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Chinese giant Alibaba is courting Italian luxury houses

Chinese conglomerate Alibaba Group Holding's Lazada is eyeing Italian luxury houses such as Giorgio Armani and D&G, in a bid grow e-commerce sales to 100 billion dollars by 2030. Having premium European fashion and design brands in its portfolio would stave off other Asian competitors, reported Bloomberg. The company's executives recently...

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Alibaba reportedly injects 634 million dollar capital into Lazada

Chinese marketplace giant Alibaba Group is believed to have injected a further 634 million dollars into its Southeast Asia e-commerce subsidiary, Lazada. The reported amount brings Alibaba’s total investment into the firm to over 1.8 billion dollars this year, according to Tech in Asia. It comes as Alibaba continues to readjust strategies to...

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Lazada Group announces leadership succession plan

Southeast Asia’s leading e-commerce company, Alibaba-owned Lazada Group, has announced that its executive president Pierre Poignant will succeed Lucy Peng as CEO of the Lazada Group with immediate effect as part of the group’s succession planning. Peng will remain executive chairwoman of the Lazada Group. “Pierre is a well-respected Lazada...

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Alibaba doubles investment in SE Asia e-commerce firm

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Monday it will appoint one of its founders as head of Lazada and inject another $2 billion into Southeast Asia's leading online shopping firm, boosting its regional expansion. Alibaba, which already owns 83 percent of Lazada with two investments totalling $2 billion as of June last year, has been trying to...

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Alibaba profit nearly doubles on robust revenues

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday its net profit almost doubled in the latest quarter on the back of solid revenue growth in its core shopping business and in cloud computing. Alibaba, which has made billionaire founder Jack Ma one of China's richest men and a global e-commerce icon, has seen its New York-listed shares soar 80...

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China's Alibaba boosts stake in SE Asia online sales

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Wednesday it would inject another 1 billion USD into Southeast Asia's Lazada, as the cashed-up company increases its stake in the region's nascent online shopping market. The investment will raise Alibaba's holding in Lazada to 83 percent from 51 percent and take its total outlay on the company so far to...