Tag: Alibaba

Alibaba ramps up local presence

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Many people would be familiar with Alibaba from its famous Singles Day event, which generated around $40 billion in sales in 2018. Less well known is the company’s emphasis...

Facebook’s long march to China

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
Facebook has been bending over every which way to somehow get back into China after the country’s so-called Great Firewall was significantly jacked up in July 2009, blocking western...

McGowan preps innovation plan

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan will release an updated state innovation policy by the end of the year, but has cautioned against any expectations of large new spending programs....

Jack and the data-driven giant

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
Mid-way through the world’s biggest shopping festival seems a weird time to declare that Alibaba is no longer an eCommerce company, but that’s the argument that Alibaba Group chief...

Alibaba’s 11.11 consumption giant

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
On the eve of the Alibaba Group’s famous 11.11 global shopping festival, the world is battening down the hatches in preparation for a deluge of gigantic numbers. Records will...

Emperor Xi and the tech giants

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
It is already last month’s news that Chinese leader Xi Jinping emerged triumphant from the 19th Communist Party Congress as the effective one-man ruler – some would say dictator...

Xi tightens grip in China tech

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
The quinquennial Chinese Communist Party Congress, its 19th since winning the country’s civil war in 1949 begins this Wednesday. It will be the coronation of its leader for the...

Alibaba Cloud pitches a contest

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
Ecommerce giant Alibaba is on the lookout for Australian and New Zealand startup talent and will host its first pitching competition in Sydney in September to find a pair...

Fairfax papers in Alibaba’s sights

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Newspaper and internet group Fairfax last week confirmed the media sector’s worst kept secret as it unveiled a damp squib of a half year result: that it is considering...