past £4bn .Customers jumped on heavily discounted goods to send sales surging past 2013’s record high
Chinese online retailer Alibaba said more than £4bn of goods have been sold so far during its annual Singles’ Day online shopping frenzy, as customers jumped on heavily discounted goods to send sales surging past 2013’s record high.
More than 39 billion yuan worth of goods was sold on the e-commerce giant’s websites 15 hours into the event on Tuesday, with another nine to go.
Less than eight weeks after its IPO in New York, which set its own $25bn (£15bn) record, expectations for this year are high....
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