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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 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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Alibaba seeks to reclaim e-commerce dominance in China with cross-service loyalty scheme

Alibaba Group Holding is set to launch a new membership programme spanning a range of services from an online marketplace…

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China’s Meituan to bring Keeta food delivery service to Brazil after Saudi Arabia launch

Chinese on-demand service giant Meituan has signed a US$1 billion deal to expand its Keeta food delivery platform to Brazil,…

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Temu points Chinese sellers to Middle East, Latin American markets amid US tariff woes

On Friday, more than 1,000 Chinese merchants selling on the Temu online marketplace gathered for a five-hour event in Guangzhou,…

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TikTok US shakes up leadership in e-commerce, policy with looming sell-or-ban deadline

TikTok has weakened the roles of two US-based executives in a leadership reshuffle, as the short-video app operator faces an…

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Shein, Temu to increase US prices next week after Trump’s tariffs, de minimis shift

Chinese-backed online retailers Shein and Temu have notified US consumers that they would raise prices starting April 25 “due to…

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Chinese apps return to India, including Shein and Taobao, 5 years after border clash

The mobile apps of fast-fashion retailer Shein and Alibaba Group Holding’s Taobao marketplace and Youku video-streaming platform are again available…

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Tech war: China’s TikTok sellers eye Amazon and Shein as US ban looms

Chinese merchants on TikTok are taking precautionary measures to prepare for a looming ban of the short-video app in the…

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