The online shop
11 Main will be sold to the
OpenSky online retailer. In exchange, the owner of the
Alibaba Group store will receive a 37.6% stake in OpenSky. After the sale of 11 Main will operate under the same brand and on the same site.
The project was launched in June last year. According to Alibaba, it should have become a platform for small manufacturers and trading companies. This was a detuning from competitors such as
Amazon and
eBay .
By April 2015, 2,000 companies were working at the site and 1.3 million orders were made,
reports The Wall Street Journal.
Alibaba does not try to compete with Western retailers in their territory. The company seeks to establish a stable and profitable delivery of goods from foreign manufacturers in China.
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Megamind
wrote that Alibaba Group and Ant Financial are investing $ 483 million in a new Chinese online service. Alibaba
Taodiandian and
Ant Financial's existing food delivery business will be the main components of the new Koubei company. The company will start with the delivery of food and drinks, and then connect retail, healthcare and vending machines to the business.
Alibaba Group was founded in 1999 by Jack Ma. The group includes the
Taobao retail portal, which has more than 6 million online merchants, an online platform for major brands and retailers
Tmall.com , as well as an online store
AliExpress , which focuses on foreign customers and the
Alipay payment system. Alibaba occupies 80% of the Chinese e-commerce market.
May 7 was published
quarterly reporting company. After that, its shares went up by 7.5%. Alibaba sales increased 45%. Investors were pleased with the results of its work.