「News of the Week」Singles Day Record

On this annual shopping festival, we could see how Chinese consumers are growing their spending.

Alibaba’s Tmall reached 10 billion yuan in less than two minutes (00:01:36)

With updated info: Alibaba singles day sales GMV stood at 268.4 billion yuan (~$38 billion), growing 26% from last year.

Dots to connect: competitions from JD and Pinduoduo?, growth okay, houses being sold on platforms, live steaming as a new type of sales & marketing but costs?