Posts Tagged ‘B2C’
Alibaba Closes Offices In India
June 21st, 2016
Over the past few months, China-based Alibaba has closed four enterprise e-commerce platform offices in India. According to reports in …
Is Alibaba Starting Its Own SME Investment Bank?
May 7th, 2016
What better way to cash-out your cronies, pay back local government officials, and inject some capital into s business than …
Lenovo’s Internet Business Platform Unveils Smart Consumer Products
August 1st, 2014
Lenovo Group announced in Beijing that the company has launched an Internet business platform named Lenovo New Business Development and the platform also released the first batch of three innovative products: smart glasses, smart air purifier, and smart router. Adopting equity participation and collaboration methods, Lenovo NBD opens its software and hardware development, market, channel, […]
Taobao.com, Coach Form Internet Alliance Against Chinese Fakes
December 8th, 2011
Coach, a leading American designer and maker of luxury lifestyle handbags and accessories, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Taobao.com, the Chinese Internet shopping subsidiary of Alibaba Group, to prevent the sale of fake Coach products on this Chinese website. This is reportedly the first time for Coach to cooperate in this manner with […]
Alibaba.com Dumps Chinese Manufacturer After U.S. Political Pressure
December 15th, 2010
Chinese Internet sourcing behemoth Alibaba.com has bowed to complaints from a United States senator that the website was helping to promote counterfeit goods. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced that Alibaba.com has taken down 421 advertisements for counterfeit D’Addario guitar string products being manufactured in China. Last week, Schumer reportedly visited D’Addario’s facilities in new York […]
Beijing E-commerce Committee To Fight Poor Competitive Practices
August 4th, 2010
The Beijing E-commerce Industry Collaboration Committee has been established to encourage resource sharing and industry self-regulation, and to resist unhealthy competition. Chinese e-commerce and industry websites, including Hc360.com, Dhgate.com, 99114.com, Zhongsou.com, expressed their support for the newly established committee and said they promise to be honest and self-disciplined to resist unhealthy competition and to create […]
Alibaba’s South China Morning Post Purchase Puts Focus On News Coverage
December 12th, 2015
Chinese e-commerce boss Jack Ma is emulating America’s Amazon.com boss Jeff Bezos, who recently purchased The Washington Post, by purchasing his own media empire in Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post. Alibaba Group Holding Limited says it has entered into a definite agreement to acquire the South China Morning Post and other media assets […]