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Filippa K enters the Chinese market with Tmall launch

Swedish fashion brand Filippa K has launched on Tmall, part of Alibaba Group, to enter the Chinese market as part of its ongoing international growth strategy. The brand’s Tmall flagship store launches with the new autumn/winter 2022 and core collections of women’s, men’s, active and loungewear. It will also add creative director Liisa Kessler’s...

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Georg Jensen launches exclusive store on Tmall

Danish jeweller Georg Jensen has partnered with Alibaba Group to launch a flagship store on the Tmall e-commerce platform. From this autumn, Georg Jensen will showcase its range of jewellery, including its stackable Fusion rings on Tmall, targeting the e-commerce platform’s 900 million active consumers. Georg Jensen chief executive, Mehul Tank,...

Retail

Farfetch launches on Alibaba Group’s Tmall Luxury Pavilion

Farfetch is launching a Tmall Luxury Pavilion flagship store to enable thousands of luxury brands to reach Chinese consumers as part of its localisation strategy in the region. The integration of Farfetch on Tmall means that Alibaba Group’s 779 million consumers will have access to products from more than 3,500 luxury brands, 90 percent of which...

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Video: Developing E-Commerce Talent in Africa

A new class of African eFounders drew inspiration from Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma and UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisi Kituyi during an immersion training program in Hangzhou. Source: Alibaba Group, YouTube.

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Video: From Translator of 'Lolita' to Fashion Designer

See how the Chinese translator of Vladimir Nabokov’s most-famous novel leveraged Taobao’s iFashion platform to launch her own line of intimate apparel. Source: Alibaba Group, YouTube.

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Video: Inside Alibaba - How New Retail Is Changing Everything

From supermarkets to pop-up stores and beyond, Alibaba is using technology to seamlessly meld and streamline the online and offline shopping experiences. This is New Retail. Source: Alibaba Group, YouTube.

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Video: Alibaba's "New Retail" Explained

Online or offline: These cannot be the only options for consumers. See how Alibaba is transforming traditional retail with a complete digitization of commerce. Source: Alibaba Group, YouTube.

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Abercrombie & Fitch to launch on Alibaba’s TMall

Abercrombie & Fitch, the struggling US apparel brand, is set to launch on Alibaba Group’s Tmall, China’s largest consumer platform for brands and retailers. Abercrombie & Fitch have seen success in China, operating ten physical stores as well as a recent flagship store opening in Hong Kong’s Harbour City. The brand also have a local website,...

Business

Alibaba forms Anti-Counterfeiting Alliance with Louis Vuitton

London - Internet giant Alibaba Group is ready to show the world that it takes counterfeiting seriously, which is why the Chinese conglomerate has formed a new alliance with internationals brands against counterfeiting. Together with the likes of luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton, Samsung and Mars, the Aliaba Group will use 'big data' and the...

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VR, Fashions Shows & Katy Perry: Alibaba to make this year's 11.11 its biggest yet

London - Chances are you have heard of ‘Black Friday’ - the promotional, discounting frenzy which follows on from the US holiday Thanksgiving. Once seen as one of the biggest shopping days of the year, Alibaba Group - the world’s largest e-commerce company - is set to make its own online shopping festival, known as Singles’ Day, the shopping...