Alibaba Group has named Chun Li as Group Chief Executive Officer of Lazada, effective from 1 st July 2020. An experienced leader Li joined Alibaba as chief technology officer for the company’s B2B division in 2014 and moved to Lazada in 2017. He has since served as both group president and CEO of Lazada Indonesia. Li held leadership positions at Paypal and eBay prior to joining Alibaba. “...

Alibaba and JD.com handled US$136.5bn of sales through their platforms during 6.18, an annual online shopping festival in China that runs from 1 st June to 20 th . Strong numbers show retail is recovering For 6.18, Alibaba achieved gross merchandise value (GMV) of CNY698.2bn (US$98.5bn), over double what it achieved on Singles Day (2020 11.11) last year, which posted record GMV of CN...

The annual 6.18 Mid-Year Shopping Festival was kicked off on 1 June, which is China’s largest online retail promotion since the outbreak of COVID-19. Equivalent to 11.11 Singles Day The event, which runs until 20 June, was launched by JD.com 17 years ago as the anniversary of JD.com. Since then, it has become an online shopping festival for major ecommerce players. It is the equivalent to...