All Alibaba articles – Page 4
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VideoWatch: NRF – new business models and new retail purpose
This week, the team discuss key themes from this year’s NRF conference, from Walmart’s digital reinvention to Dick’s Sporting Goods taking a stand on gun control.
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VideoWatch: Game-changing retail technology from NRF
Every retail tech company worth its salt descended on NRF, each showcasing the latest innovations. Here is Retail Week’s round-up of the technology that might make an impact.
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NewsAlibaba’s Singles’ Day sales top $30bn in record performance
Alibaba’s Singles’ Day promotional extravaganza generated sales of $30.8bn, 27% ahead of last year’s total.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Should UK retailers launch their own Singles' Day?
Alibaba’s Singles’ Day takes place this weekend and is likely to be its biggest yet – so, given its stellar success, should UK retailers be launching their own versions?
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NewsYoox Net-A-Porter to sell on Alibaba’s Tmall
Yoox Net-A-Porter has joined forces with online titan Alibaba to create a “luxury retail platform” in China.
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OpinionOpinion: Apps, not in-store screens, are the future
Burberry has just finished a revamp of its global flagship on Regent Street and one thing that is apparent is that much-vaunted tech, trumpeted when the store opened in 2012, has been largely stripped out.
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NewsAlibaba's Jack Ma stands down - his letter in full
Alibaba founder and chairman Jack Ma is to stand down in exactly one year.
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OpinionOpinion: Don't ignore the seismic shifts in global retail
As we obsess about the rapidly changing shape of British retail, we are in danger of missing the bigger picture.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Alibaba sets sights on European expansion
China’s biggest etailer has designs on global expansion, and the UK and Europe are very much on its radar.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail lessons from Apple’s $1trn valuation
Tech giant Apple stands on the cusp of being the highest valued American company ever, close to a capitalisation of $1trn.
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AnalysisIn pictures: China’s Alibaba and JD.com reinvent stores
Retailers are looking East, not West, for the future of retail. John Ryan goes to China to see the tech-enabled stores of ecommerce giants Alibaba and JD.com.
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OpinionShould retailers offer free delivery from stores?
As shopping becomes more of a leisure activity, do consumers want to lug heavy bags around with them? Could free delivery from stores protect the role of the shop?
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OpinionDo checkout-free supermarkets matter that much?
China leads the way when it comes to offering shoppers ‘scan and go’ supermarkets, but are consumers happy with what they’ve got elsewhere?
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OpinionOpinion: China brings online opportunity for retailers
China is a market with more than 500 million consumers, flush with disposable income and eager to try exciting new international brands that fit their lifestyles.
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AnalysisAnalysis: End of the line nears for retail queues
As long as retail has existed, so have queues. But technology is trying to put an end to the wait.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five international retailers making space pay
As the shockwaves of the latest retail CVA – House of Fraser – echo across the industry, the pressure mounts on traditional retailers to eke out profit from their store estate or risk suffering the same fate.
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AnalysisTop 10: The most powerful women in retail
As Retail Week’s Be Inspired campaign continues to gain momentum, we’ve picked out 10 of the most powerful women in global retail – what makes them successful, and what can be learnt from their success?
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OpinionOnline or offline? It’s not an either-or choice
Even by the standards of retail, always one of the most adaptive of industries because of its closeness to consumers, the pace and depth of change has seldom been as fast as at present.
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NewsAlibaba adds ‘sight’ capabilities to its smart speaker
Alibaba has launched the latest iteration of its AI-powered speaker with visual capabilities that allow the device to read and understand written text.
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NewsAlibaba founders plough $20m into Rent the Runway
Alibaba’s co-founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai have invested $20m (£14.3m) into Rent the Runway via their investment firm Blue Pool Capital.