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Alibaba rebrands food delivery app Ele.me as Taobao Shangou in instant retail push

Alibaba Group Holding is rebranding its Chinese food delivery platform Ele.me as Taobao Shangou, aligning the service more closely with…

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Alibaba sees strong consumer mindshare reviving e-commerce momentum

E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding has won “consumer mindshare” amid its instant commerce push, according to company executives and analysts,…

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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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How Alibaba and Meituan are fighting for customers, 1 free drink at a time

Shanghai delivery rider Xie Yu was halfway through his shift on Thursday when he realised he would end up with…

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China’s top market regulator summons Alibaba, Meituan, JD.com over delivery price war

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) on Friday summoned major online food delivery platforms – Alibaba Group Holding’s Ele.me,…

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My Take | With ‘instant commerce’, China’s first-world infrastructure faces third-world spending

A new battle in China’s e-commerce war has erupted in the form of “instant commerce”, a combination of online shopping…

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