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Starbucks Delivery via Uber Eats Goes National After Seeing Higher Average Sales

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Based on a successful delivery trial in China via Alibaba and Uber Eats in Miami, Starbucks has announced that they are adding delivery nationwide. Starbucks COO Rosalind Brewer says they are still looking at the total cost of delivery very “carefully” but they are emboldened by the higher average sale with delivery orders. Rosalind Brewer, […]

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On-Demand Delivery to Power the Future of Retail

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On-demand is an infrastructure for the future of retail says Alibaba CEO, Daniel Zhang. He envisions a world where virtually every product, even pharmaceuticals, will be available to be delivered on-demand 24-hours a day to customers. Daniel Zhang, Alibaba CEO, discussed the future of retail on CNBC International: On-Demand Delivery to Power the Future of

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Stats, sales and successes from Singles’ Day 2018

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Singles’ Day, the one-day mega-shopping event in China, was held on Sunday – and again, it broke its own records. As the stroke of midnight hit, the giant video display at ground zero of the day, the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, reported that the gross merchandise value (GMV) sold in the past 24 hours by

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Former Walmart CEO says Amazon is “Predatory” Almost by Definition

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Former Walmart CEO Bill Simon says that Amazon has been “predatory” by selling goods below cost subsidized by profits from their cloud and advertising businesses. Simon says that this strategy put major competitors like Circuit City and Toys R Us out of business allowing Walmart to then raise the price of Prime without losing their

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What can we expect from Singles’ Day in 2018?

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Singles’ Day (November 11th) is, by far, the world’s biggest one-day shopping event. While it is still largely focused on China, there are signs it is starting to have an influence on ecommerce globally. Here’s what you need to know. First off, a bit of background about Singles’ Day: Singles’ Day started at Nanjing University

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Who’s really winning the smart speaker market, Amazon or Google?

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Earlier this week, Strategy Analytics released its Q2 global smart speaker shipments report. The data showed Amazon still as the global market leader, but with Google gaining, followed by Alibaba, Apple, JD.com and others. That report said there had been just under 12 million units shipped in the quarter and that Amazon maintained a 41

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Alibaba Acquires Food Delivery Service Ele.me for $9.5 Billion

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Alibaba is set to gain full control of Ele.me as it revs up on its plan to have a stronger foothold in China’s burgeoning market for quick delivery services. A statement released by Alibaba hinted of an enterprise valuation for Ele.me pegged at $9.5 billion. However, the company has not given any exact figures on

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Alibaba Invests Additional $2 Billion in Lazada, Seeks to Dominate SE Asia eCommerce Market

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Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba announced Monday that it would be investing an extra $2 billion in Lazada as part of the company’s continued expansion in Southeast Asia. Alibaba gained control of the Singapore-based company way back in 2016 with an initial investment of $1 billion. Jack Ma’s company further strengthened its hold on the online

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Alibaba CEO Jack Ma Makes Multi-Million Dollar Investment in ‘Rent the Runway’ Fashion Business

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It seems that Chinese billionaire investor Jack Ma is planning to expand his business interests to include women’s fashion. Mr. Ma and his Alibaba co-founder Joseph Tsai, are now eyeing a stake in Rent the Runway, a New York-based designer clothing rental for women. Jack Ma and Joe Tsai, through Blue Pool Capital, will inject

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Alibaba’s UC browser beating Google Chrome in Indian mobile market

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The Alibaba-owned UC browser is winning the war for mobile users in India and Indonesia. Relying on StatCounter data, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that it’s beating Google’s Chrome in these large developing markets. Chrome is the most widely used browser in the world, with more than 1 billion users. Globally, Chrome has a

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