Alibaba’s Anti-Counterfeiting Alliance has grown from 30 founding members to 121 in 2018, including big names such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Valentino and Richemont.

The Effaclar Spotscan app on Tmall and Taobao uses selfies and Alibaba’s AI expertise to devise personalized skin-care recommendations.

The Alibaba chairman and cofounder predicted this year’s singles’ day will surpass last year’s $30 billion sales mark.

Retailers storing up billions of dollars in cash may be easy targets for activist investors wishing to make changes.

Growth in its retail marketplaces fueled the uptick, with the company on track to reach $1 trillion in GMV by the end of fiscal 2020.

The Florence-based retailer joins up with China’s largest luxury e-commerce platform.

Users on average made 4,296 renminbi, or $638.70 off the platform in 2018, a 17 percent jump from 2017.

A selection of products from Altaroma designers will be sold through Alibaba’s AliExpress e-commerce platform.

The Chinese talent support platform is matching fashion talents, such as Ximon Lee and Andrea Jiapei Li with some of the biggest commercial brands in China with Tmall’s digital trend project.

The trade war and what the Chinese consumer wants were the hot issues of the two-day event.

Heads of top beauty and FMCG brands discussed the consumption upgrade in the country and new retail opportunities at the Tmall Beauty Summit 2019.

On Thursday, JD.com announced that Toplife would merge with Farfetch China.

“Whether you like it or not, it’s happening,” Daniel Zhang said.

In an interview with WWD, the Alibaba Group president revealed how retail is changing and what sets his company apart.

Brands are offered access to a one stop solution linking up the group’s many platforms and services from TMall, Taobao, E.leme, to Alipay.