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Canadian skincare label, The Ordinary, has recently announced the launch of its inaugural flagship store on Tmall, Alibaba’s e-commerce platform. This comes not long after it first ventured into the Chinese market in February of this year. Embracing…
Apparel group SMCP China has opened its 100th physical store on the mainland, the Maje, in Beijing’s Chaoyang Joy City mall. Since its debut in Hong Kong in 2012, the French group has built up a presence in Greater China with stores in 22 cities, including…
Inditex brand Stradivarius has opened its own online store in China to complement its existing online store on T-Mall. Stradivarius, a sister brand to Zara, has 65 bricks & mortar stores in China. The direct site went live last month, less than six months…
Alibaba is enthusiastic about doing enterprise in Latin America, notably in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, the e-commerce firm stated in Mexico Metropolis over the weekend. Chinese language shoppers are keen to acquire Latin American merchandise, particularly…
South Korea’s largest discount chain, E-mart, is to start selling on Alibaba’s T-mall in a fresh attempt to break into China’s seemingly impenetrable online market. The Korean company believes the Alibaba-powered online shopping mall is the key to success…
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