Taobao Archives - Inside Retail Asia

Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao has kicked off its fourth Taobao Maker Festival.

The Shopee app has emerged as Singapore’s most downloaded shopping app.

Alibaba Group boosted second-quarter revenues by 42 per cent, as the number of active users on its e-commerce sites grew by 20 million.

Alibaba’s Tmall has launched a dedicated gateway for customers to discover new products through the Taobao mobile app.

Local services – the use of online platforms to link consumers with offline lifestyle services and on-demand delivery – are booming in China.

Alibaba Group sales soared 41 per cent in the December quarter as its customer based neared 700 million.

E-commerce giant Alibaba has developed new technology to make it possible for blind and partially sighted people to shop online.

A new Taobao Selection store in Kuala Lumpur’s Viva Home Shopping Mall is the first such outlet in Southeast Asia.

Chinese tech firm LeEco has put a Beijing shopping centre up for auction on Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao.

South Koreans are spending more at Chinese online stores, according to credit-card spending data.

Alibaba has invested an undisclosed figure in Chinese garment-sharing platform YCloset.

Alibaba Group revenue soared 61 per cent in the second quarter as the company added 24 million active annual consumers.