Alibaba founder Jack Ma, who became as celebrated in China as Microsoft founder Bill Gates became in the US, spoke out about the ramifications of a potential trade war. “As a businessman,” he wrote in a blog post on Wednesday, Read more
Over three-fourths of Canada’s exports are destined for the US each year, and only 4 percent go to China (2015 figures). But Alibaba’s Jack Ma wants to change that. On Monday, he wooed Canadian businesses at an event in Toronto, Read more
Alibaba is well known for helping small online sellers source product to sell in the US, but it also helps US merchants sell in China. Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma issued an invitation to small businesses to come to Read more
Alibaba published the following post on its Alizila corporate news blog on Monday: Alibaba Group on Monday called for tougher laws, stricter enforcement and stiffer penalties to crack down on purveyors of counterfeit goods in China. In an appeal from Read more
For Columbia Law School students who want to be at the intersection of law and technology, let the bidding begin: A new paid summer internship at eBay will provide rising second-year students the opportunity to work on legal issues facing Read more
Tom Brennan published the following post on Alibaba’s Alizila.com corporate blog: Alibaba Group has announced a new alliance with international brands including Louis Vuitton, Samsung and Mars that will leverage big data and the latest in anti-counterfeiting technology to continue Read more
Alibaba Group has filed with Shenzhen Longgang District People’s Court a lawsuit against two (allegedly) fake Swarovski watch sellers on Taobao platform, claiming RMB1.4 million in damages for contract and goodwill violations. It is the first ever legal action taken Read more
Alibaba Group Holding Limited announced that more than USD 7 billion (RMB 47.5 billion) of gross merchandise volume (GMV) was settled through Alipay on Alibaba’s China and international retail marketplaces within the first two hours of the 2016 11.11 Global Read more
Visitors to the 11Main.com marketplace launched by Alibaba 2 years ago were greeted with a message on Monday that the site had “moved” to OpenSky.com. However, merchants must open a store on OpenSky if they aren’t already selling there. Likewise, Read more
eBay announced plans to raise $1.5 billion, while Alibaba is rumored to be looking to borrow about $4 billion. One obvious use of such debt would be to acquire companies – could this be a good time for ecommerce players Read more
