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China delivers record 180 billion parcels in 11 months as shoppers chase deals

China logged a record 180 billion express deliveries in the first 11 months of the year, according to state media…

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China targets AI-powered price manipulation in new antitrust guidelines

A draft of the “Anti-Monopoly Compliance Guidelines for Internet Platforms”, published over the weekend by the State Administration for Market…

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Alibaba’s Singles’ Day shows ‘faster growth’ as 80 brands hit US$14 million in an hour

Alibaba Group Holding kicked off direct sales for its annual Singles’ Day shopping festival on Monday, with initial figures surpassing…

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Alibaba confident AI tools will drive sales and empower Singles’ Day shoppers

At the campaign’s launch in Shanghai on Thursday, Alibaba vice-president Zhang Kaifu, who also serves as head of applications for…

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China’s car dealers feel life-threatening squeeze from price war, e-commerce rivals

Chinese car dealers, once the beneficiaries of the country’s booming automotive market, are facing a bleak future as they fall…

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Chinese regulators step up efforts to target disorderly price competition

Chinese regulators have launched renewed efforts to tackle the phenomenon of disorderly price competition, including the potential formulation of state-sanctioned…

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Xiaomi unveils 17-series smartphones, ramps up efforts in premium handset market

The models unveiled at an event in Beijing were the standard Xiaomi 17 and flagship models, the Xiaomi 17 Pro…

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China ups e-commerce delivery fees to stave off harmful price spirals

China’s express delivery industry is responding to a broad government push to limit downward price spirals by raising courier fees…

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Amid big-city gloom, can China’s far-flung counties become a key driver of consumption?

As widespread economic gloom in China’s megacities sees high-end restaurants close their doors one after another, Starbucks is accelerating its…

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Alibaba tops Meituan’s China on-demand delivery, fuelled by 1 million cups of tea daily

Orders on Alibaba’s instant commerce channel Taobao Shangou topped 100 million on Thursday, 20 million fewer than Meituan. After Meituan…

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