Alibaba wants to transform the retail sector with a US$2.6 billion buyout that it says will break down the barriers between offline and online. The Chinese e-commerce giant said its investment unit ...

When Chinese e-tailer Alibaba rolled out its Freshippo supermarket in 2016, U.S. observers took notice of what seemed to be the world's first true omnichannel store. Shoppers browse an array of fresh ...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is keen to bring online shopping offline, essentially creating an entire ecosystem for online-to-offline retail, and it has now teamed up with department store ...

Office Depot is teaming up with Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba, as both companies hope to benefit from the other’s strengths to win over American small-business owners. On Monday, Office Depot and ...

The sight of shopping bags being whipped above your head on conveyor belts is the first clue that Freshippo isn’t your average supermarket. Pickers in pale blue polo shirts scour shelves, scanning ...

FILE - In this March 17, 2014 file photo, people walk past a company logo at the Alibaba Group headquarters in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. Office Depot and Alibaba.com are creating ...

In kicking off its annual 11.11 global shopping event, now in its 13th year, Alibaba Group CMO Chris Tung took the opportunity to highlight that the main focus for this year's shopping event would be ...

There are a lot of reasons to prefer online shopping to the real-life experience — avoiding the crowds, being able to see all the available sizes and colors, and not having to lug around bags all come ...

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