Talk about interesting delivery mashups: Starbucks and Alibaba partner to enable the delivery of Starbucks products to Chinese consumers as part of a deal that includes such Alibaba properties as Taobao, Alipay, Tmall, Hema and Ele.me. The deal, announced earlier this week, is not just...
Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba is building a physical mall to meld the worlds of offline and online commerce. According to a report by Chinese news source Caixin, the mall, which will be five stories high and housed at Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou, will combine physical shopping...
Those who prophesied the death of brick-and-mortar retail in favor of online alternatives may have been premature. Sure, merchants without an online presence are largely sinking or already sunk. But those who practice a pure eCommerce model may be in just as much trouble. Amazon...
When two modes of shopping really love each other… Wait, no — scratch that. When two modes of shopping hate each other and one is cannibalizing the other, they can still come together to create something to weather the ages. We’re talking about a brick-and-mortar...
January 14, 2022
Alibaba is weighing a fundraise for its Freshippo grocery chain in China that has an estimated valuation of $10 billion, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Jan. 14), citing unnamed sources familiar with the plans. The funding round is anticipated to take place in February. Freshippo is coordinating with an advisor regarding the strategic and financial investors […]
September 06, 2017
Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba is building a physical mall to meld the worlds of offline and online commerce. According to a report by Chinese news source Caixin, the mall, which will...
July 19, 2017
When two modes of shopping really love each other… Wait, no — scratch that. When two modes of shopping hate each other and one is cannibalizing the other, they can...
