All Singles Day articles

  • News briefs

    Swiss online trade reports exceptional growth in November

    2020-12-30T08:06:00Z

    According to the Association of Swiss Sports Retailers ( ASMAS ), Swiss online retailing increased by 41.6 percent in November alone compared to the same month in 2019. According to the evaluation by GfK in cooperation with the Swiss Post and the ...

  • News briefs

    Alibaba with record Singles Day, but shares drop with new rules

    2020-11-12T12:22:00Z

    This year’s Singles Day raked in a gross merchandise volume (GMV) of 498.2 billion yuan (€63.67bn-$75.19bn) for Alibaba up sharply from the RMB 268.4 billion reported a year ago. The rival Chinese e-tailer Jd.com had sales of about ¥271.5 billion (€34.71bn-$40.99bn). Lasting 11 days this year, Alibaba’s Chinese sales ...