Posted by: Sarah Wu on Sep 01 2010

Alibaba's consumer-focused e-commerce site Taobao.com has released a notice to users of its promotional service "Taobao Zhitongche," requiring them to remove all information or promotions regarding account numbers for Tencent's (0700.HK) instant messaging service QQ before August 31, according to an August 26 posting on the site...

Posted by: Sarah Wu on Aug 30 2010

Alibaba's consumer-focused e-commerce site Taobao.com is planning a third vertical channel for home decoration products and services, DoNews reported August 27 citing unnamed sources. The site, jia.taobao.com, currently redirects automatically to the home deco subchannel of Taobao's business-to-client (B2C) channel "Taobao Mall," the report said...

Posted by: Sarah Wu on Aug 24 2010

Alibaba's consumer-focused e-commerce site Taobao.com plans to launch an e-commerce-focused recruitment platform at zhaopin.taobao.com on August 30, hosting job postings for store managers, client service staff, models and logistics workers, DoNews reported August 24 citing an unnamed company executive...

Posted by: Sijia Xie on Jul 30 2010

Sportswear manufacturer and retailer Peak Sport Products (1968.HK) agreed to conduct a trial cooperation with with Alibaba's consumer-focused e-commerce site Taobao.com, reported cnfol.com July 30.

Peak plans to open 500 new stores by the second half of 2010, bringing its total store number to 7,200, according to a separate report by qq.com citing Peak CEO Xu Zhihua...

Posted by: Kiki.yang on Jun 22 2010

China will ban non-financial institutions from conducting payment services without a license from the central bank, effective from September 1, 2010, according to an order released June 21 by the People's Bank of China (PBoC)...

Posted by: Tom Telford on Apr 12 2010

Alibaba Group's online payment tool Alipay announced that Alibaba Group will invest RMB 5 billion over the next five years in upgrading e-commerce payment solutions, according to a company press release issued April 12...

Posted by: Tom Telford on Mar 31 2010

Alibaba's individuals-focused e-commerce site Taobao.com has launched a data service, giving businesses access to its database of aggregate consumer transaction records, through its new "Taobao DataCube" platform at data.taobao.com, according to a company press release issued March 31...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Mar 30 2010

Alibaba's consumer-focused e-commerce site Taobao.com is constructing a regional warehouse storage system with logistics company partners, DoNews reported quoting Taobao.com Chief Financial Officer Zhang Yong on March 29...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Mar 26 2010

Beijing-based business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce retailer Dangdang.com has named Huang Ruo, the former vice president of Alibaba's consumer-focused e-commerce site Taobao, as its new chief operating officer, reports Sina...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Mar 22 2010

A joint venture between Hangzhou-based companies Alibaba Group and digital TV operator WASU Digital TV Media Group that plans to offer "Taobao TV" via a digital TV platform is scheduled to begin operation on March 28 and begin commercial operation in May, 163.com reports quoting WASU Digital Media Group President Li Yiqing on March 22...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Mar 19 2010

Alibaba's consumer-focused e-commerce site Taobao.com spent an average of RMB 500,000 per day in commission payments to Taobao.com promoters by late 2009, Sina reports quoting data supplied by Taobao.com...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Mar 15 2010

Alibaba's online payment tool Alipay announced March 15 that it has recorded 300 million users, 163.com reports. Alipay has 460,000 partner sites in addition to Alibaba's consumer-focused e-commerce site Taobao.com, the report said...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Mar 10 2010

Hangzhou-based e-commerce company Alibaba Group has established a wireless department as part of a "Big Taobao" plan integrating wireless departments in Alibaba's consumer-focused e-commerce site Taobao.com, Alibaba's online payment tool Alipay and Alibaba's consumer information portal Koubei.com, 163.com reported quoting an internal email leaked by an unnamed source...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Mar 05 2010

Alibaba Group's software subsidiary Alisoft issued a notice to users on March 2 that it will shut down its software alliance platform and stop offering related services as of April 30, DoNews reported March 4...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Mar 01 2010

Hangzhou-based e-commerce company Alibaba Group has appointed Zhu Defu as group vice president and general manager of Alibaba's multimedia business department, as of March 1, 163.com reports. Alibaba Group said that Zhu acted as managing director for Alibaba and Zhejiang Daily Press Group's fashion weekly magazine, "Taobao Tianxia", as well as managing director and editor-in-chief of soon-to-released magazine "Tian Xia Wang Shang," the report said...