirus had caused problems for merchants and delays in fulfilling orders

Alibaba warns of drop in revenues due to virus

Business / 13 Feb

Alibaba shares were already listed in New York

Alibaba shares trade higher after Hong Kong debut

Business / 26 Nov 19

Alibaba, Asia's biggest company, has called the listing a multi-billion-dollar vote of confidence in Hong Kong's markets

Alibaba raises up to $12.9 billion in Hong Kong listing

Business / 20 Nov 19

Hong Kong had lobbied for Alibaba's enormous IPO

Alibaba confirms huge Hong Kong public listing

Business / 15 Nov 19

The Singles' Day shopping blitz yesterday brought in a record 268.4 billion yuan ($38.38 billion) in sales

L'Oreal and Nestle score big at Alibaba's Singles' Day

Business / 12 Nov 19

Singles Day has become a shop window for Alibaba Group Holding as the firm plans to sell $15 billion worth of shares in Hong Kong

Alibaba's Singles' Day sales hit $30 billion

Business / 11 Nov 19

Jack Ma's flamboyant style and charismatic leadership has made him the most recognised Chinese entrepreneur

Alibaba set for 'big challenge' as chairman Ma departs

Business / 10 Sep 19

Alibaba founder Jack Ma had long expressed a desire to list in Hong Kong

Alibaba files to list in Hong Kong as soon as Q3

Business / 13 Jun 19

Amazon will focus its efforts on more lucrative businesses selling overseas goods and cloud services in China

Amazon to close online store in China

Business / 19 Apr 19

The world's biggest 24-hour shopping event, celebrating its tenth year, kicked off early yesterday morning

Alibaba hits another 'Singles Day' record, growth slows

Business / 12 Nov 18

Jack Ma said Alibaba can no longer meet its promise to create 1 million jobs in the US due to US-China trade tensions

Alibaba says US-China trade war ends US jobs promise

Business / 20 Sep 18

The $1.2 billion deal's collapse represents a blow for Jack Ma, the executive chairman of Chinese internet conglomerate Alibaba Group, who owns Ant Financial together with Alibaba executives

US blocks MoneyGram sale to China's Ant Financial

Business / 03 Jan 18

The alliance would target opportunities in China's $500 billion food retail sector, as Alibaba races to build big-data capabilities in the offline retail market where roughly 85% of sales are made

Alibaba to take $2.9bn stake in China's top grocer

Business / 20 Nov 17

331 million packages from Singles' Day as resulted in 160,000 tonnes of packaging waste

China faces waste hangover after Singles' Day buying

Business / 17 Nov 17

An estimated 1.5 billion parcels are expected to be delivered in China over the next six days after Singles Day

China shopping festival smashes record with $25bn haul

Business / 13 Nov 17

China's top e-commerce firm has announced a two-year share repurchase programme of up to $6 billion

Alibaba's quarterly revenue beats estimates

Business / 18 May 17

Aldi is planning to start online sales in China this month

German discounter Aldi to start online sales in China

Business / 02 Mar 17

Ant is the payment affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group

Alibaba's Ant Financial to buy MoneyGram

Business / 27 Jan 17

Yahoo made the new discovery as it was investigating what was already the largest data breach of a single company

Data Protection Commissioner examining Yahoo hack

Business / 15 Dec 16

Alibaba said that 84% of sales in the first two hours of Singles Day were via mobile devices, up from last year.

Alibaba's Singles' Day sales hit record $17.7bn

Business / 11 Nov 16

Alibaba has been grappling with a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy - China

Alibaba revenue up 39% as more shoppers buy online

Business / 05 May 16

Tesco to sell stake in southeast Asian online retailer Lazada to Alibaba

Tesco to sell stake in Asian retailer Lazada

Business / 12 Apr 16

Alibaba said its net income reached $1.93 billion, or 76 cents per share, in the third quarter

Alibaba delivers on quarterly revenue

Business / 28 Jan 16

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