#alibaba stories

Chinese tech giants along with dozens of hyper-funded upstarts have designs on the world. They are quietly taking over the global fintech market at a scale that’s unheard of before.

Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries will raise between $3 billion and $4 billion to boost its digital and retail business as …

Amazon had already entered India – the year was 2013. Flipkart was its biggest rival. There were others, too, backed …

It was around three months ago that Vijay Shekhar Sharma made a passionate pitch for India with his key backer …

American e-commerce giant Amazon is in talks to acquire a 10% stake in Future Retail Limited, the company which owns …

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba will invest $1 billion, or over Rs 6,500 crore, over four-five years in the India operations …

Ever since its first bet in India – a $575 million investment early in 2015 in the parent company of …

Paytm Mall’s COO Amit Sinha, who wants to bring the offline into the online, is opening a three-way battle in Indian ecommerce against Amazon and Flipkart.

Walmart has been talking to e-grocers like Grofers, BigBasket, and Satvacart, adding a third dimension to the ecommerce rivalry between Alibaba and Amazon.

The Indian government’s plan to move all its purchases to an online marketplace model (à la Amazon) through direct purchases, …

Chinese online giant Alibaba’s talks with Flipkart for a stake in the Indian ecommerce company have “gone cold” after Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, seems to have breasted ahead in talks to acquire a strategic stake in the Bengaluru-headquartered company.

Alibaba ruled out ‘inorganic growth’ at current valuations in India, which is higher than expected at 3-5 times the gross merchandise value.

Alibaba’s iron triangle is a combination of e-commerce, logistics and finance. It all hinges on the massive amounts of commerce data that Alibaba generates.

India’s largest e-commerce company is in talks with Coverfox and Yakit to partner in the areas of online insurance and global logistics.

Alibaba will eventually acquire Flipkart, merge it with Paytm, and fight Amazon in India–the world’s most exciting e-commerce battlefield that doesn’t offer any hopes of profitability soon.