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 ...

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 ...

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has gone all in on its New Retail play, taking the online shopping experience to bricks-and-mortar stores, starting with its own backyard. According to Hema CEO Hou Yi, ...

Online grocery startup Honestbee is betting a brick-and-mortar store will help it compete against tech giant Alibaba (BABA). Singapore-based Honestbee, best known for its grocery app, has opened a ...

Alibaba’s BABA online second-hand goods trading platform, Xianyu, is set to open its first offline "all-category" bricks-and-mortar store in the Gongshu district of Hangzhou. Notably, the Xianyu ...

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 ...

The arms race to build the future of grocery stores is heating up in China. To no one’s surprise, the main contestants are the country’s e-commerce titans Alibaba and JD.com, which are turning offline ...

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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