Posts Tagged: taobao

When it comes to Chinese e-commerce, Taobao is the first name that always jumps to mind, and with good reason. The C2C marketplace, owned by Alibaba, sells almost literally anything you can imagine. It can be a bit of a rough-and-tumble place, with fakes and forgeries aplenty, but for those willing to brave the waters, Taobao offers more deals on more products than anyone else, and that’s why it’s China’s biggest e-commerce platform.


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Adidas’s Endless War on Taobao Fakes

Adidas is one of the most famous foreign athletic brands in China, but that status is both a gift and a curse when it comes to Taobao, China...

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  • June 11, 2013
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China’s Daily Deals Market Hits $1.7 Billion in Q1, Not So Fragmented Any More

It’s time to check back in with China’s massive daily deals industry and see how all the Groupon-like sites are progressing in Q...

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  • May 27, 2013
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Mobile Commerce Worth $4.29 Billion in Q1 in China, But One Company Dominates

We know that mobile commerce in China was worth $7.8 billion in 2012 – and is expected to rise to $41.4 billion in 2015 – but wh...

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  • May 21, 2013
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Jack Ma’s Last Speech as Alibaba CEO

Last Friday in Hangzhou, China, Alibaba celebrated Taobao’s tenth anniversary (pictures below). But it didn’t feel like it was r...

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  • May 13, 2013
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China’s Top 10 Smartphone Apps for Android and iOS

Chinese research firm iResearch recently released its breakdown of China’s mobile market in January of 2013, and that report includes,...

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  • May 6, 2013
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Sina Weibo Has Already Added Taobao Ads in Wake of Alibaba Investment

Well, that didn’t take long. Just days after the announcement of Alibaba’s huge investment in Sina Weibo, Taobao advertisements ...

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  • April 30, 2013
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In a Challenge to Groupon, Alibaba Takes Daily Deals to Hong Kong and Taiwan

China’s top e-commerce player, Alibaba, also runs the nation’s leading daily deals site. Run under the familiar Taobao brand name and UR...

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  • April 8, 2013
  • at 11:44 am
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China’s Alibaba Refocuses its AliExpress Site as a Global Shopping Marketplace

Alibaba has restructured and refocused its English-language AliExpress site so that it focuses more on global shoppers. Previously aimed mor...

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  • March 28, 2013
  • at 7:56 pm
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Singapore Meetup: Premiere Screening of Alibaba Documentary ‘Crocodile in the Yangtze’

Update: We can’t emphasize enough how important it is that Digital Media Partners (DMP) is making this premiere screening of the Croco...

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  • May 27, 2013
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Beijing Shuts Down Taobao’s ‘Take a Number’ Service for Hospitals, But Consumers Cry Foul

Chinese hospitals are, to put it mildly, a bureaucratic nightmare. Just checking into one generally involves, among other processes, waiting...

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  • May 24, 2013
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Why Alibaba’s Future Looks Bright

With founder Jack Ma stepping down from the role of CEO, skeptics will doubt whether Alibaba can continue to grow strongly without its found...

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  • May 21, 2013
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With 1.4 Million Users, Taobao Launches Hong Kong Official Site

E-shopping marketplace Taobao has been aggressively expanding to Hong Kong and Taiwan. With 1.4 million registered users already in Hong Kon...

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  • May 10, 2013
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Hashiji is a Chinese E-Commerce Startup That Makes Me Want to Buy Something

New e-commerce startups in China are a dime a dozen, so when I come across one it must offer something new and different (at least to me) to...

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  • May 1, 2013
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Why Did Alibaba Invest $586 Million in Sina Weibo?

Yesterday we learned that the rumors that had been swirling for months were true: e-commerce giant Alibaba has invested a huge chunk of cash...

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  • April 30, 2013
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Coffee Chat: How E-commerce King Taobao is Expanding Out of China (Live Blog)

Up next on stage at Startup Asia is Daphne Lee, director of international business for Chinese e-commerce giant Taobao. Daphne is responsibl...

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  • April 5, 2013
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How E-Commerce King Taobao Is Expanding Out of China (Startup Asia Preview)

Taobao is a household name in China, being the online marketplace that first got the country going nuts for e-commerce. But Alibaba-owned Ta...

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  • March 21, 2013
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